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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Two people are killed and 30 rescued from their rooftops amid catastrophic flooding sparked by monsoon rains in Arizona |
| 2021-08-15 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Phoenix has stormwater sewer, it may be underused or underbuilt due to the rest of the arid weather, but they do have it. I suspect the washes get overloaded |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-08-15 14:53 |
| #4 Remember also that Phoenix has no storm sewers at all (because most of the time you don't need them.) So when rain falls, there's nowhere for it to go but evaporate back up into the atmosphere. |
| Posted by: Tom 2021-08-15 14:44 |
| #3 Rained overnight in San Diego too, but not in large quantities. The prophecy was foretold when I got my truck washed yesterday |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-08-15 11:44 |
| #2 at airport in Phoenix 0.8" yesterday at airport in Tucson 1.03" some areas probably had a lot more |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-08-15 11:33 |
| #1 When I lived there 35 years ago, I was told the "monsoon season" was when the dew point exceeded 50%. The swamp coolers were ineffective, too. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-08-15 10:10 |