about 7 months ago - 1 comment
Last week we had rain… lots of it. Consider this… Phoenix normally gets about 7 to 8 inches of rain a year and last week we got almost 3.5 inches. That’s kind of nuts to think about. Amazingly, there wasn’t much street flooding in the metro area, so that was good. The back yard of
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
So I read the FAQs online and was able to troubleshoot the heating problem. The system works like a charm now. Just in time, since the weather took a turn for the worse this week. We have had pretty not stop rain since yesterday at 4pm. Nuts.
about 8 months ago - No comments
Yesterday was a crazy weather day here in Arizona. Two interstates were closed because of bad weather. I-10 was closed South of Phoenix due to blowing dust. The low visibility caused a massive wreck that involved at least 8 semi trucks and killed 4 people. Insane. The second interstate was I-40 between Flagstaff and Williams.
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning so that means six more weeks of winter. How do you know if winter sticks around for six more weeks? I mean, given that it was close to 80 degrees here in Phoenix yesterday, I’d say that spring was already here. How do you judge the beginning of
about 1 year ago - No comments
Yesterday, Phoenix got a winter rain storm. As the sun was setting in the west, a rainbow showed up. Here are a few photos of the rainbow. As you can see, it was a full rainbow. From my drive home. From my living room window overlooking the pool.
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Some pictures for those of you who don’t live here in Arizona. This is what my drive home from a friend’s how looked today at 6pm. Good old dust storm! Now, let’s just hope that we get some rain from this later tonight. Click on the images for the larger size. In the last photo,
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Last night Phoenix was treated to a lightning show! During the hour that I made the photo below, the weather service counted over 4800 lightning strikes. This is called constant lightning and it’s really really cool. The night sky is just full of flashes and is almost never dark because of it. Take a look
about 2 years ago - No comments
So, I had to share these videos. These were taken back on August 4th at the Cubs/Astros game in Chicago. The game was suspended for severe weather. The videos below show what it was like before and during the almost tornado that hit the area. The loud sirens in the background are the tornado warning
about 2 years ago - No comments
It’s officially started!! Monsoon Season is here for the next few weeks and it has started with a bang. Yesterday we had a crap load of rain fall over an hours time. Some areas of Phoenix received over an inch and a half of rain. That may not sound like much to some of you
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Do Senate leaders really think this is a good solution to the country’s energy crisis and global warming? George F. Will writes a very poignant article on the bill that was being debated in the Senate this week. You can read it here. Talk about increasing the bureacracy and size of the federal government… also
