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[cactuswatcher]

Rain wouldn't be much of a topic for most of you, but here in the desert, it's news.

Last night we had one of the biggest, and heaviest summer rain storms Phoenix has had since I moved here. It certainly wasn't one of the most violent, but in terms of size for a summer storm here it was a big one. It's not often when I can watch the weather radar and see that it's raining hard at my house and at soulfulspike80's across town at the same time from the same storm cell. The same storm rained on masqthephslphr's parent's place, but it's so far away that area wasn't on screen in the radar picture as the leading edge of the storm was over my house. It probably wasn't raining quite as hard there then, but they'd had their share.

Most of the area got over an inch and a half of rain last night, which is only unusual in how widespread it was for this time of year.

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Oh my!

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Yes, even running over a hidden curb could make a heck of a noise. None of us knows what its like driving with all the water in the streets till we move here and try to get somewhere when it's raining. I hope your mother's car is okay.

I was listening to the baseball game and watching the radar thinking, "You know it would be a good thing for all those people at the game if it went into extra innings." As it was it let out right in the middle of a heavy squall. I didn't hear too much except hwy 51 was a mess coming out of downtown.

When I moved, in my backyard was a lake every time it rained hard, with water standing a lot of places for a day or two sometimes. So part of putting in the cactus 'planters' was digging a path for the water to run out. My backyard was full of water Tuesday night and I had a little lapping on the patio, but nothing like it used to be. I only had one small puddle in the yard the next morning.