In Tucson AZ, storms have a way of getting caught in the surrounding mountains and bouncing from one side of the valley to the other until they are all rained out. Sometimes there are more than one.
Standing out in my driveway watching an awesome downpour soak the downtown area one late afternoon, a flash behind me that shook the ground caught me by complete suprise. All the hair on my whole body felt like it was standing on end. I turned around and my neighbors (small) mullberry tree...not even twenty feet away from where I was standing was split, blackened, and smoking. From then on, my storm watching emcompassed the whole valley, no matter where the heaviest rains were!
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