Rain over Phoenix usually evaporates before it hit the ground so I am told.
And the Cardinals pulled one out on Monday Night Football, weather notwithstanding.
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.
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.
Wonder how Sheriff Joe’s tent city made out.
We had a lot of rain this summer. Most I’ve seen in my time here. On the bright side of heavy storms, the temperatures were wonderful compared to past summers. Very few days above 110 which is very live able in this area given low humidity.