As though I was witnessing the anger of God...

The Monsoon...

Unbridled power in the skies, thrilling, exciting, terrifying.

That's what goes through my mind as I watch these storms explode across the heavens.

A reminder of perspective.   

The Storm Punctuates the day...

Back on Monday a strange thing happened...

I was going to work as usual and....

Then I wasn't.

Let's cut to the chase, I now have 2 dead cars and about 3 weeks left on my job..

Time to help along another miracle.

So as I dealt with the immediacy of my tribulation I'd hoped that maybe I'd be entertained by the return of the monsoon.

My wish was granted.  

...in a most dramatic way.

See for yourself...

Oh, and at 18:18, take a guess what I was looking forward to or should I say...who...

I love the rain

 

There's something about the rain.

I live in a place where its anticipated in the same way others would anticipate the first snowfall.

But unlike those gentle flakes it comes not as a quiet, gentle visitor but with a fury.  As though the parched empty days that preceded it were relinquishing their power to what was to come.

And when it comes; an explosion of wind, rain and light unleashed all at once.

A welcome reprieve.  Exciting and terrifying.  A respite from the sun.

A respite from thoughts that as of late have held too much sway over me.

Arizona Monsoon 2015 Highlights

Over on this blog's sister YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/digidyn you won't find much in the way of commentary on current events but what you will find is an eclectic mix of whatever happens to cross my camera lens.

Here in Arizona we just finished up our yearly Monsoon storm season and I made a concerted effort this year to grab footage of every storm.

They say Phoenix averaged 3.29 inches of rain from June 15th to September 30th (*start/stop dates for the season) That's actually 1/2 an inch above the seasonal average of around 2.5 inches.

I know in many parts of the country that's about as much rain as you get in an hour but what we lack in precipitation we make up for in drama.  Last year (2014) was historic with close to 7 inches of rain for the season most of which came in one day causing flooding that shut down the I-10 freeway and put entire subdivisions underwater.

Central Arizona isn't used to handling a lot of water at once so when it happens things can get ugly fast.  

Below are a few videos I took from this season.  You can see all of them on the YouTube channel and there's a playlist in case you want to see all my monsoon videos going back to 2008.

Here's to proof that I'm not just some curmudgeonly troll sitting around waiting for something to bitch about in a blog post!

As always, enjoy!

A rare early morning storm after dawn

Late season and one of the more intense storms

This was the last storm of the season

A playlist of all my past Monsoon videos