Storm

[desertdan]

Big storm today. 50mph. winds, hail. Both my wild thai were blown over, pot and all. did not expect that. Learned a lesson. Pole meant to keep wild thai straight fell into the Deli friend and damaged it. Overall I think I was pretty lucky. Beforenext storm they all go under cover and tied to rafters.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Oh hell look at that cloud big bad wind. Your desert is greener than Oregon sadly. Glad not to much damange desertdan, yes could of been way worse.

 

[desertdan]

.79 inch rain in half an hour.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Holy moly that's flash flood. My Mom used to have those in Bullhead City. Many years ago.

 

[crucialbunny]

Send some of that rain to So Cal please. You can keep the wind.

 

[PLreef]

Thats one angry looking storm! Sucks they took some damage.

 

[Gingerbeard]

Yeah, sorry about any damage.
That storm freaking rocks! I grew up in Louisiana (for a while) and Texas for my informative years. I've been through hurricanes, tornadoes, a flood, major hail, snow, ice storms, and serious lightning storms. Goddawl exciting nature sheet! Unless I get an el Nino, I hate my forking weather. SoWeCal sucks ice holes for weather.
If I used a background image on my computer, that first one would be in my slideshow.

 

[Farmbuck]

Happy for you that the damages where sort of minimize. I hate storms..!

 

[Puglover1]

Haboob?

 

[Puglover1]

Not the wild thai. :sad-frown: Glad it wasn't destroyed.

 

[Floopydoop]

Thunderboomers are great in the high desert. Loved them, hopefully damage isn't too bad.

 

[Rwise]

Awesome cloud But I thought this was going to be about the storm moving in today on the south coast. Either way I dont get any rain, the spring is dry, the pond is dry the well is acid, all I have left is tap water.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

No Pug, a Haboob is a large desert sand storm. This was rain and wind, part of our monsoon season in AZ

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Shitty outcome but that first pic is badass! I’m digging the scenery at your place bro👍🏻

 

[Gingerbeard]

We called them shamals in Saudi Arabia.

 

[Puglover1]

TOKABIGONE I was wondering if Ginger had ever been through a haboob after he mentioned his other weather events. I have a friend from here who moved to Peoria AZ decades ago, I hear about it when the haboobs hit.

 

[quirk]

Folks in Louisiana would consider that a light breeze.

 

[Gingerbeard]

I completely forgot I lived in Glendale for a year and a half. Graduated high school. Yeah, Phoenix gets warm. But no shamals.

 

[Gingerbeard]

And the mud storms in Saudi. Throw in some rain during a shamal and everything gets covered in mud.

 

[desertdan]

Been here done that.