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Originally Posted by Don B.
Yeah, because it is normal to have six feet of water in the Salt River by downtown Phoenix.
--don
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It was a very wet storm but it was VASTLY overblown by the idiotic newspeople. They made it sound like there would be super winds, tornadoes, lightning, tons of damage, etc. Id say we see more property damage by far from a big monsoon than this thing. This storm was unusual for us because of the sustained level of rain but it wasn't a big deal other than that.
I just drove over the Salt River at Central Ave and it looks like the flowing water has knocked over quite a few of the trees in the Rio Salado project area. I wonder if they've built something into the budget to replace those or not, I know the parks budget is really suffering, Id hate to see it just sit and rot there.
EDIT: For those who have lived other places, didnt this storm seem like a very Midwest storm? It reminded me of the kind I saw in St Louis a lot. Just steady rain for a few days but nothing dramatic like dust, lightning, etc.