I just got a news bulletin stating that near Tucson a woman drove into a flooded wash and is on top of her vehicle waiting to be rescued. She may have to pay a fine and pay for the emergency rescue services. Don in AZ

Don-some of what you're getting is coming from us in NorCal, some from a little farther south of us. Tornado watches, hurricane force winds, hail, pouring rain, flooding, thunder and lightening...have made this week rather interesting. I was filming the pouring rain and ended up filming a lightening strike about 1/8 mi (max) from us...scared me, the dog and a few others and made my hair stand up! So far we have had over 9 inches of rain since Sunday evening---we usually get about 15" TOTAL for the year in a "good" year (from July 1-June 30). This is not normal. The last time we had this much rain in such a short period of time was 1998...when it rained every day from January into mid-March...I was sure that year my feet would grow webs so I could paddle like a duck to get around! Most of our creeks are threatening to crest over their banks---something that doesn't happen often. Freeways and streets are shut down because of flooding. Power has been out to friends in the mountains for 3+ days---they are used to it b/c the power company figures they can wait, so they have generators to get by with until repairs are made. But that stupid motorist law...we should think about it here. People leaving no distance between other cars, rushing thru flooding waters and hydroplaning. I'm really glad it only snows here once a decade or so, or we would have more problems because people here can't drive in rain, let alone snow! In early Dec when we had temps of low 20F's several people died from black ice and their own stupidity! I also read that Sheriffs in LA County were serving an arrest warrant at a house the other day, some guy in it (the cops don't know who he was, but he was NOT the guy they were looking to serve) bolted out the back of the house. They gave chase, the guy ended up jumping in a control channel to get away from them, which was running at full force. They put up nets to try and catch him downstream, but they lost sight of him after he went under for the 2nd time and suspect they'll pick up his body in a few days when things settle down in the channel. Am sure being dead is better than any prison term?!?! Stupid! In the moments it has taken me to write this, the sun has finally come out. We are still expecting more rain for the next 7+ days, but the sun is a nice respite. Still need our galoshes---anything that isn't concrete is muddy. But I will admit, I don't have to shovel rain! Heckuva lot better than snow, tho it has been in the low 40F's here, so it's darn close! Trish On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Don Churchfield <dctrk@c2i2.com> wrote: > I just got a news bulletin stating that near Tucson a > woman drove into a flooded wash and is on top of > her vehicle waiting to be rescued. She may have to > pay a fine and pay for the emergency rescue services. > > Don in AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >