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Mother Nature is fucking with me....
Jan. 22nd, 2007 10:08 amI moved to the desert and it SNOWS... at least it didn't accumulate.
*Rare snow storm surprises Arizona*
by AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago
PHOENIX - More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more inches were possible Monday, while children as far south as Tucson got a rare chance to play in the snow.
Sunday's storm, one of the strongest of the winter, came amid a wave of storms that have brought snow, ice and strong winds to the Plains region, and also to the Southwest, including Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.
The harsh, frigid conditions were blamed for at least 11 traffic fatalities in the Plains over the weekend.
Southern New Mexico picked up 9 inches on snow on Sunday and Monday, closing 66 miles of the Interstate 24, the state's major north-south highway. "The semi-trucks are having a hard time," State Police Lt. Rick Anglada said, noting that three tractor-trailers had jackknifed on I-25 and 10 to 15 rigs had pulled off the roadway.
Some public schools in the southern and western parts of the state closed Monday.
Although the heaviest snowfall in Arizona on Sunday was in the north, snow also fell in downtown Phoenix and Tucson, which received up to 1 1/2 inches, according to the
National Weather Service.
Danita D'Water said there were huge snowflakes in her neighborhood in far northeast Phoenix.
"The children are running up and down the street, riding their scooters in the snow," she said. "The kids are pretty excited but the adults were out taking pictures."
A winter storm warning remained in effect until noon Monday for parts of northern and northeastern Arizona, with the National Weather Service forecasting up to an additional three inches of snow.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_re_us/winter_blast
*Rare snow storm surprises Arizona*
by AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago
PHOENIX - More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more inches were possible Monday, while children as far south as Tucson got a rare chance to play in the snow.
Sunday's storm, one of the strongest of the winter, came amid a wave of storms that have brought snow, ice and strong winds to the Plains region, and also to the Southwest, including Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.
The harsh, frigid conditions were blamed for at least 11 traffic fatalities in the Plains over the weekend.
Southern New Mexico picked up 9 inches on snow on Sunday and Monday, closing 66 miles of the Interstate 24, the state's major north-south highway. "The semi-trucks are having a hard time," State Police Lt. Rick Anglada said, noting that three tractor-trailers had jackknifed on I-25 and 10 to 15 rigs had pulled off the roadway.
Some public schools in the southern and western parts of the state closed Monday.
Although the heaviest snowfall in Arizona on Sunday was in the north, snow also fell in downtown Phoenix and Tucson, which received up to 1 1/2 inches, according to the
National Weather Service.
Danita D'Water said there were huge snowflakes in her neighborhood in far northeast Phoenix.
"The children are running up and down the street, riding their scooters in the snow," she said. "The kids are pretty excited but the adults were out taking pictures."
A winter storm warning remained in effect until noon Monday for parts of northern and northeastern Arizona, with the National Weather Service forecasting up to an additional three inches of snow.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_re_us/winter_blast
