Strong Haboob Hits Casa Grande

That was a dandy storm last night.  It was a good old-fashioned haboob with strong wind, LOTS of dust, but still not a measureable amount of rain.  We had just enough rain to turn some of the dust to mud.  Typical of a monsoon storm, it only lasted 35 minutes from beginning to end.  Temperature dropped from 112 to 97.

Considering the strength of the storm, there was only minimal damage inside the park.  We took a long slow ride throughout the park and checked on all of our housewatch customers.  If you don't hear from us via email, there was no damage to your site.

Several residents saw it coming!

This photo from Dick Rietz:

Next three photos compliments of Julie Wolf.

Scene from my kitchen window.  Could barely see across the street.

This is about the only damage we found on our rounds this morning.  I'm not posting the site numbers until sure that all have been notified.

Picking up the pieces.  

Tree down by the sales office plus at least one we know of on the golf course.

Crews are busy with the clean up this morning.

Posted a short video on You Tube.