AZDana

I think it is officially monsoon season here in the Valley, which means that I will get a thimbleful of rain while someone on the next block over gets a massive downpour that floods their yard. I was hoping for a real deluge tonight, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. I should be glad that the weather’s pretty quiet in my area. In Gila Bend and Ajo, 2,300 people have been without electricity since Sunday because of the monsoons. They got hit with a storm with wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour. 47 power poles were knocked down and nine transmission towers were damaged in the area. Some are saying the power won’t be 100 percent restored till Wednesday. Thankfully, they’ve set up a temporary shelter in a local high school, and a local agency is sheltering the pets of the people that are staying at the high school.

Can you imagine what it would be like to sleep in a high school gym in the middle of summer? It’s one thing to rough it when you go camping, but I don’t think anyone would enjoy sleeping in a gym with a bunch of strangers. I guess I should be glad that the little storms I’ve seen so far haven’t turned into anything big.  I’d hate to have to sleep on a cot away from home and not even have a batch of fresh s’mores to show for it.

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