Storm clouds at dawn
We got a downpour for about 30 minutes at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. Several staff members stood outside under the portal at the office to watch the rain. Thunder was on a constant roll. Lightning struck close by while the rain poured and rivers ran through the parking lot. One staff member noted, “I’ll get home tonight and the weather will report 7/100 inch of rain.” I told her it would be at least a 1/10 of an inch. When I got home, our rain gauge read 0.11 inches of rain.
As I was leaving the office after the rain let up, several rescue vehicles raced down Alameda Blvd with their lights on and sirens blaring. They pulled up to the flood control channel, which you can see here: https://wp.me/p1yQyy-bGb. Water was roaring down the channel when I drove over it on my way home. I heard the news helicopter flying around above us, so I looked up the news channel and someone had been washed away by the current in town, and a body was pulled from the water where the flood control channel flows into the river. I looked up the rainfall for Albuquerque today. The report showed 0.39 inches of rain for the zip code where the person was swept away by the runoff in the channel. What might seem like little rain produces a lot of deadly runoff in our high desert.
Silver, Loki and Glenda waiting for me to give them cheese.
Jake got nailed again.
Off Center & Not Even 
Those are some nice/decorative nails!!
She does a great job on them. Thanks, Leenda.
A dangerous situation. Sorry to read about the tragedy in your area. My region saw a good downpour yesterday.
This storm came in from the west. Thanksm Michele.
How sad for that person. Water is scary stuff.
It seems whenever we get a downpour, someone gets swept away in the runoff. Water is scary out here because we don’t have a lot of it, but when we get it, watch out. Thanks, couriers.
I fully understand how rain affects you in the high desert….it can be so deceptive, whereas where we are in the UK its much clearer. I would give your fur babies all the cheese they desire. :)xx
A little rain produces a lot of runoff. It’s amazing. Thanks, Janet.
You went home to your bonnie ‘family.’ Just as well
And Jake stayed out in the cool air for a few hours after we got home. Thanks, Shey.
Then all was good.
Great snapshots if those cute kitties. Water and flooding have Become a very dangerous thing! Very tragic news.
Thanks, Holly.
Welcome 🐾🐾🐾🐾
I had no idea that so little rain could cause runoff so violent it killed someone.
It’s amazing. Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
Agree with the plea for cheese. On my one and only visit to Albuquerque I remember hearing boulders running down the concrete arroyo after a flash flood in the mountains; a person caught in there would not have a chance.
Flash floods can move so much debre and large boulders with ease. Thanks, Brad.
LOVE those nails!!! What kind of cheese!?
They like Meican four cheese blend. Thanks, Rebecca.
Sounds absolutely delicious!
Sometimes I think that our ancestors knew better when they gathered performing ceremonies to appease Mother Nature. Sorry to hear about that person.
Speaking of appeasing Mother Nature: the nails know exactly how to and …you better givem cheese!
The cats were doing the cheez ceremony. Thanks, Marina
Yikes, flash floods are serious, as much as we need the rain, I wish it could spread out slowly. We just had a few drops the other day, enough to mess up the windows!
That’s what we usually get. Thanks, Tiffany.
How often do you get rain?
Rarely over the past several years. We have received about an inch of rain since the first of the year. Thanks, Geoff.
That is sad someone got caught in the channel during a flash flood. That channel looks huge on your earlier post. Must have been quite a lot of water going down it.
It looked to be about 3 feet deep and rushing when I drove over the channel. No one could remain standing in a current like that. Thanks, Lavinia.
How terrible for that person. Wow, a little rain with a huge impact.
It really does. Thanks, Gigi.
I think it’s hilarious that your cats like cheese. Water can be very dangerous.
Tim, give those cats some cheese, will ya! OMG the look in their eyes is pathetic. They look like starvation has gripped them.
It is wild how such little rain creates so much fast water.
LOVE those nails!! xx
I finally gave in to their pathetic, pleading eyes. Thanks, Resa.
Good! Remember, cats are the most important!
Cats rule.
🙀 OH NO! There is no “Cat Wearing a Crown” emoji.
Big faux paw!
Wonderful photos, but sad about that person.
Velma is harassing me to get off of the computer… She loves cheese (Crystal did too, and better Chloe). Daphne turns up her nose at it. Hugs.
Spunk is so so on cheese and Gwendoly won’t touch it. Silver, Marble, Glenda, and Loki are the real cheese heads. Sasha is so so, also. Thanks, Teagan.
Somehow “before her,” turned into “better”. Auto correct is on steroids today.
I didn’t notice.
And my part of Arizona is officially in D4 Exceptional Drought Conditions. Although monsoon season is here, we’re just getting sprinkles here and there.
Pretty much the same here. Thaniks, Dawn.
Yikes, that rain turned deadly – are they suspecting foul play at all or just the force of water driving across the desert landscape?
People are always hanging out the the flood control channels and get washed away because they have no clue how quickly the water rushes through the channels. Thanks, Brian.