So valuable. I was afraid of moving to tucson due to tidal waves and icebergs but you've reassured me

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Right?!?! But seriously I get so many questions about wild fires and tornadoes, I thought I should make a video letting people know that those are pretty uncommon here… thanks for the view and comment!

@bigsprinter

Жыл бұрын

@Welcome To Tucson Arizona giving you a hard time. ;) some of those stock video clips you had were pretty hilarious

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Haha we try to be as entertaining as possible!!! 😂

@hansbaeker9769

Жыл бұрын

@@TucsonArizona It is interesting how the frequency and severity of tornadoes declines quickly as you move west from the Texas-New Mexico line. My understanding is that while tornadoes in Arizona are actually unusual, those that do form tend to be quite a bit weaker than the ones in Texas and further east.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense! :)

Wow, I never considered flooding for the Tucson area. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Right?!?! No one does! I get so many questions about wildfires (which we have almost none of), but so few about flooding, which can be extremely dangerous each summer! I think it’s important that everyone know 🥰

So wildfires (rare), haboobs (dust storms), monsoons (water storms, rain, flooding), and heat waves. That's pretty much it for Tucson. Thanks for the video!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Yep! That’s what we have here! 😁

When I lived in Picture Rocks our new neighbors decided to try and skirt the 18" elevation requirements for a mobile home by digging a large hole and placing their brand new double wide on it. Right next to a wash no less. Like 2 years later we got the heaviest monsoon I'd seen. The water was to my knees coming off sombrero peak and flowing directly into their front door that opened to ground level.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Oh no!!!! That’s crazy!

Haboobs/Monsoons are some of the most amazing things to experience. Like any other place, hope for the best, prepare for the worst..

@TucsonArizona

3 ай бұрын

They are fun when you are protected and safe! Thanks for commenting!

Great video! Thanks for reminding people that even though we don't see many of the disasters that other parts of the country experience, we do have serious flooding every year, and washes are very dangerous to cross when there is water running. I do recall one incident, about 1989 or 1990 when I was caught in a tornado or extreme microburst on Oldfather Rd on the NW side. As I was driving south toward Ina Rd it tore a roof off a house on my left, knocked down a fence and shattered the glass on the side of my SUV. I never saw it coming. I was uninjured but had car damage. These storms do strike fast here.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment, as always!!!

very informative! Thank you.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the channel!

What a great and informative video!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed!

I grew up on the East side: Bel Aire Ranch. The back of our house faced the Catalinas, and included a large, covered patio. During a monsoon storm, I went to our closed French glass doors to look out. My mother said, “get away from those doors”! I was an obedient child, and as I took a step back, the copper door handles turned blue and there was a loud crash of thunder. In the house across the street, the dog sleeping by the picture window was electrocuted.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Oh no that’s horrifying! Monsoon storms are nothing to mess around with!!!

A few years ago, when I was driving for totalride/discount cab I was driving to pick someone up but first I needed a rest room since they lived off Camino de LA Terra/ highway dr. I was going to stop at the park on the north side of the wash but too many cars were coming from the other direction for a left turn so I decided to go to the park on the other side. I was just out of the wash when suddenly I heard a thundering sound and turned to see the wash completely flooded and the road nowhere in sight. It was terrifying. If I had driven any slower.......

@TucsonArizona

10 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh that’s so scary. I’ve had some close calls like that myself throughout the years… 😩

I can’t wait to move back to Tucson!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Tucson will welcome you with open arms! 🌵☀️

Back in the late 1700's an earthquake struck south of the Border in Sonora and it was a big enough quake to rattle Tucson. But very few people were living here. No, Tucson is not exempt from experiencing a quake.

Great video!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! So glad you enjoyed!

It rained 2 inches yesterday. The roads were flooded big time!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

2 inches in about 30 minutes! Insane!

Yes the fire in ventana canyon a couple of years ago was scary.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment!

They used to call me the natural disaster back in high school!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Would’ve been interesting to have known you back then…

Omg Tucson is like 1960 the highway’s and roads are exactly the same when I was 10 no progress just more slums love cave creek area

@GLRYB2GD

Жыл бұрын

Chill bruh it's not that bad.

Ive lived in Tucson since 69 and the floods of 83 has to be worst of all that I have seen. I was working on River between 1st and Campbell at the time and watched coffins, vehicles and buildings floating down the Rillito. It was crazy times.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

My brother was born during the flood of 83 and my mom still talks about what a nightmare it was getting to the hospital 😬😬😬

I have the same cactus light!

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

That’s hilarious! 😂🌵😂🌵😂🌵

Definitely I remember the heavy rains almost floods from the 90s

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Yep! I remember too!

I dealt with blizzards and tornado....

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we don’t have those here… 😁

Have you done a video on the impact of the border issues as to illegals staying in the Tucson area and the drug issues?

@clifffowler1289

Жыл бұрын

I myself am curious about this as well. Interesting that the publisher of the video has answered older posts but left this untouched.

@GLRYB2GD

Жыл бұрын

@@clifffowler1289 there's more hispanics in Phoenix than Tucson from what I've seen. As far as drug issues go, if you go looking for something you'll find it, no matter where you live. Most people do drugs, but just because they're doing the legal ones they claim they're not drugs.

@clifffowler1289

Жыл бұрын

@@GLRYB2GD Absolutely fair assessment and opinion . I was just curious if some how being so close to one of the major pipelines of the drug issue really showed a drastic difference. But let’s face it, our own government had a LARGE hand to play in the “crack/cocaine epidemic” of the 80’s.

@GLRYB2GD

Жыл бұрын

@@clifffowler1289 yes, a lot of the things the government does is a planned agenda to destroy us. "Govern-ment" translates to "mind-control."

@frankgreco

Жыл бұрын

The drugs coming across the borders are targeting much bigger cities than Tucson, like Phoenix, Chicago, LA, NY, etc.

1980 Canada del oro flooded behind my house on Chapala Dr off La Canada

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! I was born in ‘80, and my brother was born during the flood of ‘83. We’ve had some wild rains throughout the years!

That's why you don't get massive fired it gets cold 🥶

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

We get chilly here in the winter. Not terrible, but in the winters our lows get down into the 20s, and we always have a breeze here, so that adds to the chilly feeling.

That smoke has to suck though

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

During the few fires we’ve had on our mountains, I didn’t really notice the smoke smell. Interestingly, I noticed more of a smell/bad coloration in the sky when an area around Phoenix had a fire. I guess it just depends on the direction the wind is blowing?

It should be noted that drought is not necessarily brought about by Global Warming. In the warmest period of the Holocene, so far, the Holocene Climatic Optimum, many places were far less dry than they are now. For example, the Sahara Desert was green, the Gobi Desert was forested, and northern Mexico was notably more wet. On the other hand, in the early days of the period known as "The Little Ice Age" the desert southwest got much drier. The Anasazi people with a robust, flourishing civilizaiton until then, had to move. Nobody can say absolutely for sure, but it seems likely that the drought brought on by the cooling climate was at least partially and likely mostly responsible. So don't assume that it will be dryer in the future because of Global Warming. It is possible as the warmth affects long term weather patterns, but it may easily be more likely that it will increase rainfall.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight and the view and comment!

Flood of '83

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

Yep! That was a bad one!

@robertlawson4742

Жыл бұрын

@@TucsonArizona yup. I was 18. Remember it well.

@TucsonArizona

Жыл бұрын

My brother was born during the flood of 83…my parents remember it well too 😫

@robertlawson4742

Жыл бұрын

@@TucsonArizona you were like 2 years old? Lol

@mostamused2797

Жыл бұрын

Great video. Very interested in what you had to say as we're hoping to move to Tucson soon. Possible flooding is a great concern for us. Thank you.

Skip to @ 1:52 if you wanna get to the point 💀💀💀

@thedouglaspodcast

Ай бұрын

Actually maybe more so 2:22 lolol