Category: monsoon season
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Monsoon Damage
The August 28 monsoon has turned out to be one of the worst in recent history, perhaps extended history. A condo building in downtown Phoenix lost its roof, several trees were uprooted, and a friend of mine caught a pic of a palm tree flattening a car near ASU. Add to this that the 100 […]
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Back in the (602)
When I left Maryland yesterday it was raining. Torrential rain during the tail end of rush hour is basically the equivalent of rush hour. I got Arden to the pet hotel without incident and made it to the airport on time, and then spent five hours inside the fuselage of a jet waiting to get […]
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Monsoon Roadtrip
Stages of an Arizona monsoon, while driving in it: Stage One: Threat Level Alpha The skies darken ominously. High winds try to toss the car across the road. Stage Two: Assault Fat drops of rain begin to pelt the car. Stage Three: Wading The roads begin to puddle over. Traffic slows. Stage Four: White Out […]
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Kansas, 1935
Beau looked out the window and said, “Oh my God, the trees are doing this,” and he took his hand, flat palmed, and moved it from a vertical position to a horizontal one in a quick gesture. We looked out the window. The lights across the parking lot were subdued into a moon-like glow, as […]
Charles Jensen | Writer 