Speaking of weather, my buddy Alex did a little Photoshop magic and sent me the graphic below. It turns out I have more KENfluence on the weather than most people know.
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| I'm full of tropical moisture and I'm blowing really hard. |
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
It's a hurriKEN
The impact that Hurricane Odile had on the Tucson area: Nearly zero. It missed us by about 60 miles. It would have been exciting but that's weather for you.
Speaking of weather, my buddy Alex did a little Photoshop magic and sent me the graphic below. It turns out I have more KENfluence on the weather than most people know.
Speaking of weather, my buddy Alex did a little Photoshop magic and sent me the graphic below. It turns out I have more KENfluence on the weather than most people know.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
The Odile deal
If the forecasts are accurate, the Tucson area is about to get slammed with an historic rain event thanks to (former) Hurricane Odile.
To put it in perspective, Tucson averages 11.8 inches of rain per year (according to the Tucson Wikipedia page). This rain event is forecast to dump 5-8 inches of rain in three days. That will be historic for this area. Because the ground is so hard and absorbs so little water, flooding with any significant rain is common.
The major flooding event in the Phoenix area on September 8 was the biggest one day rain event in that area's history (at just over 3 inches of rain).
In addition, because there is more rain forecast to fall in the mountain areas near Tucson, the water from the mountains run downhill (gravity!) and rolls into the washes and river beds in this area.
The heaviest rain is forecast to hit Tucson late Wednesday (9/17) into early Thursday.
Fortunately, I live on the second floor at my apartment complex. We haven't had a leaky roof since it was repaired a few months after moving here. I don't think it will affect my living quarters (as long as the power stays on). I think the worst part will be taking Lucky out for his potty and poop breaks. He's not going to understand what's going on, and I'm probably going to get soaked while he sniffs everything. I'm not looking forward to that.
I did change the wiper blades on Anthony's SUV tonight since I noticed the passenger side wiper blade was coming apart when I rode in it a couple of weeks ago. He has to travel 20 miles each way to work and hopefully it keeps him a little safer. $30 well spent for two windshield wiper blades and a rear one for the back window.
I'll update you as Odile moves in. It looks like she's a wet one.
To put it in perspective, Tucson averages 11.8 inches of rain per year (according to the Tucson Wikipedia page). This rain event is forecast to dump 5-8 inches of rain in three days. That will be historic for this area. Because the ground is so hard and absorbs so little water, flooding with any significant rain is common.
The major flooding event in the Phoenix area on September 8 was the biggest one day rain event in that area's history (at just over 3 inches of rain).
In addition, because there is more rain forecast to fall in the mountain areas near Tucson, the water from the mountains run downhill (gravity!) and rolls into the washes and river beds in this area.
The heaviest rain is forecast to hit Tucson late Wednesday (9/17) into early Thursday.
Fortunately, I live on the second floor at my apartment complex. We haven't had a leaky roof since it was repaired a few months after moving here. I don't think it will affect my living quarters (as long as the power stays on). I think the worst part will be taking Lucky out for his potty and poop breaks. He's not going to understand what's going on, and I'm probably going to get soaked while he sniffs everything. I'm not looking forward to that.
I did change the wiper blades on Anthony's SUV tonight since I noticed the passenger side wiper blade was coming apart when I rode in it a couple of weeks ago. He has to travel 20 miles each way to work and hopefully it keeps him a little safer. $30 well spent for two windshield wiper blades and a rear one for the back window.
I'll update you as Odile moves in. It looks like she's a wet one.
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| The leading edge of tropical rain clouds when Odile started making its way into Tucson on Monday September 15. |
Monday, September 15, 2014
Ladies squeezing balls
Today's TV show featured a segment where these bowling ball sized inflatable balls were used to demonstrate what sorts of exercise workouts can be done using bowling ball sized inflatable balls.
My inner 13 year old kicked in and I took a picture.
Having to be mature (most of the time) is a lot of work.
My inner 13 year old kicked in and I took a picture.
Having to be mature (most of the time) is a lot of work.
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| Ladies squeezing balls. The key to this workout is sticking your butt out while you squeeze. |
A plain old plane
I was outside on my front patio taking pictures of tonight's sunset when a plane doing training maneuvers from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base flew over the Ken Carr World Headquarters. So, I took a picture.
I thought about mooning it, but thought it was a little too close and could have dropped a bomb on me.
Sometimes common sense prevails.
I thought about mooning it, but thought it was a little too close and could have dropped a bomb on me.
Sometimes common sense prevails.
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| Air Force plane flying over the Ken Carr World Headquarters |
Odile or no Odile
Here we go again.
The second hurricane off of the west coast of Mexico to come through in two weeks (this is nearly historic, rare, doesn't happen) has hit and is in the process of steering a whole bunch of moisture / rain / headaches into Arizona.
The last one caused unprecedented flooding and a general mess. It looks like less of it will pump its way into Phoenix (which is where it was a bigger mess than Tucson) and we may get more this time around. We'll know in a couple of days.
In the meantime, we got the start of the outer bands of clouds moving in this afternoon. It made for some interesting cloud photos and a spectacular sunset.
In case you were wondering, Hurricane Odile is pronounced Oh-deal -- as in, oh deal with it.
The second hurricane off of the west coast of Mexico to come through in two weeks (this is nearly historic, rare, doesn't happen) has hit and is in the process of steering a whole bunch of moisture / rain / headaches into Arizona.
The last one caused unprecedented flooding and a general mess. It looks like less of it will pump its way into Phoenix (which is where it was a bigger mess than Tucson) and we may get more this time around. We'll know in a couple of days.
In the meantime, we got the start of the outer bands of clouds moving in this afternoon. It made for some interesting cloud photos and a spectacular sunset.
In case you were wondering, Hurricane Odile is pronounced Oh-deal -- as in, oh deal with it.
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| Outer bands of clouds from Hurricane Odile make their way into southern Arizona |
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| Dark, grey, and sad clouds east of Tucson |
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| Outer bands of Hurricane Odile clouds created a spectacular sunset |
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| Another Odile sunset photo looking west from the Ken Carr World Headquarters |
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