Rounds 4 And 5

Yet more rain tonight, this time two storms in the same evening. The first blew through like a hurricane, wind strong enough to bow the windows in the house, and sideways rain. The second we caught a glancing blow with a lot less wind (the first one nearly uprooted the 2nd biggest tree in the yard), and a little more rain, about a third of an inch in total. We're nearing two inches of rain since the beginning of this week and they're forcecasting rain for tomorrow and Sunday still.

Here is a good article on the monster monsoon storm that rolled through Phoenix last night (giving us another third of an inch, it built up - thankfully - after it passed through here). This one dumped two inches of rain, up to 100mph winds and closed the airport for an hour, causing millions of dollars in damage to planes, hangers, and parking garages there. Also 4000 lightning strikes recorded from cloud to ground, the most in a monsoon since 1996. Phoenix is getting close to doubling it's annual rainfall at this point, pretty amazing.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/29/20080829stormfollo0830.html