# The weather in the Arizona valley right now. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655 "2008-08-29T06:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/1 "2008-08-29T06:59:31Z")
It’s like our own little hurricane. Everyone who lives in the valley okay? That was the strongest and most intense storm (well, actually, it’s still going on) I’ve seen for awhile here. Here’s a [headline written just an hour or so ago about it.](http://www.azfamily.com/news/homepagetopstory/stories/phoenix-weather-news-082808-bad-weather.21828bd4.html) Rainfall akin to hurricanes, eh? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/2 "2008-08-29T07:00:39Z")
I’m getting off here. It’s all whipping up again and it’s really bad. I think a transformer just blew behind my building. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brandon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/3 "2008-08-29T07:41:49Z")
There was a pretty decent hailstorm by me. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/4 "2008-08-29T08:16:33Z")
Man, I miss the monsoons. That and the Mexican food is about all I miss from AZ. I hope you’re safe. Sucks for those who have damage, but man those storms can be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/5 "2008-08-29T12:50:47Z")
It was so severe it [broke the thermometer!](http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=psr&sid=KPHX&num=72) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/6 "2008-08-29T13:36:55Z")
[Another news story:](http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/08/29/20080829b1-weather29.html) > [@](#): > > In Phoenix, a power transformer exploded on Seventh Street near McDowell Road, in the same area where downed poles and trees surrounded stranded vehicles. That must be what happened as I was posting this, as it’s right behind my apartment. Some sites are saying winds reached up to 75 to 85 MPH. I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard of the wind blowing that hard here in Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-in-the-arizona-valley-right-now/461655/7 "2008-08-29T13:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Man, I miss the monsoons. That and the Mexican food is about all I miss from AZ. I hope you’re safe. Sucks for those who have damage, but man those storms can be awesome. [/QUOTE] Yeah they can. There were some really fierce bolts of lightning that I was watching outside my bedroom window. I’m always a fan of that, but a few were big enough to make me step back from the window out of fear, a little. Sorry for the double post.