Raining cats and dogs in Southern Arizona
@Rohvannyn (3098)
United States
January 7, 2016 3:42pm CST
I haven't seen it rain this hard since last Monsoon. It's rained a few times in the past weeks but not this much. The streets are starting to be awash as the storm drains fill, and some folks go to fast and put a huge white plume of water over you as you try to drive. I definitely had to be on the ball today as I came back from my few hours of weekend overtime. (January is our busiest month, gotta love that time and a half!)
I'm glad I'm not up in Flagstaff, they're getting a bunch of snow!
It's pretty nice to be back home, looking out at the deluge.
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@sallypup (69226)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Jan 16
@Rohvannyn Not that long this happened to me. Our roads are not wide and it was this side of being icy. I was glad that I had just had the wipers replaced.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
7 Jan 16
@sallypup No kidding! That really can be scary.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
7 Jan 16
I hear you there! Luckily, the roads are wide, there aren't embankments, and drivers maintain some level of separation in these conditions, so I can usually just set the wipers to high and steer a straight course. It can be sphincter-tightening, though.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
23 Jan 16
It is like in the Phoenix area when it rains like that our street system is not set up for that so everything gets swamped and is water logged. I bet the Snow Bowl up in Flag is happy, that means they will have lots of people coming up to ski there. Glad to hear you are inside now and not out in the deluge.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
24 Jan 16
It's nice to hear what it's like in Phoenix... I don't spend much time up there.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
24 Jan 16
@Rohvannyn
I lived in the area for many years and have been to Tucson a number of times.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Jan 16
i hope y'all dont' get any serious floodin' -there's more'n 'nough 'f that sorta thingy goin' 'round in other states.
some folks ought not be allowed to drive...period. they've an apparent disregard fer other folks safety 'n their own.
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@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8 Jan 16
Oh no, they said rain here starting tonite into Sunday. I hope I heard it wrong, was taking my grandson to school, dealing with traffic and planning my day when AccuWeather gave the forecast. Please, please not rain ALL weekend.
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Then they have raffle drawings and free food and stuff too. January is tough but it can be kind of cool, too.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Jan 16
hi from GardenGrove Catell me about it we have had heavy rains here all week but today and the forecast is thunderstorm this afternoon late andheav rain in the nigh 'we had a hailstorm about two am this morning. we used to live in Tempe near the college
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 16
rained last night, dry here today
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
8 Jan 16
Holey smokey makaroney! I thought it did really rain cats and dogs in Southern Arizona!
