In Scottsdale this morning we had quite a bit of rain. In Scottsdale proper, we had about 1 inch in 2 hours. For Scottsdale, that’s a lot. We have basically zero drainage. So this afternoon I got stuck in a residential area for half an hour waiting for traffic to slow down so I could drive the wrong way down a one way street to escape. Good times.
On top of that, all the street lights went out, and traffic got completely fried. If there was ever a genuine weather issue in Arizona, Scottsdale would quickly become the hot seat of the apocalypse. No Shit.
It was a lot of fun watching people destroy their cars. I watched one fellow in a Mercedes roll confidently into a temporary lake, and chuckled inside watching the fire department push his car back into the dry part of the street. I then watched his poor car puke white smoke as he tried to start it over and over. I also chuckled 2 hours later as I drove back on the now dry street and saw his car still stranded on the side of the road.
In one of the photos below, you can see a couple of lost vehicles, who were forced to brave the torrent by their foolhardy owners. Keep in mind, this foot of water is flowing 5 hours after the rain. When they got stranded, there was probably a 3 foot deep river flowing across the road.
