Raining in the East PHX Valley again tonight ... thought the recent rains might be over but nope

[Hugh_Lebowski]

Ever since I posted my joyful 'Rain' by the Cult video 3 weeks ago, after a LONG dry spell, it's been raining off and on down here (like normal monsoons for the first time in 6 or 7 summers), and temps have been reasonable every day (topping out around 100F), and it's sure been nice.

Pretty sure my video had something to do with it

[StarryNite]

1. We just had a nice little rain shower...

in the far north valley. It came in quick but didn't last long.

[GulfCoast66]

2. Surely you are not complaining?

I live in Florida. We get around 60 inches a year! I celebrate every time it rains!

Ok. Re-read your post. You like it.

I only posted because a few days ago there was a post on DU that I read as the predicted rain in the southwest was not good. Might have been my bad for reading it incorrectly. I would think you guys welcome any rain.

Unless we have hurricane conditions I love rain. And I don’t hate hurricane rain. Just the winds!

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. The predicted rain in the southwest is possibly not good!

Because it can cause flash floods and landslides (which are usually mass-fatality events).

[GulfCoast66]

4. You live out there?

I can’t imagine anyone in the desert complaining about a normal rainfall after years without them.

That part of the Southwest was much greener until cattle farming became a thing. They get real big rains during the monsoon. It’s not the monsoons fault people moved into areas that get flooding during those times.

It’s like the fires followed by deluges in California which cause huge floods. That’s been happening for million of years. It’s a mountainous environment in a desert with a monsoon season. Those landslides happened way before human arrived. Human building houses there does not change the environment. Otherwise those mountains would be 20,000 feet. Well, maybe not that tall, but I’m too lazy to look it up

Are the drought and floods getting worse because of climate change? Of course. But the entire landscape of the west was shaped by drought and flood.

Most post on DU I’ve read from people who live there welcome the rain.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

5. Seriously got dumped on by ASU West

Had some great lightning and my street briefly flooded. Was worried my dogs wouldn’t want to go outside, but it’s already dried out on my patio.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. It's been a nice last 3 weeks I gotta say ...

It's finally a summer like the ones I remember when I moved here in 2008, with a few weeks of monsoon weather around this time. Been 4 or 5 years since we had a summer spell like this, def. enjoying it.