If you said, "John Hiatt, 1988, from the album Slow Turning," you get 15 bonus points. If you said, "The song was later popularized by Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt on Buddy Guy's 1993 album Feels Like Rain," you get 20 more bonus points. Seems that some people think that song was written by Buddy Guy, but no, that is a John Hiatt original.
If you said, "Hey, haven't you, Mark, and the guys been working on that song?" you get another 10 bonus point for paying attention. If you asked, "Is this another weather report?" you are right, but no bonus points.
Rain today here in the desert. The weather weasels were saying it would start tonight... close: it was raining at 5:00 this morning. Rained lightly on and off during the day...
Joan and I appreciated a break from the heat. Murphy was less than enthralled: this is first time in a long time that he wasn't able to get outside... and he let us know. At one point, Joan opened the door a bit so he could stick his nose out there; he chose to not go out. Until she shut the door, and then he wanted to go out. That didn't happen.
June is usually the driest month of the year in Phoenix, with a historical average of 0.2" of rain. That happens to be what we have received since midnight, so far. And for those who like trivial: this is the first time in 111 years that Phoenix received rain on June 1st.
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I remember one gully-washer of a storm that flooded the streets in Sun City while we were visiting. A major thunderstorm brought some strong rain cells. Maybe 2" of rain in a 60-90 minute period. We sat on the screen porch at her parent's place and watched the street beside them turn into a river for a couple of hours. The water rose past the sidewalks and temporarily was onto the lawns. Cars were driving through foot-deep water (not a great idea). I understood the flash flood warnings much better after that. Your soil cannot absorb much before the water just runs off.
Yep, it is different - back in the Tropical Tip, the soil could absorb quite a bit of moisture, and living on an island, the water could run off. Streets would occasionally flood, but that was due to no storm sewers. Here, the ground is so hard that it can't absorb much, plus so many of the highways are built like "aquaducts" - when the pumps clog (happens with debris in the water flowing from the rain), the roadways fill up in the low spots.
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