Re: Wow! Big Storm in Phoenix
- From: Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:36:10 -0700
On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:01:24 GMT, Charlie E. <edmondson@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:14:11 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
About 30 years ago I first moved to the Coachella Valley from Memphis.
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:08:51 -0700, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:29:42 -0700, Robert BaerWhen i was in the Army, i was posted in Fort Huachuca for about 6
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
See...
http://www.kpho.com/news/17331217/detail.html?rss=pho&psp=news
http://www.azfamily.com/news/homepagetopstory/stories/phoenix-weather-news-082808-bad-weather.21828bd4.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fsPDi0y2Fg
I've lived here for 46 years and not seen anything quite like this.
Lightning activity so frequent that thunder was a _constant_ rumble
for more than an hour... sounded like standing next to a diesel
locomotive.
No apparent damage here, but I note that a neighbor across the street
had a tree uprooted.
...Jim Thompson
Yikes!
And i was thinking of moving to AridZona for a climate warmer than
OhRegan and presumedly isolated from HizziCanes, ToraNadoes etc (having
much of SouthAmerica youall as a barrier).
Don't move here! It's hotter than hell and then the wind blows ;-)
...Jim Thompson
months (about Jun-Nov).
Took me about one hour to get used to the heat.
I know. I'm just trying to control population growth in AZ ;-)
...Jim Thompson
We would be outside, and everyone around us was dying from the heat
(it was in August...) and my wife and I looked at each other and said,
"Yes, it is warm, isn't it." It was 118F, but felt like about 78 in
Memphis!
Charlie
Yep, I was back to WV Aug 21-25 for my 50th high school reunion, and
my every-five-year humidity dose to remind me why I live in AZ ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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