Rare Snow Storm Surprises Arizona (..as Bush gets ready for Global Warming initiative)

My Way ^ | 1/22/07 | AMANDA LEE MYERS

[teddyballgame]

PHOENIX (AP) - More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more inches were possible Monday, while children as far south as Tucson got a rare chance to play in the snow as one of the strongest storms of the winter moved through the state.

Sunday's storm came amid a wave of winter storms that have brought snow, ice and strong winds to the Plains region, but also to the Southwest, including Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.

The harsh, frigid conditions were blamed for 11 traffic fatalities in the Plains over the weekend.

Although the heaviest snowfall in Arizona on Sunday was in the north, snow also fell in downtown Phoenix and Tucson, which received up to 1 1/2 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

[Rio]

A pickup truck carrying radioactive materials used in pipeline scanning equipment was swept from a bridge and disappeared in a swollen creek in Oklahoma's Pittsburg County, said Undersheriff Richard Sexton.

The truck's two occupants escaped unharmed, but efforts to locate the truck and its radioactive cargo were suspended after dark. He said officials hope the creek's level will fall enough on Monday to reveal the truck's whereabouts. A container with the material is bolted to the truck.

"The radioactive materials are still in the truck, and that's what we're worried about," Sexton said.

Might want to find that, all right. Probably Cobalt-60 or Iridium-192.

[Musket]

Please Algore bring Global Warming here to the Denver area. My car is getting ruined. Had my muffler got torn off yesterday by the ice buildup in the streets. I'm reluctant to get it fixed as it may just get torn off again.

Please please Algore, bring Denver the Global Warming!

[kylaka]

Do you know the correct pronunciation of " Huachuca " SandRat?
If you do, could you spell it out for me phonetically?

[SandRat]

You are close when: You say, "Huachuca," and no one says, "Gezunteit." LOL!

Whaaa-Chew-Kah is the best I can give you right now.

[kylaka]

Thanks. I was close, but had 4 sylables. Native American stuff throws me for a loop every time.

[SandRat]

You know you're getting acculturated to Arizona when...

You've signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can't remember the name of the incumbent.

You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing.

You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

You see more irrigation water flowing down the street than there is in the Salt River.

You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

You can say 120 degrees without fainting.

You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.

You quickly discover (in July) that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

You can make sun tea outside faster than instant tea in the microwave.

You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.

Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Tumacacori", "Cholla", and "Tlaquepague".

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 SPF is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.

Even businessmen in three piece suits carry squirt bottles of drinking water.

Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside (this DOES happen).

No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.

You can understand the reason for a town named "Why".

You say, "Huachuca," and no one says, "Gezunteit."

Driving 95 miles to save $5 on pinto beans sounds like a great bargain.

All the chrome names and logos on your new Datsun got licked off by some steers in Willcox.

The front lawn is dry as a bone, and the back yard just got a four inch downpour.

A Houston, Texas car just drove up and unloaded six cowboys, and everyone laughed at them.

You fear driving in Tucson, not because of drive by shootings, but because of the drivers on Kolb.

You ate an orange right off of the tree and puckered your mouth so bad you broke two front teeth.

Geriatric Physicians account for 75% of the GNP of the state.

Dust on your friends' furniture starts looking ambient.

You are driving 82 MPH on I-10, and everyone is passing you, except a '68 Ford from West Virginia.

All the medicine in your bathroom cabinet has labels in only Spanish, ¿si?

You learn that, "OK bye bye" is phone Spanish for "Good-bye."

Your two favorite colors are beige and copper patina.

You realise that the words, "Qué Paso?" are not followed by, "the butter."

Carrying a concealed weapon is not mentioned until your gun falls out of your pocket onto the sheriff's toe.

Jalapeños taste bland.

An abandoned copper mine and 600 miles of tailings are a major tourist attraction.

[IrishRainy]

Okay, now do Casa Grande.

Honestly, I've heard just about every variation possible, and still no one seems to know definitively.

[IrishRainy]

No, actually there was up to 4 inches all over the city, such as East Mesa and North Scottsdale, and most of it was still there on Monday morning. It was freaky!

[exnavy]

I've lived in Michigan all my life, so it is a little odd to hear someone say that roads are closed because they are "iced over".

[IrishRainy]

Actually, I'm mistaken, it was only an inch or two in Phoenix. My son went to Flagstaff on MLK weekend and it snowed there, which is where I got the "4 inches."