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Odile Poised to Bring Catastrophic Flooding to Southwest US
accuweather.com ^ | 9/17/2014 | Alex Sosnowski

Posted on 09/17/2014 8:10:24 AM PDT by rktman

Odile will unload tremendous rainfall over a large part of the Southwest United States that will run off the mountains and into the desert valleys and plains through the end of the week.

While the rain will continue to ease the long-term drought in the region, too much rain will fall too quickly for the landscape to absorb.

(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: lotsarain
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To: rktman

Or not. So far we’ve got some drizzles in Tucson. Sticky but pleasant.


41 posted on 09/17/2014 9:28:11 AM PDT by discostu (We don't leave the ladies crying cause the story's sad.)
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To: Jewbacca

No problemo! I DO IT ALL THE TIME!.........


42 posted on 09/17/2014 9:30:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: VanShuyten

The first time I was ever in Phoenix I was down there going to work out at Palo Verde NGS. So they gave me directions and told me to head west and “cross the river” and so on and so on. So I start driving down the road I was supposed to be on and kept driving but never crossed a river. So I turn around and go back and they say that there is no river but the dry river bed that the road drops into and across!

Never seen it flood in person but have seen many videos of that area since and it flat gets to rolling!


43 posted on 09/17/2014 9:31:33 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: mylife

It happens. Not common but not unusual. Hurricane Nora was the last I remember in 1997. The el Nino effect seems to steer them into the Sea of Cortez.


44 posted on 09/17/2014 9:38:18 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Red Badger

I like that...


45 posted on 09/17/2014 10:30:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: Darksheare; Monkey Face

Too bad that according to the projection at post 11 it will miss and therefore not cleanse Searchlight and its offspring...


46 posted on 09/17/2014 11:15:33 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Darksheare; NoCmpromiz

Yep. The storms are due to hit this afternoon. We will probably lose some shingles off the roofs, but I doubt it will do much more damage where I live...up above it all, actually.

Everything is downhill from here...including Searchlight.


47 posted on 09/17/2014 11:44:07 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Have you ever listened to someone for a while and wondered -- "who ties your shoelaces for you?")
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To: mylife

I,m right in the middle of it and the asshatz put this weeks tent on dirt. D I R T. !!!!!!!

Not deep thinkers,them


48 posted on 09/17/2014 11:48:10 AM PDT by advertising guy ( <------------- lotta white in here ------------>)
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To: rktman

Too bad it is not going up the California coast.


49 posted on 09/17/2014 11:58:43 AM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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To: advertising guy

Hope yer OK.
Stay safe.


50 posted on 09/17/2014 11:58:48 AM PDT by mylife
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To: Gumdrop

Yup. We could use a couple of ounces of rain up here in the Truckee Meadows area and around Lake Tahoe. Poor Truckee River looks pretty sad these days.


51 posted on 09/17/2014 12:04:47 PM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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To: Monkey Face; NoCmpromiz

Good luck.
And if some genie asks what to do with Searchlight, a wall, and fill it up.


52 posted on 09/17/2014 12:16:34 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: mylife

Hit a puddle and took a header already
Im Ray Nagin chocolate folk now


53 posted on 09/17/2014 12:55:01 PM PDT by advertising guy ( <------------- lotta white in here ------------>)
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To: Darksheare

Wait until Harry is there before doing that...


54 posted on 09/17/2014 1:16:21 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Have you ever listened to someone for a while and wondered -- "who ties your shoelaces for you?")
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To: advertising guy

Just rained like crazy in west Glendale


55 posted on 09/17/2014 1:26:44 PM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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To: KC Burke

Desert sky mall. Small lake in places


56 posted on 09/17/2014 1:34:57 PM PDT by advertising guy ( <------------- lotta white in here ------------>)
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To: mylife

Hey my...?
How much rain has to fall in Tucson for there to be catastrophic flooding...an inch and a half, or so?


57 posted on 09/17/2014 4:47:58 PM PDT by HiJinx (Border? What Border?)
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To: rktman

I was in Palm Springs years ago when rainfall created a 6’ wash in a matter of minutes. Can be pretty treacherous out there, with basically nothing to absorb all that water. THO, I must admit the following Spring was absolutely gorgeous with wildflowers growing through the desert. I sure hope folks take appropriate precautions.


58 posted on 09/17/2014 4:54:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: advertising guy

I used to live a mile east of there. Never had significant rain.

Living in Sierra Vista, now. We’ve had steady rain all day, but the run-off appears to be manageable.

Don’t know what tomorrow will bring.


59 posted on 09/17/2014 4:54:38 PM PDT by HiJinx (Border? What Border?)
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To: HiJinx

LOL!


60 posted on 09/17/2014 5:01:37 PM PDT by mylife
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