Mrs. found a perch on one of the flamingos.
Red prefers the Beavertail cactus art.
The past few days have been stormy and wet! The rain doesn’t seem to stop. We were supposed to go to a friends’ house for dinner when my phone started blowing up with warnings.
Along with the scary words, a horrendous sound goes off.
I called our friends and questioned if we should cancel and stay home due to the phone warnings. However, we ended up going because it’s uphill a mile and there wouldn’t be any washes to drive through. The rain had stopped when we drove and the roads were drying up.
Unfortunately, the entire area was not that lucky. To date, four people lost their lives who were in their cars about an hour south of us. I don’t think these warnings should be taken lightly.
The roadrunner paid us a visit. He moves quickly and this was the only picture I managed to get.
House finch on the beavertail art.
A spotted a gilded flicker in the tree.
This house finch looks all fluffed up.
Have you had any weather warnings this early Fall? If so, what have they been about?
We get flash flood warnings here, too. Noisy, disruptive, indicating something could happen. They startle me every time, but do remind me not drive on certain roads. I don’t want to be swept away.
Aren’t those alerts so unsettling? Especially when they happen while driving! They really get my anxiety going.
The weather has been wild, hasn’t it? We had the torrential downpour and quarter-sized hail. Then, after the storm, we drove by Indian Bend Wash and it had rushing water at 6+ feet, overflowing out on to Hayden. I hadn’t heard about the loss of life–that’s so tragic.
I think the flash floods in Phoenix is something that surprises a lot of people… they’ve greatly improved the drainage infrastructure over the past decades to accommodate flash floods, but you can’t easily change the density of the soil, unfortunately, so there are still tragedies every few years.
Yes, the weather has been wild. For two weeks in a row we’ve had a ton of rain for three days straight. We had a little bit of hail but it was tiny, not quarter sized. At least the heat seems to have left us!
That would be scary to see flooding at 6 feet plus. We had flash floods in Palm Springs, too. The infrastructure wasn’t built for floods.
Where I grew up in Washington state, we had one big flood where the water reached the tops of telephone poles and the tops of barns. A lot of livestock was lost including all the horses on a Lipizzan farm. We lived on a hill fortunately, but we were cut off from driving to town.
Weather really can be scary. We don’t have massive hurricanes, tornado, or earthquakes, but the flash flooding really is it’s own kind of natural disaster. I can’t even imagine flood waters reaching as high as telephone poles–that’s so awful, and I’m sure there wasn’t time for anyone to respond and save their livestock. So sad.
We did get caught in a hail storm driving to Flagstaff one summer. That was really scary and loud!
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The farmers didn’t know how high the floodwaters were going to be. They had livestock up in areas they thought they’d be protected. But sadly they weren’t.
I saw the flooding on the news. It looked horrendous. Glad you missed out on any danger EA. We’ve had quite a few severe thunderstorm warnings throughout September actually and some of the foothills areas with burn scars have had flash flood warnings as well. I don’t think any of that is unusual for CO though. We are a state with the ability to have major weather changes in all 4 corners at the same time.
I’m thankful we didn’t have flooding where we live. I’m sure you have lots of weather in CO. That’s what I remember about the state when visiting.
We had a huge flood in the 1970s in Snohomish. I just looked it up. It was 1975. Our valley lost 3,500 head of cattle and the Snohomish river was up more than 30 feet. It was due to a snow melt and rain. Do you remember that? I know there’s been plenty of floods since in the state.
I don’t remember that specific flood but then again being a 9th grader I probably had no interest anyway 😉 I know as an adult that area always has flood warnings on the news. There are a handful of rivers that always seem to be on the list and people are impacted year after year but still want to build given the beauty of the region.
We were fortunate to live on a hill. We had waterfront property for a week or so during that flood. Normally, we overlooked pastures and farms. The Old Snohomish Monroe Highway to town was under water. The water reached the tops of the telephone poles.
Wow, that’s unimaginable the water was so high and the clean up after must have been awful to deal with.
