Schtick Restaurants -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: Pho

[Dianne & Greg Stucki]

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Schtick Restaurants -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: Pho


>
> Yes, there are actually a few. I remember one or two on the way to  the 
> Tempe Airport. But of the dozen times I've been to Phoenix, a  surprising 
> number of them had rain. Unlike a lot of cities, the  Phoenix area doesn't 
> seem to believe in storm sewers. Even a rain  that most places would shrug 
> off as a light shower, means the roads  fill up with wide, often 
> surprisingly deep streams of water. And  you'll have this nice grid of 
> streets and the one you are driving on  will suddenly end because of a 
> shallow ditch.


grin...when I lived in Tucson, way back when rocks were soft and dirt was 
still in committee, I used shake my head at the condition of the city 
streets. In monsoon season, we frequentlyhad 15 minute thunderstorms (it 
seemed to be every day at 3 p.m.) and every day the streets would fill with 
water. At least once a year, some dummy would go play in the washes, and 
drown in a flash flood. I went for a walk after a storm one afternoon, and 
the water was up to my knees. Now, I'm only five feet tall, so that may not 
be all that deep, but it sure seemed strange in a desert city!

Laurensa