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Posted by Tia Mary on September 22, 2009, 8:24 am
Dragonfly wrote:
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> Tia Mary -- as a Seattle native who has been dehydrating in New Mexico for 9
> years now...
> The "monsoon" in "monsoon season" here in the southwest refers to the
> seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds, not particularly a
> lot of rain. It's the time of year that spotty afternoon thundershowers
> occur more frequently, but that is the only connection to the wet stuff.
>
> Sometimes the kids and I make up our own "myths" about rain. Like,
> obviously, since water in the ocean looks blue, there is water up in the
> sky. Clouds make the blue go away because the water falls down to the
> ground! So when it rains, we said "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!"
>
> Family jokes like that make life more fun! ;-)
>
> Dragonfly (Pam)
Well, I lived in Lizard Land for 35 years and I have seen the
desert SouthWest monsoon season in all it's various incarnations. I'm
sure it's different in New Mexico but in Phx, AZ there has been many a
year when the monsoon season resulted in floods and more often than not
there is sufficient rain to keep the dry washes and stream beds raging
with enough deceptively calm water that unsuspecting motorists ended up
stranded and need to be rescued. Mostly, tho', it was a time of massive
winds, nasty humidity (especially when combined with 105F to 110F or
higher temps) and thunderous, instantaneous downpours that last just
minutes.
Folks here in Magnoliaville have no understanding of a place that
gets less than 10" annual rainfall and 99% of that falling in a matter
of six or eight weeks. Not sure if it has changed but the average was
about 7" of yearly rainfall when I still lived there!! When you
consider that many of the metro Atlanta areas have gotten that much rain
in a 24 hour period it makes you realize that most of AZ, well
everything outside the Mogollon Rim and points north, really has no
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weather at all apart from the monsoon season -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Taria on September 22, 2009, 10:11 am
Stay safe, high and dry Mary. You sure did pick two very different
climates to live in.
Taria
Lizard Land for 35 years and I have seen the
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> desert SouthWest monsoon season in all it's various incarnations. I'm
> sure it's different in New Mexico but in Phx, AZ there has been many a
> year when the monsoon season resulted in floods and more often than not
> there is sufficient rain to keep the dry washes and stream beds raging
> with enough deceptively calm water that unsuspecting motorists ended up
> stranded and need to be rescued. Mostly, tho', it was a time of massive
> winds, nasty humidity (especially when combined with 105F to 110F or
> higher temps) and thunderous, instantaneous downpours that last just
> minutes.
> Folks here in Magnoliaville have no understanding of a place that gets
> less than 10" annual rainfall and 99% of that falling in a matter of six
> or eight weeks. Not sure if it has changed but the average was about 7"
> of yearly rainfall when I still lived there!! When you consider that many
> of the metro Atlanta areas have gotten that much rain in a 24 hour period
> it makes you realize that most of AZ, well everything outside the Mogollon
> Rim and points north, really has no weather at all apart from the monsoon
> season -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Louise in Iowa on September 22, 2009, 9:23 am
So glad to hear you're safe and dry. We just saw pictures on the national
news, and it's all too reminiscent of what people around here went through
last year. We're keeping all those affected in our prayers.
--
Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
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> Sandy wrote:
>> Has anyone heard from Tia Mary since all of the awful flooding started in
>> the Atlanta area? I hope she's okay!
> We're OK here -- so far. The majority of the really BAD stuff has been
> south of us both to the east and the west. Our county (Forsyth) is still
> under flood warnings until tomorrow afternoon and it *looks* like the rain
> has slowed down --at least for the next few days. I told my DSis that I
> was about ready to build me an ark!!.
> I love the rain and we surely have needed it after many years of
> drought, just not all at one time! The worst part for me is that, while
> the temps have been much cooler, in the mid 70's, the humidity has been
> unbearably high, like 100%, and it has been playing havoc with my asthma.
> Of course, difficulties with my asthma are much easier to handle than
> trying to cope with getting flooded out. It is so heart breaking to see
> the pictures and stories on the news!
> So -- I am OK and, AFAIK, everything within about a 15 or 20 mile
> radius of me is OK. Thanks for thinking of me and let's all send "good
> stuff" to those unfortunate folks who haven't been near as lucky as me.
> CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Sandy on September 22, 2009, 12:36 pm
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> Sandy wrote:
> > Has anyone heard from Tia Mary since all of the awful flooding started
> > in the Atlanta area? I hope she's okay!
> >
> We're OK here -- so far. The majority of the really BAD stuff has
> been south of us both to the east and the west. Our county (Forsyth) is
> still under flood warnings until tomorrow afternoon and it *looks* like
> the rain has slowed down --at least for the next few days. I told my
> DSis that I was about ready to build me an ark!!.
> I love the rain and we surely have needed it after many years of
> drought, just not all at one time! The worst part for me is that, while
> the temps have been much cooler, in the mid 70's, the humidity has been
> unbearably high, like 100%, and it has been playing havoc with my
> asthma. Of course, difficulties with my asthma are much easier to
> handle than trying to cope with getting flooded out. It is so heart
> breaking to see the pictures and stories on the news!
> So -- I am OK and, AFAIK, everything within about a 15 or 20 mile
> radius of me is OK. Thanks for thinking of me and let's all send "good
> stuff" to those unfortunate folks who haven't been near as lucky as me.
> CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
I'm glad to hear that you're doing okay so far, TM! How about the rest
of this group? Anyone else affected?
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Tia Mary on September 22, 2009, 3:07 pm
Sandy wrote:
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> I'm glad to hear that you're doing okay so far, TM! How about the rest
> of this group? Anyone else affected?
>
I don't know if it's here or at RCTN but there is someone who lives
in the north west part of the state. I haven't seen or heard about any
really bad widespread flooding in that part of the state but that
doesn't mean it hasn't happened! HMMM -- I'll have to post over at
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RCTN and see if there is any response. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
--
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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> years now...
> The "monsoon" in "monsoon season" here in the southwest refers to the
> seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds, not particularly a
> lot of rain. It's the time of year that spotty afternoon thundershowers
> occur more frequently, but that is the only connection to the wet stuff.
>
> Sometimes the kids and I make up our own "myths" about rain. Like,
> obviously, since water in the ocean looks blue, there is water up in the
> sky. Clouds make the blue go away because the water falls down to the
> ground! So when it rains, we said "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!"
>
> Family jokes like that make life more fun! ;-)
>
> Dragonfly (Pam)