Summer is hot in Tucson, Arizona. It is the Sonoran Desert. It is mystifyingly hot here sometimes. Ridiculous.
And don't believe that junk about "But, it's a dry heat!". When it's 105 degrees out, it is like an oven. And besides, in the summer, we have monsoon season. So it's humid, too.
Monsoons are completely wild and crazy storms. Thunder, lightning, high winds, hail. Tremendous amounts of rain can fall in very short periods of time. Dry washes and creekbeds can all of a sudden wash cars away. People drown every year cause they drive down a street that is flooded and get swept away. Crazy.
This monsoon season has been a big 'ol disappointment. Where's the STORMS? Where's the RAIN? It's hot and humid, and NOT ENOUGH STORMS.
We had our first one the other night. Middle of the night. I didn't get to see it. :(
THEN, finally, yesterday - RAIN. Thunder. I LOVE IT.
It was all over in about 15 minutes.
Sigh. Waiting for more.
(That's a giant saguaro cactus you see).
If I wasn't a bit worried about being struck by lightning (which also happens all the time out here), I would have been dancing in the downpour.
:)
2 comments:
oh boy.....we needed the rain here, too.....we lost power for 4 hours last night! It was nice to have an evening candlelight.....
Found you through Natural Suburbia...I lived in Tucson from 1987-1995, my husband was born there and some of his family still live there.
I remember the monsoon. Enormous cumulus clouds moving in and converging over the valley, darkening and then WHAM! Water! I used to dance in the rain...
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