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DemoTex

(25,399 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:52 AM Jul 2014

South Arizona Fire Season: Stick a Fork in It!

Who said (it was a DUer) this wasn't monsoonal weather? What a day! I got POUNDED with close lightning and heavy rain, but nary a fire. The Tucson area had about 1500 lightning strikes between 3-9 PM. Still flashing in the distance.

Spillover the Santa Catalina front range. This happens very quickly, and to get it illuminated in a setting sun is rare!

Barely above the clouds at almost 9000 feet, with Tucson lights below.

A dark and stormy night!

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South Arizona Fire Season: Stick a Fork in It! (Original Post) DemoTex Jul 2014 OP

love seeing your photos thanks ALBliberal Jul 2014 #1

I love the pics you post from your vantage point. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #2

I so miss Arizona betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #3

Look forward to these photos. And thanks for work you do. Hoyt Jul 2014 #4

Always love the view... longship Jul 2014 #5

As always, such spectacular photos! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #6

Wow! catchnrelease Jul 2014 #7

There were moments today in Gilbert that felt like the eye of a friggin' hurricane ... brett_jv Jul 2014 #8

Just so you know - the eye of a hurricane is calm. NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #10

Thanks for the Photos, awesome madokie Jul 2014 #9

ALBliberal

(2,342 posts)

1. love seeing your photos thanks

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:55 AM

Jul 2014

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

2. I love the pics you post from your vantage point.

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:57 AM

Jul 2014

Thanks for the thread, DemoTex.

betterdemsonly

(1,967 posts)

3. I so miss Arizona

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:00 AM

Jul 2014

from when I visited my sisters there. I wish they hadn't been transferred to Charlotte NC.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

4. Look forward to these photos. And thanks for work you do.

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:14 AM

Jul 2014

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Always love the view...

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:19 AM

Jul 2014

...and the viewpoint.

R&K

Rhiannon12866

(205,548 posts)

6. As always, such spectacular photos!

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 03:22 AM

Jul 2014

That first one took my breath away!

catchnrelease

(1,945 posts)

7. Wow!

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 04:04 AM

Jul 2014

Just amazing shots.

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)

8. There were moments today in Gilbert that felt like the eye of a friggin' hurricane ...

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 04:25 AM

Jul 2014

My entire street was a mini-lake for a bit ... we got WET up here. I actually dig this kinda weather change ... it was literally 113F at like 2:00pm w/o a cloud in the sky, and by 3:15pm it's 80F and ... storming like a hurricane. I hope monsoons last a while this year ... only thing to look forward to from June-August.

NutmegYankee

(16,200 posts)

10. Just so you know - the eye of a hurricane is calm.

Reply to brett_jv (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 05:23 AM

Jul 2014

I've been through two when I lived in the Southeast. It's neat because the horizontal rain stops for a few minutes before restarting in the opposite direction.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

9. Thanks for the Photos, awesome

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 04:35 AM

Jul 2014

I guess this job is a continuation to the job you had all those years ago when we were just young men wanting so much to believe that what we were doing was right but knowing down deep in our heart that it wasn't. Some of us realized that early on, some it took a while. Many pretty much did come around to that way of thinking though.
You were doing the right thing then and you're doing the right thing now, saving lives.

I hope you find the time to write a book about your life

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