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The power of the Sandy River

Posted by Sean Stevens at Jan 19, 2011 10:45 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Video, Rivers

A storm hits a mountain and a river goes a little bit crazy.

The full-throated Sandy River.

A local river activist forwarded me this video earlier today. The Sandy River can be quite powerful when rain and snow funnel off Mount Hood.

The Sandy River from alexandra erickson on Vimeo.

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