Too much rain for MHS today!!! The campus was flooded including the basement. Mesa Public Schools didn't close any schools today, but MHS had an optional day today. I wish I knew it was optional before I took them to school. This is as close to an "AZ snow day" that they will ever see.
It was a huge storm that started at 3:00 in the morning and didn't stop until after 7:00. I drove Josh to school in the dark while it was pouring. I could barely see the road and was really scared. The rain let up when I took Danni and Angela to Mesa High, but by then the US 60 had flooded. It took us 30 minutes to get the girls to school from our house. Everyone was in Southern and the traffic didn't move. An hour after The girls arrived at school, Danni called and said that the basement at Mesa High was flooded and the students who had basements were directed to the gym. A lot of students did even make it to school. I came to Mesa High to pick up my kids. It sounded like it was going to be an optional day. the retention area at Emerald Park was super full and the canals were running super fast. That evening, water spilled from the retention basin into the streets and houses nearby. Houses and Keller school were soon flooded. We learned that the homes and business around Broadway were flooded too. Mesa received. Of rain in one day. We are lucky to receive that much in a year. It was a HUGE storm.
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| The basement of Mesa High flooded. |
There have so much rain this past few weeks. The marching band field has been flooding repeatly. The kids are not getting much time on the field. A couple of days before this big storm, there was a huge storm that flooded the northwest section of Phoenix. I-17 flooded just north of the valley and I watched it on TV. It's been a crazy month and month with the rain.
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| Porter's Playground is totally flooded. |
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| Emerald Acres park - a week before it flooded. The water is almost to the basketball court. |
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| Mesa High - We joked that Mesa High filled their pool early. |
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| Rain totals |
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| News stories from the valley and our neighborhood |
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| Emily enjoying the rain |
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| Beautiful rainbow after our huge storm |
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