Last night's storm
Last night's storm was beautiful. But I could have been hurt or killed on multiple occasions. That's what made it so enjoyable. I was at ASU West waiting for Angie to get out of class when the storm rolled in from the East, and the rain didn't hit until we were on the I-17 and it intensified enough for us to get off at McDowell. There was then flooding, no electricity, various malfunctioning train and traffic signals plus emergency vehicles all causing mayhem. We made the most 4-way stops I've ever seen during one ride. When we finally got to it, Angie's drive way was flooded so we couldn't park and had to park next door. Then we had to brave the storm to get to her studio. As we walked through dark bushes we disturbed terrified sparrows and grackles that ran away from us on the ground while trying to fly, but they couldn't because they were soaked. Some just stayed put - too terrified to do anything at all. It was the saddest part of the whole thing and made me realize how powerful nature can be. Damage was everywhere. Last night and this morning I saw excessively flooded streets, miles without electricity, countless downed trees (uprooted and all, many in the middle of the road including palm trees snapped in half), a dozen damaged/malfunctioning/destroyed traffic signals and malfunctioning train signals, tons of damaged buildings (ASU's Sustainability Institute's wind turbines were destroyed), 4 destroyed billboards (one was still in the ground with it's metal support beams bent in a curve and another was Monti's Steak House's 30 year-old sign), 2 completely destroyed buildings and 1 palm tree in a car. All this was caused by a storm that had brief gusts of 100 mph winds. How horrible would it have been to be in Katrina? That storm had SUSTAINED winds of 175 mph.
August 29, 2008 10:00 AM
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