If you said, "One of the singing chipmonks - the one that was most often in trouble," you get 15 bonus points and are probably from the generation that had Saturday morning cartoons and Captain Kangaroo on the weekdays.
One of the changes from living in the Tropical Tip - I don't look at Tropical Weather everyday. Whoda thunk that weather in the desert is affected by tropical weather? Yeah, this guy. But, the weather that comes into central Arizona frequently comes from the southwest.
And currently, way to the southwest - as in not far from Cabo San Lucas (at the southern tip of Baja) is "Post Tropical Cyclone Alvin." Yep, that pesky Alvin. That storm made it up to tropical storm strength, but is now down to a depression. The weather weasels were predicting movement on that storm that would bring rain to the desert by Sunday evening. Depending on the weasel, the predictions ranged from 1/10 of an inch to 3 inches. As that storm winds down 500 miles south of us, we'll see how to plays out.
For those keeping track: tomorrow is the official start of Hurricane Season. But, for now...
4 comments:
At least you are farther from the storms in the Baja than in the Gulf of America.
Definitely, although the Valley of the Sun has had significant weather that spins off Pacific cyclones in the past. Not to mention: haboobs... but I just mentioned them. That can be a summer occurrence and nothing to be trifled with. If you are into trifling.
And, I'm guessing you mentioned that Gulf to see if you could get a rise out of me. Yep. It is the Gulf of Mexico. It has been called that since the 1550s. (So, over 220 years before before the original 13 colonies declared their independence. I am all for national pride, but I also have an appreciation for history. Although I am thinking about calling the Atlantic and Pacific "the American Ocean and the Other American Ocean." And that state to the east of Arizona - let's call that New America... or maybe just make a symbol of it and call it "the state formerly known as New Mexico." Maybe change the name of the Rio Grande to the Big American River? Too much?
Not intended to spin you up. Sorry.
Nah, I'm good. I just think a lot of this is silliness. I used to work for a guy who was happiest when he would throw a wrench into the works to keep things stirred up. You could get a lot more work done if you weren't having to deal with all the little "fires" he started.
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