Yesterday an unexpected microburst/hail storm moved through the Valley of the Sun. Caught all of us desert rats by surprised and did some significant damage in places. There are even rumors of a funnel cloud or two that were spotted in the area. The drive home was exciting as the majority of the people who live here in Arizona have no idea how to drive in the rain, giving those of us who do (I took Driver's Ed and learned how to drive while living up in Portland, Oregon) something to laugh about. It was also very entertaining watching the 10 o'clock news last night and hearing about everyone's "near-death" experiences with the hail and how they "weren't sure they were going to survive" the three feet of water that they decided to drive their car into on the freeway. No joke, one guy last night said he didn't know what he was going to do because it was "ice cold water." O_o
Uhm...do you know how to swim? No, strike that. Do you know how to WADE? It's water!!!
Unfortunately, we were not spared over here on Boston St. I came home to find my shed tipped over in the backyard and half of my neighbor's back porch awning hanging over the porch and into my yard.
Katy and I were able to get the shed back upright, but the neighbor's roof is still hanging over the fence. The pool was FULL of leaves and Wall-E (that's what my niece named my pool vacuum) is out there working overtime right now as I am typing this. Also, I'm not sure if the tree that was hit by the roof is going to make it. We'll have to see.
I am thankful that the damage wasn't any worse than it was.
