Posted on 09/08/2014 10:26:50 PM PDT by george76
The Phoenix area is recovering from record-setting rainfall Monday that led to flooding in several parts of the Valley, closing schools, stranding vehicles and snarling commutes.
Both Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declared states of emergency while other local public safety agencies cautioned residents to be safe and not drive unless absolutely necessary.
Several schools closed across the region, including the Maricopa Community College District, which cancelled all classes today.
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Rain over Phoenix usually evaporates before it hit the ground so I am told.
and 3 inches of rain in store for Flagstaff through Tuesday.
I live in Chandler and we got over 5” in 5 hours. That is more than we usually get in an entire year....
And the Cardinals pulled one out on Monday Night Football, weather notwithstanding.
I love Flagstaff.
I would retire there but the wife won’t even think of leaving the area she grew up in.
This morning we had to dash over to Home Depot to purchase a little $80 pump to get water out of our backyard. We replaced our wooden fence with a block fence a couple of years ago and the water had no place to go.
Phoenix gets approx. 8-inches of rain per year so 3-inches in one day at my house was astonishing!
Damned first world problems.
Finish the sentence: , but you should be here the day we get it.
I saw the still pictures on the weather channel site of all the cars up to their windshields driving through the water. How did they rescue people who were on the freeway when the water rose to the level of the windows, when it seemed only watercraft could navigate?
Here outside of Tucson we got 2/1/2 inches and the local arroyos were rushing and surfable with huge waves. All the neighbors were out filming the wash where a developer wants to put new housing. Going to be hard to do when there is loud and roaring water coming through.
We’ll be traveling there in a couple of weeks. I would love to visit Flagstaff in the snow.
A neighbor was on his way dove hunting at 3am this morning, driving towards Phoenix to pick up his buddy, but thought the area between a pond and farm land, only to be traveled to offroad would prove to be too difficult, so he turned back.
He measured his pool to be filled to almost 1/4” from the top. At our house we measure by the dog bowls, and they were filled.
Finally, some non-wimpy athletics.
How has your monsoon season been. In the greater Tucson area we have had steady rain every week since the beginning of July. And yet our meteorologist tells us that we are still in a drought.
I heard that the rain has not been falling in metro Phoenix for years because it is such a heat sink. Too bad, further south we get lovely lightening and thunder storms with heavy but brief rains regularly through the summer monsoons. It’s exciting and a nice change from the sizzling heat. Some times it rains long enough for the temperature to change, too.
That’s what it felt like for sure. In the front, the streets were so full that the gutter water flowed into my yard. Who knows what chemicals and weed seeds are mine now.
I sure feel sorry for the people with flooded homes.
Does the lowest course of your block wall have blocks turned on their sides to let water flow? That’s supposed to be done by code. It’s something a good mason can fix.
No. My wall was build by my two neighbors who both barely speak English. This was after the one neighbor’s giant scarey dog pushed down one segment of the wooden fence, invaded my yard and nearly ate me!
All very nice hard working men; however, I don’t think I live in America anymore. We don’t need no stinking zoning laws in Phoenix these days.
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