According to the calendar, monsoon season started a couple of weeks ago. But according to us, it started a couple of afternoons ago. After being missed by three miles by a major rainstorm on Saturday night, we finally got a good downpour--a full inch in 40 minutes. The ditch that bisects our back pasture became a raging river we could hear from the house. The spadefoots came out and sang their mating song. It's the season we love.
So of course, this afternoon I have to drive to Phoenix, where it's projected to be 104 today...
A friend of mine, who's on tour with his band in Phoenix right now, has been telling me it's hot enough to broil your brain in your skull. I guess it's the kind of thing you have to become accustomed to after living there for a few years, eh?
Posted by: Kelly J. Compeau | July 02, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Theoretically one could get used to Phoenix heat, because millions of people live there. Fortunately I've never had to. Not sure I would want to get used to Phoenix crowds, either.
Posted by: Jeff Mariotte | July 02, 2009 at 10:43 AM
hey, it was 102 here in norman yesterday, and i had a lot of stuff to do around town and since gas is so expensive, i'm going with no ac....gah
and ok is like 60 percent humidity, or something like 120 percent...or maybe a thousand percent...
so, don't expect sympathy, jeff :P
Posted by: THEJJNADO | July 03, 2009 at 09:31 AM
when i was in tucson in 2005, we had the monsoons, and the afternoon was like 118...which i thought would kill me when i saw the temp...but, really, i was walking all over town like it was nothing...it really felt like 80 or 85...guess i'm used to ok humidity, i mean, i was wearing a shirt and a polo shirt on top of it in tucson...and i had to walk EVERYWHERE, that heat never bothered me, other than give me like, an immediate sunburn
Posted by: THEJJNADO | July 03, 2009 at 09:34 AM
Okay, none expected...
Posted by: Jeff Mariotte | July 03, 2009 at 10:50 AM