risk of flooding in petra in november Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern) April 2019 photo competition, “Road trip” (Read, rules are different.)How will our November trip in Italy be affected by the quake in May, 2012?Do seatbelts reduce the risk of injury or death in buses?Getting to Petra from Amman in JordanAre Japanese women visiting middle eastern countries at risk of being seen as “easy”?Are tourists or their staff at risk of bride kidnapping in the Kazakh parts of Mongolia?What is the current level of risk to tourists visiting Luxor, Aswan, Cairo in Egypt?Where to hide your money in high-risk areas?Should multiple entries in Petra be on conscutive days when buying a Jordan pass?Will it be safe to travel to Bali in November 2018?Travel to Bali in mid November
Using et al. for a last / senior author rather than for a first author
Is it ethical to give a final exam after the professor has quit before teaching the remaining chapters of the course?
An adverb for when you're not exaggerating
Should I use a zero-interest credit card for a large one-time purchase?
Around usage results
For a new assistant professor in CS, how to build/manage a publication pipeline
Would "destroying" Wurmcoil Engine prevent its tokens from being created?
When the Haste spell ends on a creature, do attackers have advantage against that creature?
What font is "z" in "z-score"?
Why aren't air breathing engines used as small first stages
Can anything be seen from the center of the Boötes void? How dark would it be?
Why are both D and D# fitting into my E minor key?
Can an alien society believe that their star system is the universe?
If a VARCHAR(MAX) column is included in an index, is the entire value always stored in the index page(s)?
Has negative voting ever been officially implemented in elections, or seriously proposed, or even studied?
Closed form of recurrent arithmetic series summation
Why wasn't DOSKEY integrated with COMMAND.COM?
What is the meaning of the simile “quick as silk”?
How does the math work when buying airline miles?
How can I use the Python library networkx from Mathematica?
How do I make this wiring inside cabinet safer? (Pic)
Do jazz musicians improvise on the parent scale in addition to the chord-scales?
How come Sam didn't become Lord of Horn Hill?
Most bit efficient text communication method?
risk of flooding in petra in november
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)
April 2019 photo competition, “Road trip” (Read, rules are different.)How will our November trip in Italy be affected by the quake in May, 2012?Do seatbelts reduce the risk of injury or death in buses?Getting to Petra from Amman in JordanAre Japanese women visiting middle eastern countries at risk of being seen as “easy”?Are tourists or their staff at risk of bride kidnapping in the Kazakh parts of Mongolia?What is the current level of risk to tourists visiting Luxor, Aswan, Cairo in Egypt?Where to hide your money in high-risk areas?Should multiple entries in Petra be on conscutive days when buying a Jordan pass?Will it be safe to travel to Bali in November 2018?Travel to Bali in mid November
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
My tentative plans have me in Egypt from November 12 - November 23. I was thinking it could be cool to visit Petra before hand. Maybe like November 9 - November 11 or some such.
The concern I have with this is... last year, on November 10, Petra flooded and a bunch of tourists died and a bunch more had to be evacuated:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-46162772/deadly-flash-floods-hit-jordan-s-iconic-city-of-petra
According to wikipedia, the average rainfall in Petra in November is 0.6in. It's hard to imagine flash flooding with that little rain but idk.
My question is... how likely is Petra to flood in early November? Were the flash floods from last year an aberration or are they fairly common in early November?
safety middle-east natural-disasters petra
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
add a comment |
My tentative plans have me in Egypt from November 12 - November 23. I was thinking it could be cool to visit Petra before hand. Maybe like November 9 - November 11 or some such.
The concern I have with this is... last year, on November 10, Petra flooded and a bunch of tourists died and a bunch more had to be evacuated:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-46162772/deadly-flash-floods-hit-jordan-s-iconic-city-of-petra
According to wikipedia, the average rainfall in Petra in November is 0.6in. It's hard to imagine flash flooding with that little rain but idk.
