About 200 visitors and employees have been evacuated from Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
“Everyone was very upset,” said Michael Conteas.
A FAMILY WHO SAYS IT WAS A PRETTY CHAOTIC NIGHT. IT WAS VERY PLEASANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN. BUT THEN, WITH EVERYBODY THAT WAY, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BY WHAT WOULD BE A FUN DAY TRIP TO CARLSBAD CALVES. CHILDREN ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED. MY WIFE WAS VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, NERVOUS. EVERYONE WAS VERY SCARY. SOON TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR ONE FAMILY SATURDAY. WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER, NEVER VISIT AGAIN. THIS MICHAEL IS CONTINUOUS. HE SAYS HE WANTED TO TAKE HIS FAMILY OF SIX, GET A GOOD TIME. MY CHILDREN DID NOT SEE IT. SO WE WANTED TO COME FROM ALBUQUERQUE. BUT FOR THE MINUTES AFTER ARRIVAL IN THE NATIONAL PARK THERE WAS NO SIGNS OR ANYTHING WARNING US OF A FLASH FLOOD OR ANYTHING. IT WAS RAINING. THINGS SUDDENLY TAKEN A TURN. WE WERE ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE DOOR, AND IT WAS WHEN REGIN GOT ALL OF US, TRYING TO QUICKLY PICK US OUT OF THE CAVE. WE ALL HAD OUT BY THE ELEVATOR AND THERE WAS A LOT OF US. AND ALMOST WE ALL CLIMBED TO THE TOP. AND WHEN WE WALKED OUT THEY TOLD US WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING. STILL ON A NOTE, CONTINUE AS HE AND HIS WIFE UNDERSTAND IT. FINALLY, I SAID ABOUT TWO AND HALF HOURS LATER, WE ASKED IS THERE WATER, IS THERE FOOD? DO YOU KNOW? AND WHEN THEY SAID DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING? AND THEY SHOWED US A VIDEO OF EXTERNAL FLOODING. AND THIS IS WHEN WE REALIZED, OK, THERE IS SOME DAMAGE DOWN THE HILL Kept Us TWO AND A HALF HOURS GREATLY TURNED INTO 10 HOURS. IT WAS A BAD SCENE. IT WAS VERY NOT READY FOR SUCH A SITUATION. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED EARLIER. Luckily NOBODY WERE INJURED. THERE WAS MANY PRAYERS ON OUR WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, GOD PROTECTED US. AND CALLS WERE MADE TO THE KARLOVBAD CAVE. BUT WE HAVE NOT RESPONDED YET. SASHA. VERA, THA
About 200 visitors and employees have been evacuated from Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
“Everyone was very upset,” said Michael Conteas.
Updated: 20:53 MDT, August 21, 2022
About 200 visitors and park staff were safely evacuated after being stranded in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. for almost nine hours on Saturday. In a published statement on On Sunday, chief ranger Laura Steele said the park rangers started the process first. of evacuation from the park around 2:00 pm on Saturday due to a thunderstorm in the park. About an hour later decision was made to issue shelter in place, inside the visitor center. “There were no signs or anything else. like what warning us about flash floods or something like that,” said Michael Conteas. An Albuquerque man brought his children see tourist attraction for in first time. “The kids were upset. My wife was very, very nervous. Everyone was very upset.” Albuquerque residents Robert and Stephanie Saavedra also among those stuck in the caves, with there are three children. Stephanie said they’re already halfway there. with tour when park officials issued an evacuation order. They are made 20 minutes walk back out to the visit center building. family soon found that the road was impassable. We asked about food and water as we have three small children,” Stephanie Saavedra said. – They don’t even know about food and water for us. Were just walk and wait. family told Action 7 News that the tourist attraction staff gave them food but they had to pay for It. They are also said the caves ran out of food so some people couldn’t eat. Carlsbad caves remains closed.
About 200 visitors and park staff were safely evacuated after being stranded in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. for almost nine hours on Saturday.
In a published statement on On Sunday, chief ranger Laura Steele said the park rangers started the process first. of evacuation from the park around 2:00 pm on Saturday due to a thunderstorm in the park. About an hour later decision was made to issue shelter in place inside the visitor center.
“There were no signs or anything else. like what warning us about flash floods or something like that,” said Michael Conteas. An Albuquerque man brought his children see tourist attraction for in first time. “The kids were upset. My wife was very, very nervous. Everyone was very upset.”
Albuquerque residents Robert and Stephanie Saavedra were also among those stuck in the caves, with there are three children. Stephanie said they’re already halfway there. with tour when park officials issued an evacuation order. They are made 20 minutes walk back out to the visit center building. family soon found that the road was impassable.
“We asked about food and water since we have three small children,” Stephanie Saavedra said. – They don’t even know about food and water for us. Were just walk and wait.
family told Action 7 News that the tourist attraction staff gave them food but they had to pay for It. They are also said the caves ran out of food so some people couldn’t eat.
Karlovy Vary remains closed.
