Friday, October 8, 2010

Crazy Weather hits Arizona

A wicked hail storm moved over the Phoenix/Glendale area in Arizona on Tuesday.  It was reported that golf sized hail was pelting Phoenix for a good 5 minutes.  Not only did central Arizona get hit with a hail storm but northern Arizona became a haven for tornadoes, which is not common in the state of Arizona.  According to a report on cnn.com, it was said that temperatures
dramatically dropped from the mid 80's to the 50's. By looking at the video I felt really concerned about the citizens within the central Arizona area. Imagine being caught in a hail storm such as the one displayed in the video.  While I witnessed the video showed in my blog, I couldn't help but wonder about many of those that had cut rate insurance such as the Allstate commercials and the so called "mayhem". The hail caused a tremendous amount of damage which could turn a nice looking car into junk.  In another video which failed to upload on this blog showed the aftermath of the hail storm.  Fog began to rise due to the evaporation of the ice crystals and created an eerie scene. It was a scene seen on a Nightmare on Elm Street movie. As for the tornadoes in the Flagstaff area, there were no reported injuries or deaths but many citizens were left homeless due to the damage the storm caused.  Thankfully, the tornado did not cause much damage as we all know how damaging a storm system such as this can be. On, Tuesday I traveled to San Diego for a seminar and the storm system that  I witnessed over the mountain tops were both beautiful but at the same time scary.  The temperature changed about 20 degrees as we neared the low pressure system.  But I must say it felt great to be in a cooler temp than what we were experiencing in Yuma at that time.

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