My question is... how likely is Petra to flood in early November? Were the flash floods from last year an aberration or are they fairly common in early November?
safety middle-east natural-disasters petra
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
add a comment |
My tentative plans have me in Egypt from November 12 - November 23. I was thinking it could be cool to visit Petra before hand. Maybe like November 9 - November 11 or some such.
The concern I have with this is... last year, on November 10, Petra flooded and a bunch of tourists died and a bunch more had to be evacuated:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-46162772/deadly-flash-floods-hit-jordan-s-iconic-city-of-petra
According to wikipedia, the average rainfall in Petra in November is 0.6in. It's hard to imagine flash flooding with that little rain but idk.
My question is... how likely is Petra to flood in early November? Were the flash floods from last year an aberration or are they fairly common in early November?
safety middle-east natural-disasters petra
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
My tentative plans have me in Egypt from November 12 - November 23. I was thinking it could be cool to visit Petra before hand. Maybe like November 9 - November 11 or some such.
The concern I have with this is... last year, on November 10, Petra flooded and a bunch of tourists died and a bunch more had to be evacuated:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-46162772/deadly-flash-floods-hit-jordan-s-iconic-city-of-petra
According to wikipedia, the average rainfall in Petra in November is 0.6in. It's hard to imagine flash flooding with that little rain but idk.
My question is... how likely is Petra to flood in early November? Were the flash floods from last year an aberration or are they fairly common in early November?
safety middle-east natural-disasters petra
safety middle-east natural-disasters petra
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
asked Mar 22 at 5:35
neubertneubert
5,388114290
5,388114290
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
Petra is in the desert, so rain is rare, but it's also in a dry river bed (wadi) so flash flooding after heavy rain is possible. It's worth noting this only affects the actual monument, the town of Petra where all the hotels etc are is located above the valley and is not subject to floods
So avoiding flash floods is simple enough: don't go into the valley after heavy rain upstream. (This applies to wadis anywhere, not just Petra.)
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "273"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f134315%2frisk-of-flooding-in-petra-in-november%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Petra is in the desert, so rain is rare, but it's also in a dry river bed (wadi) so flash flooding after heavy rain is possible. It's worth noting this only affects the actual monument, the town of Petra where all the hotels etc are is located above the valley and is not subject to floods
So avoiding flash floods is simple enough: don't go into the valley after heavy rain upstream. (This applies to wadis anywhere, not just Petra.)
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
add a comment |
Petra is in the desert, so rain is rare, but it's also in a dry river bed (wadi) so flash flooding after heavy rain is possible. It's worth noting this only affects the actual monument, the town of Petra where all the hotels etc are is located above the valley and is not subject to floods
So avoiding flash floods is simple enough: don't go into the valley after heavy rain upstream. (This applies to wadis anywhere, not just Petra.)
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
add a comment |
Petra is in the desert, so rain is rare, but it's also in a dry river bed (wadi) so flash flooding after heavy rain is possible. It's worth noting this only affects the actual monument, the town of Petra where all the hotels etc are is located above the valley and is not subject to floods
So avoiding flash floods is simple enough: don't go into the valley after heavy rain upstream. (This applies to wadis anywhere, not just Petra.)
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
Petra is in the desert, so rain is rare, but it's also in a dry river bed (wadi) so flash flooding after heavy rain is possible. It's worth noting this only affects the actual monument, the town of Petra where all the hotels etc are is located above the valley and is not subject to floods
So avoiding flash floods is simple enough: don't go into the valley after heavy rain upstream. (This applies to wadis anywhere, not just Petra.)
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
edited Mar 22 at 10:01
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
answered Mar 22 at 6:38
jpatokaljpatokal
118k18377539
118k18377539
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
add a comment |
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
Heavy rain might be happening uphill, so it may not be that easy.
– Calimo
Mar 25 at 6:33
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Travel Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f134315%2frisk-of-flooding-in-petra-in-november%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
