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Wasn't it Will Rogers who said "Weather, everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it"? I think it was. When my parents were living and I called home to chat, Dad would answer the phone, give me a weather report, then hand the phone to Mother for the rest of the news. When we moved to Arizona in mid-August of 2019 the Monsoon season had ended. Then in 2020 there was no Monsoon. No rain at all. We laughed at the "Storm Commander" vehicle that would go out and track the dangerous weather around the Valley. We actually thought it was kind of overkill for a bit of rain. Then Monsoon 2021 hit! And we have learned what a Monsoon means in the Desert. The storms have been constant for 2 weeks and forecasted to go on through the coming week. The areas of the desert that have burned through the Spring and Summer are now dangerous flood sites. There is nothing to hold the water, or slow the rush down the mountains, so flash floods are being reported. Stories of cars swept away by rushing water, homes damaged and people rescued are common. Phoenix has a canal system to move water to the treatment plants in areas where it is most needed. I believed those canals would handle any runoff from rain storms. But that is not the case. We now understand the deep, empty channels that run through the city to protect neighborhoods from flash floods. So far, we have not seen any threats to our area of the city, but I won't ignore any warnings we may get. We've gone from extreme heat, over 110 during the day and lows of 90 degrees overnight, to days of low 70s and no change at night. Our sinuses are confused by the changes in the atmosphere and everyone seems to have some degree of allergies going on. While it is true, the Monsoon will not last very long, I will be relieved to see our weather move back to a more predictable pattern. Even the heat will be "normal" when it returns. --donna
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