The drought is over!

[gjbivin]

After 143 days since the last precipitation here in the Phoenix area (Oct. 18), we finally got rain! In fact, it's been raining since about 11:00 last night, which is a torrential downpour for this place.

That "giant sucking sound" in my workshop isn't Ross Peroit -- it's all of my wood swelling...

[Ken Massingale]

Now, now Gary. Mind your language!

[RmeDad]

Wow!

Real "toad strangler" in Scottsdale. My pool is filling up fast!

[Pappy]

Send some my way. I'm going to have to pay to unload my scraps at the dump!

[maxparot]

I already had to drain 2" from my pool here in Mesa.

[JR]

California Sunshine

That's what my friend from Mesa calls rain!

We had an even more rare event. Snow!

This will be uninteresting to most everyone, but it's causing quite a lot of conversation here.

Snow on Boney Mountain. Elev. 3100', about 5 miles from the ocean.

[RmeDad]

SNOW? Is that the white stuff on those hills behind your house?

We don't get no stinking snow!

LOL!

[gjbivin]

There was 4" of snow in Cave Creek and Carefree (about 20 miles north of Phoenix) -- first time in 6 years.

I think the excitement is over for a while though. The forecast is for clear weather the rest of this week here. The upcoming major fire season in AZ is still scheduled for this summer.