8 Thursday, August 21. 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
• El Nino, the sound and the fury III •
by Andy Holtmann
Part three of three--How well is Pahrump and the test
of southern Nevada pre in the event ofsevete weather
case you haven't been reading, El Nino is
fast. An atmospheric change over
this to be one of the
1989 with 1.46 inches. The highest was in 1992, with 9.45.
Forecasters .say that this year's El Nino may bring as much as 15-
20 inches to uthern Nevada. a total hard matched in the
region's history.
Pahrump's EMS Coordinator Bill Pyzyna agrees with Ford
that roads are the biggest problem when it rains. The more it
floods, the harder it is for emergency vehicles to get to the calls
on time. With roads being washed out, sometimes they can't get
there ataU.
is fully aware of El Nino and have talked about its future
presence in southern Nevada.
What Long said could hurt Pahrump in the event of
major flooding is the town's location, Las Vegas would
most likely be affected by the same storms that hit Pahr-
ump. Crews there, he said, would concentrate on their area
also cover,
area, 1
RIVULET--Will this natural waterway in the middle
of Pahrump, above Winery Road become much deeper
and wider with a sudden downpour?
