SRP Power Outage

This is one of the pictures Reggie took on his cell phone when he and Grandpa stopped on Power Rd and University Drive to watch the 100ft flames shoot up from a fire at the SRP . They watched from the back of their truck so they got a clear view. The fire started about 11:30 am and the power went down all over Mesa, Apache Junction and some of Gilbert. It was a 114 degree day. We went to the movies - it took forever to get to the Theater on Warner and Gilbert Rd because only the lights at major intersections were working. We saw "Bad Teacher". The theater was packed with other escapees of the outside heat. Then we went out to eat and every restaurant was loaded with other folks from Mesa. we got home at about 8:30pm and folks here in the park said the electricy came on around 6:30pm. Some areas of Mesa were without power until the next day. Reggie posted his photos on U tube.

Monsoons Hit Valley of the Sun

We have been having Monsoons every night. This is not unusual for us - but tonight was a real wild one. It was a wall of sand rolling over the whole valley. Go to http://www.azcentral.com/ to see all the pictures people have sent it to the news channel at Azcentral. The wall of sand was taller than the downtown hotels. Here are some of the pictures at AzCentral.