Man, that was some "storm", wasn't it?

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by _Charles_

During th winter of 1992/1993 it rained and rained and rained. It started raining at Thanksgiving and literally kept raining through New Years. The Salt River had such a strong flow of water that the pilings for the construction for the (then) new Mill Avenue were not knocked down. It was on the news.

That was nothing! LOL. You should have been here in 1980. Only one bridge left that was not closed from damage, destroyed or flooded out - Mill Avenue. 3 hours or more to get from Ahwatukee area downtown in the morning. Pretty much the same thing happend in 1978, but the I-10 bridge stayed open. The Agua Fria bridge on N I-17 failed in the darkness and motorists drove into the river to their deaths. In 1980, the Indian School road bridge caved in and some people who went around the barricades rode the pavement right into the river and drowned. Their bodies were removed but that of a little dog stayed in the back window of the vehicle until the river went down days later. In 1988 (I may be off on this one) the northbound I-10 bridge collapsed on the Gila River coming up from Tucson following a monsoon storm. Crews closed it before it failed. The detour through the rez was a mess. It can get very bad here.

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by blisterpeanuts

It's kinda nice to have a little variety in the weather. But now I'm ready to get back to blue skies and hot hot hot.

Bah humbug! We get enough sun & clear skies as it is ... and five to six months of "hot hot hot". Rain is always welcome in a desert city like Phoenix. The wetter, the better!

Originally Posted by _Charles_

During th winter of 1992/1993 it rained and rained and rained. It started raining at Thanksgiving and literally kept raining through New Years. The Salt River had such a strong flow of water that the pilings for the construction for the (then) new Mill Avenue were not knocked down. It was on the news.

I remember the '92/'93 winter season very well. Actually, the heavy rains started in early December, and continued almost nonstop though much of January. I think that was either the second or third wettest winter in Phoenix history. The winter of 1980 which Ponderosa mentioned was almost as wet ... but the floods during that year were much worse because we didn't have very effective flood control at that time. Since then, things have improved a little.

I was just looking at the NWS site. Once again, they're saying more wet, unsettled weather is forecast beginning on Monday, and continuing through next week. Yeah, right! It has gotten to the point where I don't trust much of anything the NWS says regarding storm systems. Their "sunny" forecasts are always accurate (* YAWWWWN *) ... but their rainfall predictions are usually exaggerated compared to how much we actually receive.

[stilldirrty]

Seven Inches of rain annually.
I'd complain too.

[Wy Darrell]

We are currently at -6 degrees Farenheit . Trade, anyone?