It's Raining Men... and PT Cruisers

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Originally uploaded by veryapeaz.

I stole borrowed this picture from AZ Central. Mostly because the guy is really hot.

Last night we had the storm from hell. It was lightning and thundering and dropped 2.6 inches of rain in a very short period of time. The average rainfall in Phoenix is 7 inches in a YEAR. So this was significant.

It flooded the streets and highways. It was so bad the police had to close down some stretches of the highway. It was reported that five feet of water was at I-17 and Thunderbird Road.

So what does this mean? It means that the 10 o'clock news was an entire half hour of rain stories. That's it. Nothing else must have happened in the Valley. I'm sure there were no political scandals or murders or corporate takeovers on account of rain.

What kills me is the freaking idiots who drive in the washes. Here in Phoenix we have dry washes. When it rains, they flood. There are big road signs pointing this out. And there are news reports every time it rains that some jackass (or several jackasses) had to be rescued from the various washes spread throughout the Valley. It makes for great TV. People watch the daring rescues, but they're too stupid to learn.

I propose that we don't rescue people who drive their miniCoopers or Escalades or Hummers into the washes. There is a thing called natural selection and we shouldn't mess with it.