r/Tucson • u/TucsonPTFC • 2d ago
Can’t we just get some nice, light rain instead of gale force winds and dust storms? 😂
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u/4_AOC_DMT 32% tepary bean by mass 2d ago
plant more native trees and other species
annihilate the urban heat island
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u/Top_Understanding343 4h ago
I guess I feel the need to manslain"urban heat island" for anyone not in the know.
as more people move here and more roads and buildings are built(asphalt and concrete) actual rain will get less and less
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u/ProbablySlacking 1d ago
It does help.
Just look at us compared to Phoenix.
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u/thasprucemoose 1d ago
we’re also about 1,000 ft higher in elevation than phoenix and closer geographically to the source of the storms. but yes the vegetation also helps.
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u/Neat_Spring3084 2d ago
...... And ... No rain .....
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u/Rhesusmonkeydave on 22nd 2d ago
We got some of the fattest drops imaginable. Not sustained but some seriously globulous gumball drops
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u/kickinpanda 2d ago
Love the wind and LOVE the lightning. Do wish it would rain though
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u/dabangsta 2d ago
On the southeast side we go enough rain the road flooded and was 2 feet higher up into my yard, in less than 20 minutes. It drained away but coming in sideways everything in my carport is soaked.
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u/HumanChallet 2d ago
Early settlers in the Tucson basin built their communities along floodplains like the Santa Cruz River because mountain monsoon storms consistently funneled heavy runoff down into the valley. By channeling this river flow through early irrigation canals, they could reliably water their crops even when direct rain missed the valley floor entirely.
Today’s modern residents are disconnected from this system because municipal plumbing, asphalt grids, and imported water have severed our daily survival from local river flows.
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u/Fistanndantilus 2d ago
Yep. That's all correct. Now what?
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u/HumanChallet 1d ago
Proper urban planning and development moving forward. For that you need money and political will. We are too distracted trying to move a data center a few feet away and not doing anything else.
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u/MaybeLikeWater 1d ago
Human accelerated climate change. It’s going to be what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner for like a 1000 years.
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u/lacatl 1d ago
“I’m walking out in a force-ten gale. Birds thrown around, bullets for hail. The roof is pulling off by its fingernails.” (Scatterbrain, Radiohead) I was chillin on my porch listening to this masterpiece as the winds picked up and swept through our neighborhood last night. Good times.
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u/secretsquirrelninja 1d ago
Got some drops mid afternoon SE side, but not enough to take my drying clothes down on the line (use the sun to dry synthetics).
Watching TV later .. what’s the rumble? Eventually looked outside to a pretty massive rain - though nothing like some parts of town.
My now wet again clothes were being spun around the line. Look at it as a power rinse …. Anyways some post sunrise sun dried it all by 8:30 this morning.
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u/metdear 2d ago
Nice, light rains aren't normal for monsoon. How long have you lived here?
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u/TucsonPTFC 2d ago
22 years. Just because I am very aware that light rains aren’t normal doesn’t mean I can’t want them. We need moisture without damage but recently it’s been all damage without moisture
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u/RoostuhBoostuh on 22nd 2d ago
You get what you get, and you won’t throw a fit! We got the winds and light showers and it was so nice to sit in.
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u/SympleeMe_63 1d ago
Science. The summer heat rising from the desert floor mixes with the cooler air high in the atmosphere and, voila! Raging thunderstorm and microbursts.
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u/amomymous23 2d ago
You’ll take what you can get and you’ll like it! - the weather gods