Rain started last evening and went through the night. No big down pour but a steady drizzle that has managed to flood the streets. Supposed to last all day and part of tomorrow. Nice to have a rainy day once in awhile but many homes do not shed water so it's tough on many people here in Penasco.
Now at 3:40 raining harder than most of the day. Water buildup in the streets is getting serious. Idiots ae having a lot of fun driving fast and spraying water.
Landshark, we do have that sand top road a ways in from the highway but it runs out. A mess i'm sure. Francisco might be sleeping in the guard house tonight.
Terry, I've used the upper road several times when the road's a muddy mess & it's definaty better. Still a major problem getting in & out of PE on days like this. Had to get towed through the area by the estuary once. Water was above the rocker panels! Got mud inside the wheels one time and if I tried to go over 40 mph the car shook like mad. Had to go to the car wash on Benito & power wash the mud out. Still shook over 55 all the way home!
The Caliche it so heavy. It's the only way to keep the roads in good shape though. Like the saying it never rains in RP until it rains and then it rains hard..
Good night to drive around GV with a universal garage door remote and steal golf clubs and cart batteries
It's one week shy of a year since our Monkey on a Jet Ski has posted one this forum and though it wasn't easy, our friend Jerry with this post has the honors of being at the top of the list with the most posts now. Ha, one week shy of a year to catch that little Monkey.:p
My crazy Mexi-cat just came in soaked to the bone......Dripping water all over the concrete floors. I can't believe how much water is coming off of him,,,,LOL! He just loves the rain and insists on going out in it.......Argh! We're up to 2 and a half inches in downtown Phx......
And it's still raining......
My crazy Mexi-cat just came in soaked to the bone......Dripping water all over the concrete floors. I can't believe how much water is coming off of him,,,,LOL! He just loves the rain and insists on going out in it.......Argh! We're up to 2 and a half inches in downtown Phx......
And it's still raining......
Smart outdoor cat's who hunt a lot like my Spooky Cat know that Gophers, Mice, Mexican Wood rats and such get active when it rain's... So when the Spooky go's out in the rain it's not to play, not at all.
Saturday
5AM cloud cover no rain
7AM Steady downpour till 8
9AM Clear to the East, sprinkles
10AM Heavy cloud formation blowing in from the NE
11:45 Clearing, partly cloudy, no rain.
Jim's photos is a good one. Benito Juarez has several large lakes.
The Caliche it so heavy. It's the only way to keep the roads in good shape though. Like the saying it never rains in RP until it rains and then it rains hard..
Time to get the grader out when the mud clears. No water truck needed !!
There are many vehices stuck on the roads in Unconscious according to a gent that just came out. He also went to Encanto and got through but reported the roads were bad although he thought Unconscious roads were worse.
I just called my friend and he just went to sec 2 he drives a van no four wheel drive he said just saw one truck stuck by the corona del mar. Sec 5 and 9 are to ruff. He says you are ok, the grader made a pass thru on the side of the road.
Can you send me the number for the guard shack? So we can double check when we get in? We're in Gila Bend and will lose data service soon. I'll check back when we find wi-fi in Peñasco.
I know it can take a while, but at least the process can begin now. I was here for the Bike Rally flood. Some of that water hung around for almost a week (or so it seemed?). But I never saw any of the roads get as bad as they did in LC during this rain storm.
It was a slow soaking rain over two days, rather than a fast deluge runoff. The heavy rains do not tend soak down into the caliche, most runs off the hard dried clay. It's the type of rain that gardeners and farmers love.
Back home in Austin / Central Texas would love this rain - so badly needed there. But there, 1.6" of rain wouldn't make a dent in the drought! (The day we had 4" of rain did get people's attention.) But, yes, the long, soakers are the best.
Bright sunny day here Monday 11/25 but the roads in many parts of town are a disaster. Ocana is pitted with craters and the roads north in Nueva Esperanza and Colonia Nueva should be an embarasment to the town . These roads are unpaved and heavily used by residents and seldom used by visitors but virtually unmaintained.
If you drive in town beware of huge craters under some of the pools of water in the street. I watch and follow someone in front of me to see if they bounce hard so I can avoid another tire failure.
Thanks for the intel Roberto. Hopefully be better by Friday. Doesn't appear to be any more rain in the forecast as of today.
But this is AZ and you never know
We got about 3" rain on Friday in Miramar and another 2.5" on Saturday. The roads were bad, but have mostly dried up. There are a few really wet sections still so be careful if you're coming down.
WOW... 5.5" of rain over 2 days. That is a crap ton of rain.
That what flash floods are made of. I wonder what the roads are like going through Sonoyta?
We had to use a pump in our front court yard- I filled up a bunch of 55 gallon drums- there was about 4" of water that wouldn't absorb into the ground on Saturday from the storm on both Friday and Saturday. Sonoyta didn't look too bad, and the roads were all passable. We didn't go through the Sonoyta River though.
