“We came across a river where there was not supposed to be a river.”
The video blogger and automotive engineer was traveling from Los Angeles to Wendover, Utah, with a passenger in a Toyota 4Runner and decided to take a “While passing through, with fallen debris and rocks scattered along the roadway. The National Park Service announced Aug. 5 that all roads into and out of Death Valley National Park were closed. A spokesperson with the park service told SFGATE that detour signs began to go up along roads on Aug. 5.
In the clip, Brown admitted that he doesn't pay attention to the news. He said he drove through Death Valley unaware that an unprecedented rainstorm had just occurred. He went to explain that he saw no closed road signs posted on the highway. “I should note here that we did not come across any road closed signs nor any indication that the road was impassable,” he said in the video. “Even Google Maps didn’t say anything about it.”the highway as “temporarily closed,” but it's not clear when that alert was added.
Brown then explains how he approached a group of stranded tourists from Italy who were standing outside of their car, which was stuck in the mud. “We pulled out the winch and dragged them out,” he said. “They had been stranded for a while and were very happy to be free.” While driving near the nadir of the valley, Brown approached a washed out section of the roadway that was completely submerged in water. “We came across a river where there was not supposed to be a river,” he said.
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