Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 09:37:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Ivan Korsund Reply-To: freenrg-l@eskimo.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: wasser thread I have observed what I believe to be a natural demonstration of the wasser thread. On two different occasions in the mojave desert I have observed a unique type of flash flood. Both times the temperature was in excess of 120 degrees F. and there were extreme electrical disturbance in the atmosphere. I had noticed a down pour over some nearby hills and was carefully watching for any signs of a flash flood when a tube of water exited the hills and proceeded to jump and bounce along the desert floor. What was remarkable was that on these two different occasions the water retained a tubular shape (snake like) for its entire length (~100 feet) and traveled each time approximately 1/2 mile before breaking up. I have been told by some older indians of that area that there are stories of this event happening in the distant past Any comments would be appreciated Ivan Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 10:56:00 -0700 From: Ivan Korsund To: William Beaty Subject: Re: wasser thread I was never close enough to the phenomenon to feel or touch anything. On one occasion I tried to find the area where it broke up and traced its path back a few hundred meters but noticed nothing unusual. Evaporation had reduced it to an almost dry pool. The old Indian I spoke to about it had made a comment that the legends indicated that the water snake was lethal, so I wouldn't suggest to anyone to try to touch it if they are lucky enough to see one. I don't think I mentioned that the tube was approximately 2 meters in diameter. The area of the desert where I saw both of these was about 10 miles south of the Solar One electric generator. I saw the first one in the early 60's and the other one about 1980.