Lake Pleasant boaters experience monsoon chaos
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Published 2024-07-22
Boats were being tossed around the lake, sometimes into each other, as the waves grew bigger and stronger during the storm.
"Strong to severe thunderstorms will impact the Lake Pleasant recreational area over the next 30–90 minutes. Any of these storms have the potential to produce wind gusts 40-60+mph, brief heavy rainfall with hail, and frequent lightning. Use caution," the Flood Control District of Maricopa County posted to X around 3:40 p.m. on July 21.
The storm came fast and lasted a while.
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All Comments (21)
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Geniuses can't look at the 50mph wind forecast what do you expect a boat is going to do on the water.
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As a fellow UTV rider, I’ve learned if you drive really fast in circles during storm it deflects the monsoon weather! 😂
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People are so helpless.
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AZ finally gets something resembling weather worth talking about... Every AZ News Channel: "This is it people! This is what we practice for! Go find a puddle to stand in or a broken branch to lie under... this is not a drill!!!"
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What's really crazy is we have to remind people to bring life jackets. Sad.
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That's what they get for not checking weather reports...
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buncha desert people trying to boat, not surprised
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Turn the boat around and face the waves. FML.. when storm hits always stay away from shoreline. People are Soo f#@$ing stupid.
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Thunder bolts and lightning...very very frightening
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We have been in the Surprise area a dozen years now...this was truly one of the hardest hitting Haboobs we've ever received, including the blowing dust, extremely strong winds snapping trees, and then finally a torrential downpour~the rain is always quite welcomed since has been a million degrees here, and NO, it has not been a "dry heat" this year...Quite muggy:(
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Looks like it’s not just Haulover with birdbrain captains.
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Basic FYI, Life jackets are Federally required to be on board! They are not an option but a legal requirement people. Use your brains or become fatality statistic.
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They totally should’ve road it out on the opposite side of the lake. I’ve seen this happen before clogging up the ramps, pushing boats on the shoreline filling them with water always go to the opposite side
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Good thing you weren’t on a paddleboard
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Sick to see children, babies without life jackets, they fall, get tossed off the boat by a wave, they are gone. The life jacket gives those extra seconds and minutes to save their life. Adults need them too, but...
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I’m not familiar with Lake pleasant. What stopped folks from anchoring on the windward side of the lake where there wouldn’t be any waves? Or do the storms circle around? On Tahoe we get our afternoon zephyrs and if you can make it to the west shore there are plenty of places where you can shelter up. The video makes it look like everyone is rushing for the leeward ramp which is obviously the worst spot. Again, I don’t how the typical patterns evolve there. Just wondering.
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The Lake wasn’t so pleasant this day..
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If your gonna boat, learn to freaking swim.
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Lake name does not check out
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wouldn't experienced boaters be looking at weather.... smh.
