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Post by Cornflake on Sept 16, 2014 21:25:50 GMT -5
I'm sitting on the back patio and it's showering at the moment. Last week we had floods, due to the side effects of a withering tropical storm in the Pacific. Now there's another tropical storm sweeping us into its orbit, as Hobson observed in the daily thread. The National Weather Service says this kind of situation is very unpredictable but that tomorrow and Thursday, there's a chance that all hell will break loose. Well, that's not exactly what they said, but it's the gist. I don't mind. We've had drought conditions for the last twenty years. Any break is welcome, even if it has bad table manners. The temperatures are very pleasant.
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 16, 2014 21:42:01 GMT -5
Interesting. What does "all hell break loose" mean? Tons of rain, I assume, but more than that? I've been following southwest weather since our trip to New Mexico, since it's a completely different place than where we live, with things like arroyos, which in the city were cemented over dry stream beds with warning signs in case of rain.
If you get a hard rain, which is rare (in Albuquerke I understand) why do they channel it all away? Can't that rain be saved somewhere?
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 16, 2014 21:49:01 GMT -5
That's a long story. Up to a point, very hard rains can be caught in part in our many reservoirs. Beyond that point, it runs off. It causes flash floods in our canyons. Arizona has the highest proportion of people living in cities of 100K or more in the country. The urban infrastructure has been neglected, which is why I-10 turned into a lake last week.
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Post by godotwaits on Sept 16, 2014 22:15:54 GMT -5
I'm sure the cacti are looking forward to replenishing their savings accounts.
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Post by Kramster on Sept 16, 2014 22:25:21 GMT -5
And free pool water!
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Sept 16, 2014 22:49:10 GMT -5
We will get some of that rain here, which will make the firefighters on the 36 pit fire happy as it's grown to 3600 acres and is making breathing a problem for people with asthma and the like.
Mike
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Post by RickW on Sept 16, 2014 23:27:21 GMT -5
I worked for a bit for the telephone company in Kamloops, a town in the BC interior which is very dry. They hated it when it rained hard. Places that don't get a lot of water, things get blocked, dry out, stuff cracks, and they don't find out until the water hits it. You don't really know where the water is going to go, where it's going to collect. Here, it rains all the time, and everyone found out a long time ago where the water is going to go, and everything is built around that. So we don't get a whole lot of problems.
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Post by Hobson on Sept 17, 2014 9:15:16 GMT -5
New Mexico has arroyos. Arizona has washes. Same thing, different name. Dry most of the time, but that's where the water goes when it rains. Unless it rains really hard and then it goes everywhere. The wash that runs across our multiuse path has been running since Monday, 9/8, after the last hurrican-driven rain.
We've had exactly one inch of rain since it started yesterday morning about 3:00. It's mostly a steady drizzle, which is what we want so it soaks in and doesn't do any damage. So far this year, a bit over 16 inches. That's not excessive, but seems so after a few years of drought.
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 17, 2014 9:35:20 GMT -5
Hobson, it now appears that southern Arizona will get most of it.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 17, 2014 10:33:56 GMT -5
And on other global warming fronts, we've had some of the coldest summer days on record. But overall the planet is hotter. I heard some story that said, because the polar ice cap is shrinking, the cold air doesn't stay up there. It moves around more. For a large part of the last year it's meandered our way.
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Post by Resolve on Sept 17, 2014 11:15:28 GMT -5
Following up your remark, Marshall...Farmers Almanac is calling for a long "meander" of very cold air this winter here in the midwest. Every year winter becomes more difficult for me to tolerate. I typically "dress in layers" but may have to invest in some warmer winter clothing. More wool is needed methinks!
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Post by Marshall on Sept 17, 2014 14:43:52 GMT -5
I read that as "dress-in lawyers."
Would make a good band name wooden it?
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Post by theevan on Sept 17, 2014 14:59:57 GMT -5
Clever thread title.
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Post by Chesapeake on Sept 17, 2014 16:24:59 GMT -5
Bob Dylan warned us a long time ago this would happen.
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Post by Doug on Sept 17, 2014 17:40:49 GMT -5
See give it a couple of years and AZ will have vegetation like FL and FL will look like a desert. PS I looked it up Bill, and the eating one is with 2 ses. cause I knew you would rag me if I got it wrong.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 17, 2014 17:55:02 GMT -5
See give it a couple of years and AZ will have vegetation like FL and FL will look like a desert. PS I looked it up Bill, and the eating one is with 2 ses. cause I knew you would rag me if I got it wrong. Are you kidding me? I gave up on you LONG ago as a hopeless cause! Spel eny weigh yew lyke.
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Post by drlj on Sept 17, 2014 18:10:10 GMT -5
So, we are basically doomed? Does that mean we qualify for medical marijuana?
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Post by Hobson on Sept 18, 2014 14:59:36 GMT -5
Started on our usual walk today, knowing that we would have to turn around and take a detour when we got to the wash. Did not expect to see it running 60 feet wide with whirlpools. Decided to add a mile to our walk so we could see what the next access point looks like. Same thing there.
There are quite a few road closures now and some of the schools sent kids home as early as 11:00 AM. Highway 92, the main highway from Sierra Vista to Bisbee, is closed at the San Pedro River. Since we have no need to cross the river, we're not directly affected.
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 18, 2014 15:11:20 GMT -5
You folks got hit pretty hard.
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Post by Doug on Sept 18, 2014 15:30:27 GMT -5
Started on our usual walk today, knowing that we would have to turn around and take a detour when we got to the wash. Did not expect to see it running 60 feet wide with whirlpools. Decided to add a mile to our walk so we could see what the next access point looks like. Same thing there. There are quite a few road closures now and some of the schools sent kids home as early as 11:00 AM. Highway 92, the main highway from Sierra Vista to Bisbee, is closed at the San Pedro River. Since we have no need to cross the river, we're not directly affected. AZ bridges
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