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4.77 inches of rain

September 9th, 2014 · 4 Comments

That’s how much rain we had yesterday in the big “100 year storm” according to my digital rain gauge. That’s almost an inch and a half more than they measured at the airport (3.29″), but less than some areas in Chandler (5.85″). We had about 2 inches in the first hour or so, between 2:00 and 3:00 am, and then it tapered down the rest of the night. I just found out that my neighbor’s gauge read 5.20 inches. Not sure why the discrepancy.

I woke up about 2 am to the roar of very heavy rainfall and the steady “drip drip drip” of water leaking in the house. We had three leaks, two of which I have since fixed, or at least stopped. I can’t figure out where the water comes in at the other leak. Fortunately it’s not something I have to worry about very often, and it has opportunity to dry out between storms. Still, I need to find and fix that leak.

I’m glad our house sits up high, with a low back yard to catch the water. Our neighborhood is well designed for heavy rain, with most of the overflow going into the lake (which was very full) unlike some areas of the city where a foot or more of water flowed through houses.

Here’s the basketball court under a couple of inches of water.
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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Don // Sep 9, 2014 at 11:43 am

    That is an incredible amount of water for Phoenix. I was wondering how everyone’s place was doing. Heather said they were okay but I’m a bit concerned about Donna’s place being right next to the canal.

    A few years ago we got over 5″ in one day but this is California where it’s not unheard of. I was amazed at some of the pictures yesterday. It looked like the 10 was a lake out by 43rd ave.

  • 2 Dale // Sep 15, 2014 at 6:30 am

    Looks like more rain headed your way.

  • 3 Daryl // Sep 17, 2014 at 7:46 am

    That’s what they were predicting, from Hurricane Odile, but now they say that most of the storm will pass south and east of us, hitting Tucson.

    It’s cloudy and we’ve had a little rain so far, but nothing like last week.

  • 4 Donna // Sep 17, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    And I missed it! It did make the national news though, and I kept well informed from websites and friends’ messages. My house was fine.

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