Anyone watching the weather lately knows the southwest has been hit with a monster storm bringing a lot of rain, and wind. We actually had a tornado warning last night and reports of a few touching down in the valley. My home has been blessed to receive a more mild dose of this crazy storm. We’ve had the crazy winds, losing a few window screens but I didn’t lose any trees like some of my neighbors are reporting. I do have a lake in the back yard with more rain expected today:

So all this crazy flooding seems to fit my week’s personal events as well. Between health annoyances, crazy busy calendars, and new responsibilities displacing daily needs, I’m definitely feeling a little waterlogged. The good news is it’s Friday now and I’m feeling like I can now surface for a big gulp of air. The sun will come back and just like the ground will absorb and benefit from all this excess moisture - so will my mind, body and spirit from its current excess too.

I wonder if you can tell there’s a lot of heat outside the window behind us?

When there’s snow on the mountains in the Phoenix valley, that’s chilly for AZ.

And it’s not even 10:30 AM yet.

Since living in Arizona (making this my 9th year I believe), I’ve seen some pretty incredible rain and electrical storms. We even had our satellite dish struck with lightening once. But yesterday afternoon we got a rain storm unlike anything I’ve ever seen. My daughter’s comments are so timely toward the end of this clip!

The water came down in such torrents and so quickly I had it coming into my house through the front door! Within a few minutes my entire towel was soaked.

Here’s one neighbor wading through the water to retrieve his garbage barrel. There were several that lined the end of the culdesac when the storm was over and I saw people walking them back up to the top of several streets last night!

This truck driving through helps give an idea of how deep the water on the street was…and all this within about 15-20 minutes!

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