Norbert caused flooding in Tucson and especially in Phoenix, we were supposed to get a historic rain event thanks to Odile but that storm turned east about 60 miles south of Tucson, and Simon gave us some surprise rain.
I have rarely seen standing water in the ditches along the west side of Ridgepointe but there was some on Thursday. You have to remember that I live in the desert and seeing standing water anywhere besides my bathtub or in a swimming pool is a bit of an event.
Fortunately, the puddles didn't stay long enough for mosquitos to share any West Nile virus, ebola, SARS, or bird flu.
Puddle in a ditch on the west side of Ridgepointe thanks to Hurricane Simon on Thursday morning. |
Puddle in the Ridgepointe parking lot. That man on the right braved walking across the wet surface. Fortunately a swift water rescue wasn't required. |
This puddle was still around after I got home from work on Thursday. |