Aug 29, 2008
There's a Hurricane-A-Commin'...
Last night I witnessed the worst storm I have ever seen in Phoenix.
There were reports of 100 mph winds and just devastating things going on. We were at a friends in the suburbs and watched the sky as the clouds were constantly lighting up non stop with lighting. We though, this is great. Well that was till we got home and found that we had no power, our living room was flooded and that the area around us was just a complete mess. Then came the next part of the storm that lasted about 20 min and poured rain and winds so strong it ripped a roof off the high rise across the street from our condo and it landed on the light rail station. We then went out and found that one of the buildings in our condos had several windows broken. The FOX 10 news van was out filming it when i was leaving for work today. (See News Clip Here)
As of 11am today we still had no power and they say that about 80,000 people last night were without power, and about 50,000 this morning. Unbelievable! Our condos are pretty new and this has just tested it for sure.
I will put some pictures I took this morning on here later.
There were reports of 100 mph winds and just devastating things going on. We were at a friends in the suburbs and watched the sky as the clouds were constantly lighting up non stop with lighting. We though, this is great. Well that was till we got home and found that we had no power, our living room was flooded and that the area around us was just a complete mess. Then came the next part of the storm that lasted about 20 min and poured rain and winds so strong it ripped a roof off the high rise across the street from our condo and it landed on the light rail station. We then went out and found that one of the buildings in our condos had several windows broken. The FOX 10 news van was out filming it when i was leaving for work today. (See News Clip Here)
This is the Regency House Condos that the roof blew off.
This is part of the roof on the Light Rail in front of our condos. This looked a lot worse last night but they seemed to have taken away most of it by the time this picture was taken. There was actually a lot more, and it was hanging off the light rail lines, etc...
This is part of the roof on the Light Rail in front of our condos. This looked a lot worse last night but they seemed to have taken away most of it by the time this picture was taken. There was actually a lot more, and it was hanging off the light rail lines, etc...
As of 11am today we still had no power and they say that about 80,000 people last night were without power, and about 50,000 this morning. Unbelievable! Our condos are pretty new and this has just tested it for sure.
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I hope there was no-one in that car when the tree fell! We generally don't have weather this fierce either in Scotland (where I live for 2/3 of the year, or the part of Spain where spend the rest and have my holiday home).
wow. i did not know you had stuff like that in arizona. I thought it was just killer sun and heat.
I'm sorry to hear about your home. But glad to hear you guys are okay. Maybe it was best that you were away at the time.
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I'm sorry to hear about your home. But glad to hear you guys are okay. Maybe it was best that you were away at the time.
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