Flash flooding in Phoenix, AZ.

[71_deputy]

what part was flooded Rich?

[thebankerstoy]

Thanks again guys. Last night ended up being more thunder and lightening with some light spotty rain than heavy rain and today is supposed to be much calmer, but the weather folks are saying that another round of heavy rain is on it's way from California by tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes.

I agree with you Zoran, when the ground gets extremely dry for long periods of time, it just won't handle much rain, so the water just flows wherever it wants to go and once it builds up momentum, there's not much you can do to stop it.

Road management officials were really worried yesterday morning about the I-17 freeway which is one of the major highways throughout Phoenix and most all other AZ communities and is also one of the main routes that folks use to travel from Phoenix up to all of the cities in Northern Arizona, as it was heavily flooded in several areas yesterday morning as seen in the pictures below. It looks as if we were lucky though, as after the water receded yesterday afternoon, there was a lot of mud and debris to clean up, but they didn't find any damage to the roadway itself, so it was reopened.

Richard

[thebankerstoy]

Hello John,

This information won't mean much to anyone who isn't familure with the Phoenix and surrounding areas, but this on-line article will give you some information on what happened yesterday.

Richard

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../14277175/

[Racer Brown]

We had a wet June, around 6.5 inches, but then it's been pretty dry! Stay home and stay on the DCR, Richard!!!!

[71_deputy]

thanks Rich!!! Lana has booked our flights for Feb 25 to Mar 13- so I'll telephone ya when we get down there!!

[thebankerstoy]

thanks Rich!!! Lana has booked our flights for Feb 25 to Mar 13- so I'll telephone ya when we get down there!!

Fantastic John! I'll look forward to seeing you then my friend! Hopefully the weather will be better so you can take the cars our for a drive!

Richard

[Warhawkfight34]

Hope the coronet and you guys are all right Rich!

[71_deputy]

well have about 16 days down there- should be in the mid 70's and up!!so well hookup with ya!!!!!! :-)

[thebankerstoy]

Hope the coronet and you guys are all right Rich!

Thank you and so far both family and hot rods are safe and dry. My 99 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab has seen the worst of the weather, as my wife drives it to work daily and since I have a two car garage and three vehicles, it has to be parked outside in the driveway, but so far it's received no damage either. I'm a lot luckier than lots of other folks who have lost almost everything during the floods and not having any flood insurance to help with their losses.

Richard

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[ws27]

Who would have thought to have flood insurance in the desert?