“We saw you talking about our rain measurements in the comments. ‘2 inches of rain??? That’s it??’ Uh, yeah. Let’s talk about it,” the park wrote in an Instagram post.

Previously in August, the park posted on its Instagram that it would be closed until further notice. But some of the park’s followers found it amusing.

“Okay I laughed a little at the two inches of rain comment, just because we have had so much here in Colorado this year (really abnormal for us). But those pictures! We really don’t realize how much this kind of storm impacts areas like this. Thanks for the perspective,” user Lindsey Patrick commented on a previous Instagram post.

While the thought of rain reaching depths only the size of the average pinky finger might not seem like a big deal, Death Valley is known as the driest land in America. Tropical Storm Hilary brought not only the most rain the region has ever seen in a single day but as much rain as the park typically gets in an entire year.

“It seems like anytime you get a significant amount of rain, it generates a lot of interest for folks that are maybe not from a desert environment,” a spokesperson for the National Park Service told SFGATE. “Maybe back home, they’re used to a significant rain. And then when big rain events occur in a desert setting, our roads disappear, things get washed out, and there’s a lot of damage.”

“When this section of CA-190 reopens, drivers should anticipate multiple 24-hour traffic control points where repair work is ongoing,” according to the news release. “… The park’s eastern entrances will remain closed on October 15. Some hiking trailheads will be available, but most secondary roads in the park will still be closed.”