SC - Surviving Estrella War

Sat Jan 27 21:08:43 PST 2001

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In a message dated 1/27/01 9:34:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

> If it usually rains at the Estrella War, then either 1/5 of an inch of
> rain is more rain than I think it is or a lot of weeks must not get
> any rain at all. So why with so many weeks of no rain, does it seem
> to rain on the one week of Estrella? Maybe the Rolling Thunder folks
> have the wrong beat or something.
> 
> 

Well, that's the point. Arizona has two seasons, you know: Brown and Dead. We 
get horrible storms over two major times of the year, known as "monsoon 
season" to visitors...and "ick, not again" to natives. We may only get a half 
inch of rain in each storm (the weather people put the monitors on the 
airport...under something....in the dark....in the shade....) so that we all  
natives doubt the actual to what we experience. But the monsoons go on for 
days, and weeks, and there is rain every single day, usually at 
non-predictable times.... Ten minutes later, nothing. Cleared up. These two 
times of year are End of June to Mid-August...and, you guessed it, February 
and March. Winter is the time when sane people flee the snow of north to our 
balmy shores; because no one wants to come  visit in July when temps are 112 
and 115 degrees at 4pm in the afternoon..... So, people tend to be in town 
during the time of year when it rains.

And you're incorrect: Phoenix does indeed have sewer and run off systems. You 
see the signs everywhere you go: City under construction. The problem is that 
I've lived here off and on for 30 years...and they've *never* finished it.....

Lars--who doesn't mind driving in Phoenix, but glad she doesn't live 
there.... 

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 1/27/01 9:34:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
 stefan at texas.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If it usually rains at the Estrella War, then either 1/5 of an inch of
 rain is more rain than I think it is or a lot of weeks must not get
 any rain at all. So why with so many weeks of no rain, does it seem
 to rain on the one week of Estrella? Maybe the Rolling Thunder folks
 have the wrong beat or something.
 
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 Well, that's the point. Arizona has two seasons, you know: Brown and Dead. We 
 get horrible storms over two major times of the year, known as "monsoon 
 season" to visitors...and "ick, not again" to natives. We may only get a half 
 inch of rain in each storm (the weather people put the monitors on the 
 airport...under something....in the dark....in the shade....) so that we all  
 natives doubt the actual to what we experience. But the monsoons go on for 
 days, and weeks, and there is rain every single day, usually at 
 non-predictable times.... Ten minutes later, nothing. Cleared up. These two 
 times of year are End of June to Mid-August...and, you guessed it, February 
 and March. Winter is the time when sane people flee the snow of north to our 
 balmy shores; because no one wants to come  visit in July when temps are 112 
 and 115 degrees at 4pm in the afternoon..... So, people tend to be in town 
 during the time of year when it rains.
 
 And you're incorrect: Phoenix does indeed have sewer and run off systems. You 
 see the signs everywhere you go: City under construction. The problem is that 
 I've lived here off and on for 30 years...and they've *never* finished it.....
 
 Lars--who doesn't mind driving in Phoenix, but glad she doesn't live 
 there.... </HTML>

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