sbwertz
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When the temps are hovering in the 115 degree range here, people often ask why we continue to live in Phoenix. It is really pretty simple
No hurricanes
No tornados
No blizzards
No earthquakes
We get hot. We get some flash flooding, but it isn't life threatening unless you do some thing dumb like set up your camp in a dry wash, or try to cross a flooded dry wash and get washed away. The worse disaster my home has suffered in the 54 years we've lived hear was a hailstorm that damaged the roof shingles. Not enough to leak, but enough that the insurance replaced it. I lost four limbs from my 50 year old Chinese elm this year, but the tree is 40' high and 60' wide and will recover in a year or two. (anyone want some nice elm? Free for the taking!)
It actually snowed on my house once...almost 2 inches. But it was gone by 9am. They cancelled school, though, because the bus drivers didn't know how to drive in the snow!
I grew up in tornado alley...Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming. Had enough of those suckers. Also enough snow to last me a lifetime. I'll take the heat, thank you.
No hurricanes
No tornados
No blizzards
No earthquakes
We get hot. We get some flash flooding, but it isn't life threatening unless you do some thing dumb like set up your camp in a dry wash, or try to cross a flooded dry wash and get washed away. The worse disaster my home has suffered in the 54 years we've lived hear was a hailstorm that damaged the roof shingles. Not enough to leak, but enough that the insurance replaced it. I lost four limbs from my 50 year old Chinese elm this year, but the tree is 40' high and 60' wide and will recover in a year or two. (anyone want some nice elm? Free for the taking!)
It actually snowed on my house once...almost 2 inches. But it was gone by 9am. They cancelled school, though, because the bus drivers didn't know how to drive in the snow!
I grew up in tornado alley...Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming. Had enough of those suckers. Also enough snow to last me a lifetime. I'll take the heat, thank you.