Life's little pleasures

Sometimes you wake up and wonder what the day will hold for you. As you may know, Arizona is very hot until after Halloween, when the temps drop into double digits, and hopefully into the 80's and 70's. This morning I woke up to RAIN! But that has it's consequences. When the ground is baked, and packed hard, water does not seep in easily, thus the rain flows into dry creeks and dry river beds and floods result. Years ago, Phoenix built a many of its streets and freeways below ground level which acts as drainage ditches and they flood. Roads dip into the dry creeks and then people try to drive across the rushing waters and some die in their cars. Unfortunately they don't understand how danger Mother Nature can be so unforgiving when a wall of water hits your car board side, washing your car/truck (with you in it) downstream. So, here's some advice from a retired firefighter who has rescued several people out of flooded creeks when they thought they could simply drive through a flooded road. DON'T DO IT. Turn around and find a dry alternative route. Leave early to avoid traffic problems. We typically have beautiful mountain views 360 degrees around us, but not today. They have all disappeared covered with clouds along with the sun. Have a lovely cloudy day. We are. Take care.