And when friends are coming to visit me, I tell them to make sure they book flights that land before 3:00 p.m. Of course, with the soul-scouring drought we've been in for several years, the storms are much less frequent, but it's not something about which you want to be careless.
Went to Rocky Mountain National Forest, drove all the way through; it was great... didn't make it to Pikes Peak, did I miss much?
But I did drive up the highest paved road in the U.S., up to Mount Evans. The winds were so strong up there that the door to my Jeep Grand Cherokee flew open and embedded itself in the front side panel, rental Jeep.
The temp atop Mount Evans had dropped to 54 degrees while it was 103 in Denver, amazing.
There are no droughts in the southwest. There are normal years and wet years.
This so-called "drought" is a normal year.
Until we all start thinking this way, water will be a problem.
By the way, I'm presently in New Mexico, where we are also having a "normal year".
:^)