Rain in the Ranch

Last night's storm was a long one by Arizona standards, and rather dramatic! In Morrison Ranch, our rain gauge showed .95 inches, which is plenty of water, though not the 2.13 inches that Crossroads Park received. Such is the nature of thunderstorms, that 3 miles distance can mean an inch difference in rainfall.

We have been in our Higley Groves West house for almost six years now, and our trees are large enough to not blow over in every storm, and still small enough to not break off in the larger storms, so our own Sherwood Forest survived this storm very well. A drive around the rest of Morrison Ranch later today may reveal others that weren't so fortunate.

The rain - with more like this forecast for the rest of the week - will no doubt delay both the paving of Elliot Road at Highland Groves as well as the laying of their sod (we need SRP's inspectors to inspect the meters for the power to run the irrigation systems to water the sod, and SRP will understandably be busy working on storm damage), but delay is normal. How long the delays will be depends on how much more rain we get over the next few days. But hey, the high temperatures are going to be 10 to 15 degrees less than the past week, and our lows should get back to normal as well. Our front porch this morning showed a balmy 78 degrees; not bad at all.