Well, after two of the driest years in recent history and several years of the non-appearance of the forecast El Nino wet winters, it has started to rain in earnest. The following just popped up on my Facebook page:

Animas Vol. Fire & Rescue Dept.
2 hrs ·
Due to flooding, County Road 001 (Cloverdale Road) is closed starting at Johnson's Arena . Don't drown, turn around.

It will be a while before folks down there get to town, and I won't be going back down to the Geronimo Trail and Cloverdale anytime soon.

We sure needed the rain, though...

You guys south of us are getting it all. We're having one of the driest years on record.

Wish y'all the best. Floods are NO Fun.

Stay safe!

There's nothing like a lot of rain in a short time in an area that's usually dry. Stay safe Ben!

We're already 18 inches past our typical yearly average. Lots of extreme temp swings this fall. 80+ degree shift in under a months time.

Those deserts are amazing things like that.

Weather forecasting is a HUGE JOKE i don't watch or listen to a word of it anymore . If i want to read a bunch of crap i'll go look up my horoscope .<- Just saying .

Keep your powder dry Mudhen and the of you desert rats .

From the title, I thought this would be a Michael Bloomberg thread.

Ben, we came across I10 just north of you yesterday in two trucks and one on a trailer and handling that rain was heavy duty. Even the always dry San Simon "river" had some flow - and it looked really wet down over the boot heel as we passed. Stay safe - and I hope it all turns out to be beneficial. Spring should be awesome there in the Chiricahua and eastward,

White privilege!

Someone said the fish where getting thirsty..

You must not be a Johnny Cash fan.

I’ll be bow hunting elk couple hours south of Albuquerque in Mid Sept. I wonder how that will impact my elk hunt. Is that area getting lots of rain?
Thanks

Look at the date of this thread.

It sure ain't rainin' down this way these days. Maybe in a month or so.

🤣😂

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Two days after the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Since I parked THOR here in Tightwad a couple of months ago, local forecasts have been quite accurate. Spotty showers remain spotty. Heavy rains and storms have been on schedule.