I've lived here in the desert valley for over 30 years. Last year was the first "flash flood" I've ever experienced. We had road closures, mud slides and other inconveniences. But what happened last Monday?? That was a MONSOON..at least for us! 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. The skies opened and it sounded like a freight train was storming through our valley. Angry and wild!
La Quinta, at the more Easterly side of the Valley and mostly in a Cove, created by a ring of mountains, was hit particularly hard..and that's my home town. This slideshow from our local paper, The Desert Sun, shows how much water we got.
My own home was flooded with 2 inches of water, running in the back door and out the front door into the pool. I actually got lucky as the Sand was captured behind the retaining wall at the back of my property. The neighbor woman didn't fare as well, with mud coming into her backyard and completely filling up her pool!!
Now I hear we may be getting some more rain next Wednesday..eek! Extreme weather is here. I'm stocking up on sand bags, shoring up the damage and planting more large trees to help prevent the sand slide if we get another storm next year. The desert just is not great at absorbing that amount of water in such a short period of time. We normally get 1-3 inches/year!
But..I still contend that I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, the Palm Springs Valley!
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