I remember the valley looking so depressing after the flood. Mud everywhere, no green pastures as usual. Plus the livestock!
Wow, Elizabeth. That’s intense. It’s amazing how quickly water can rise and I’m sorry for everyone impacted.
And I’m also smiling about your comment that the road runner moves fast. Amazing you got one photo!
The flooding was so bad, but fortunately not in our neighborhood. We really needed the rain, but not the flooding. They also said propane tanks were floating all around. There was some sort of plant that flooded.
It’s funny that roadrunners are really quick, just like the cartoon.
We’ve been watching those floods on the news. The speed of the washouts are insane. Glad it’s not anywhere near you. They look terrifying.
Lovely bird shots. Though I feel for that poor finch’s feet.
Ouch!
Thanks for the comments on my photos. Yes, the floods were awful not too far away from us. Once again, I’m happy to be living on a hill! Those poor bird feet!
I’m glad that you’re safe Elizabeth. It’s a sad news about loss of life due to flash floods. Take care my friend.
Love the pictures! All the birds are super cute.
Thank you for your kind words about the flooding and my bird photos. 🥰
You’re always welcome my friend
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Glad you’re safe. Crazy weather is one thing. It’s always a little bizarre when you’re out traveling. You’re not sure what to expect! Ugh
I literally freak out if warning like that happen on my phone while we’re on the road. It’s happened several times. More reasons to enjoy being home!
Oh my goodness…those flash floods. Wow. We’ve not had much in terms of severe weather in weeks here in the Midwest…but it’s soo….sooo…dry. I suspect we’re not that far away from concerns about fire dangers. Take care, Elizabeth…and say hello to the roadrunner for me! 🥰
We have sunny blue skies now, but with cooler temperatures than before all the storms. A welcome change! Red and Mrs. are here every day, most of the entire day. No more sightings of the roadrunner.
Love the updates. Xo! 🥰❤️🥰
I’m so glad you do! 💕
We get flash flood warnings now and then… but it would be hard to imagine anything like that happening in our area (especially when we are desperate for any rain at all). Nice bird pics, the one of the house finch is my favorite.
We didn’t have much rain for the past two years. The rain has been a welcome change, but I feel so badly for all the damage and lost lives! Where we live, it was thunder, lightening, and tons of rain, but no flooding.
Great birdie shots!! ♥♥
Thank you! I enjoy taking them. 😊
Great photos and so sad about those who lost their lives. The warnings are there for a reason. Glad you’re safe.
Fortunately it had stopped raining and the sun was out when we drove our one mile to our friends house. The flash flooding happened about an hour south of us. So sad.
Wow , four people died ? How sad! Were they all together? Love the photos . Sorry about the weather.
The people were not together. Two were found by their cars, two inside. Isn’t that awful?
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We’ve also had flood warnings and some heavy rains. Mostly we see mud that washes onto the road from all the steep hillsides.
I can imagine. We have a little bit of sand in our washes in our immediate area. But it’s not steep near us.
Beautiful bird photos!
So sad about people losing their lives in flash floods. I agree, that these warnings are often overlooked, but should always be considered.
Luckily, we’ve had NO warnings lately and I’m praying we get through hurricane season with zero hurricanes.
So true. It’s sad people lost their lives and I was right to be worried about going to our friends house with the warnings. But we don’t get flooding on the side of a hill, fortunately.
I hope you are hurricane free!
I used to ignore flash flood warnings. After seeing what they can do on the news this year, I don’t anymore.
I totally understand. It seems impossible to me that four people lost their lives in our recent flood.
That’s so sad.
It is.
So far nothing, but there’s always tomorrow
So true. It looks like we’re in for sunny days with blue skies now that our storms have passed.
So sad about the 4 people who died!
Flash floods are scary for they come so quickly.
Enjoyed your pics. I especially liked the puffed up house finch. 🙂
Thanks about the bird pics. Yes, flash floods are scary. There were a couple more people missing. Hopefully they were found alive!