r/Utah • u/sfgate • 1d ago

News More than 70 stranded at Moab ultramarathon as flash floods wreak havoc across Utah

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/hurricane-rachel-southwest-rescues-22473973.php
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u/unimpressed_llama 1d ago

Glad the race officials made the decision to stop the race. Yes it sucks for the participants, but it's so much better than having to do a bunch of rescues or body recoveries.

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u/Dynako 1d ago

I’ll never understand people who still go out when we get flood warning and a huge storm literally forming overhead all week.

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u/potatogun 1d ago

To note it more specifically, they were stuck by Bridger Jack Mesa. Though Cottonwood creek was mentioned in the article.

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u/Queezy_0110 1d ago

They shouldn’t have started the race to begin with. There have been warnings of this storm for weeks

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u/Present-Permit-6743 1d ago

All aboard the hype train. Say it after me “If I get lost, hurt or die….”

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u/Bwriteback45 1d ago

It’s my own damn fault.

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u/Sea-Finance506 1d ago

Hell yeah.