ain Startles Phoenix!
Well, it's been weeks since I posted anything here, but I had to let the world know about this strange and amazing event happening RIGHT NOW! Phoenix is being RAINED ON!
Yes, time to call out all the local news reporters to give us live reports of how much water is collecting in the parking lot, how the sky is being lit up with (can you believe it) lightening, and how hard it was to actually drive to the news station because the rain kept hitting the windshield of their cars. Grab the pets, kids and grandparents in off the porch, and whatever you do, don't go outside!
 | See! It's proof! From the AZCentral website...
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This is the night that all the Phoenix weather men live for, when they all become superstar anchors who are temporarily released from the tedium of repeating their standard catch phrase: "It's gonna be sunny, dry and hot!". This is such a big event, it would pre-empt declaration of WW3!
I guess I can't blame them for all the hoopla, but, having lived most of my life in a relatively humid state and my college years in a city that is probably one of the top 10 most humid cities in the country (Baton Rouge, LA), I have to admit that I find the whole thing extremely amusing. This is a relatively small thunderstorm, about the caliber of the kind we regularly had in Baton Rouge every evening for 6-9 months of the year, but here it's cause for city wide alarm. And actually, probably for good reason since NO ONE who has lived here for more than 5 years has a partial clue about how to drive in the rain.
I can't blame them though. This is the same sort of reaction that Baton Rouge had every time the temperature managed to drop below 32 degrees for more than a day and there was an "Ice Storm Warning". The town would literally shut down as soon as that was announced. I actually worked for the state government when one of those was issued and the offices were immediately closed so that everyone could get home before the imminent danger set in. And the funny part is: NOTHING HAPPENED. I'm pretty sure it would be the same story here if a thunderstorm actually came during the day, but, if they happen, they usually set in after everyone has gone home anyway.
Well, at least Tad and I are getting a good laugh at the news reports. I think I'm going to go start taping them and send them back to my friends back home and give them something to gaffaw at for a while! Though, I'm sure in a few more years in residence, we'll be just as glued to the tv and amazed as everyone else here... I have to admit that I am just a tiny bit fascinated by the water falling from the usually clear and cloudless sky, myself.
Stay Dry! | 
