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CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Pezzie — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:18:45 GMT

Supposed to be quite the rock and roll afternoon for us, storm wise.

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Estellee — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:24:25 GMT

Looks are deceiving @Pezzie

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Kachina624 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:24:29 GMT

@Pezzie. We had storms last night just after dark until about midnight. Albuquerque Fire & Rescue did some fast water rescues and I didn't have electricity for 3 hours. Feels like a swamp here this morning.

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SharkE — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:24:54 GMT

where does Arizona get it's water ?

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Meowingkitty — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:49:56 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
where does Arizona get it's water ?

Phoenix gets its water from five main sources: the Colorado, Salt and Verde rivers, groundwater and reclaimed water.

The vast majority comes from the rivers: the Salt and Verde contribute 52%, and the Colorado River 38%. Reclaimed water accounts for 8% of the city's water supply, and groundwater the remaining 2%.

The Salt River Project canals deliver water from both the Salt and Verde rivers, and the Central Arizona Project canals deliver Colorado River water.

Groundwater comes from one of the city's 22 wells, which can pump up 32 million gallons of groundwater per day. State law regulates Phoenix's groundwater pumping through the 1980 Groundwater Management Act because groundwater is a finite resource. It's considered a one-time, non-renewable source because it takes so long to naturally replenish.

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BlueFinch — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:51:00 GMT

Hope it doesn't rock too badly, but it sure made for an interesting photo.

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catter70 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:26:20 GMT

I'm in Pa. and I'm getting alerts in my email and on my phone for severe weather. Time will tell.

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mrshckynut — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:38:20 GMT

we had our's last Tuesday and it will be weeks to get downed trees removed

mrshckynut

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patbz — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 20:11:30 GMT

@SharkE : AZ gets its water from several sources, including Colorado River and snow melt runoff from mtns.

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SharkE — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 20:15:42 GMT

To dry for me. To hot too.

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shoekitty — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 20:17:53 GMT

Did you take that photo? It's gorgeous, the colors are amazing. Looks so serene. Calm before the storm is right@,,

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spiderw — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:18:17 GMT

Storms everywhere, scary. I hope everyone is safe and gets through this weather ordeal.

The photo is beautiful and I would print and frame it, very professional !!!!

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Puggywuggy — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 01:42:56 GMT

@Pezzie That is a beautiful photo! Hopefully, the storm will not be too bad.

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Pezzie — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:09:02 GMT

@shoekitty Yes, I took the pic early this morning on our walk.

The "big" storm that they were predicting did not materialize, at least not at our house. We had a little rain for about ten minutes!

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Pezzie — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:10:49 GMT

@Kachina624 So much for the "big" storm. We had about ten minutes of rain.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:50:25 GMT

The skies around here have been looking threatening for days now but there has been no rain. It's sort of frustrating when you're trying to plan things outdoors. It gets all cloudy and dark like it's gonna rain but it doesn't! We need the rain badly! Either poop or get off the pot, like they say. If the sky looks like rain then let it pour! No more of this 'looks like rain' please.

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Oznell — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:54:18 GMT

Love your beautiful photo, @Pezzie . Reminds me of the desert photos with saguaros in our old family scrapbooks. My parents moved our family to Arizona for awhile, for the health of my older sister. So I got to be born there, in Douglas. They lived in Douglas and Tucson, and went on a lot of desert picnics, hence the photos. Later, I got to live in Prescott. We all loved it-- Arizona is always a dream for me!