So it rained in Arizona...big deal

We spend our winters near Zion. They are having warnings also. Be careful.

I was driving directly toward that crazy looking storm while westbound on the 60 freeway. It was definitely one of the wildest looking weather systems I've ever seen.

I was camping a few weeks ago,,,, near a creek no less,,, and we got 5 1/2 of rain in 3 hours. Thankfully I was up on the hill away from the creek. If I had been in the camping spot near the creek I would have ended up in 4 feet of water that was moving very fast.

That storm looks much worse !!!!

Southwest 585 cleared visual 8 Right aaahhhh Southwest 585 disregard :E

Saw the vids from Elliott City. Scary awesome.

I know a little about heavy rainstorms. The day we were moving into the first house we bought in Columbus, OH, it rained. 6 inches in a little over 3 hours. The house was on the side of what passes for a hill in Columbus, and I'm dragging in with a truck load of our stuff. I pull in the driveway, which is crossways on the hill, and there is this river running through the back yard, in one side of the garage and out the other and lapping at the basement windows. I don't know how much rain there's been yet, just that it has been raining fairly hard, and seeing that, I'm thinking "oh, my, god, what have I just bought?"

Next door neighbor steps out on his porch to say hi and seeing me standing there in awe, looks back and says, "I've lived here for 40 years, and I've never seen it do that!"

Turned out that a major city storm sewer just up the hill had clogged and then ruptured.

But seeing the water pouring down Elliott City's main street sent shivers up my spine.

Wow, that's cool. Looked like an atomic bomb had exploded or something. Been a crazy week for weather. A small historic city near me (Ellicott City) got hit with 6 inches of rain in just TWO HOURS over the weekend, destroyed the city, killed 2 people and ruined almost 200 cars. Its amazing... the beauty and power of little drops of water...

Not a good time to just be driving down streets.......





Arizona has the 'Stupid Motorist' Law for a reason

They need to follow it up with a 'Stupid Hiker' Law

garyhaupt wrote:
then again..maybe it was a big deal....





Gary Haupt

Not a good time to be jeeping down a wash.

Ah...Phoenix.

Thanks

Found an animated version, really cool

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