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| Above, last evening's downpour. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Last evening, we had one of the most intense monsoon thunderstorms since I've lived here.
The lightning was directly overhead at times and the thunder shook the house, unnerving my cat Sierra. It was quite a display. I was very much entertained.
The downpour from the storm was welcome as the area had been parched. But it caused some flooding problems on Historic Route 66 and Interstate 40 near milepost 33 near Iyanbito. We're at milepost 39.
According to one resident of our community, her rain gauge showed two inches of rain. I guessed before seeing it that we got 2" last evening.
The downpour got frogs or toads out and some here were doing some frogging. One resident joked, "It might be that a few rattlers got washed out of their normally dry holes and they are making frog sounds just to lure you in close." Actually, I didn't know we even had frogs or toads here.
Anyway, I think we made up for the dry months we had here this year. The area should be greening up pretty soon!
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