Hurricane Delores arrived in the valley Friday and boy, did she pack a punch! First, we had a haboob. A haboob is a wall of dirt and dust that moves across the land. One minute I was looking out at our mountains and 10 minutes later, they were GONE! Here's a photo from the Toro Peak webcam showing the wall of dust (the haboob):
Then the winds hit. Then, all day yesterday we had lightning, thunder, and RAIN! REAL RAIN! It rained on and off for nearly 24 hours! :-) Power went out in Indio and lightning hit a palm tree there, which started a fire. New "low" temperatures were set yesterday, too, and more rain is in the forecast for today, although this morning, the sky is clear. I do see some clouds popping up over the mountains, however, and it will probably be raining again by 2:00 p.m. I didn't even bother going up to the horses yesterday, since it was raining there by 8:00 a.m. I'm not sure about today, either. If I can get going by 8, I think I will miss the storm...we'll see...
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I'll bet this was the storm that knocked out the bridge on the 10. I was so glad that my So Cal kids made it back home before that happened.
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