Friday, July 12, 2013

Haboob and Monsoons…

Today we got hit with a haboob (strong dusty winds) and a mild monsoon (just a different name for a hard rain storm).  It came in fast, did it’s destruction them left as quickly as it came.  There was lots of thunder, some lighting and really strong winds.

I looked out the window just in time to see my birdbath take off around the side of the house and the garbage in the can go flying off to the neighbor’s house.  Dick went running out to rescue our garbage can and the birdbath and came in to tell me a tree had blown down and was blocking the street.

Here are some pictures of today’s storm.

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Our house is the one with the white van that you can see.

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The wind just pulled the tree out of the ground.

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This storm came quick and then left.  The air is now has a clean fragrance after the rain.  Love these Arizona storms but would rather see them than be in them like last year when we got stranded.  Was not a fun afternoon.

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