10:45PM: STORMS IN ARIZONA ARE SO EXCITING!! Everyone actually gets into it which also makes it even more exciting! Tyler and I stood outside on our patio and watched the storm and it looked like as if we were at a dance with strobe lights going off every minute. We decided to go around the apartment and found a spot where we felt this amazing cool breeze (70 mph wind!) and stood there for a while absorbing the feeling since it’s been so long since we felt a cool breeze (air conditioning does not count!).

[Power went out]

10:15AM: The power went out while I was typing this. We went outside on the patio again and we could barely see anything. The visibility was 0!! It was POURING and all the lights were out. There were cars trying to leave and get in but the gates weren’t working – we were stuck in prison! It was starting to get hot in the apartment because obviously the air conditioner was not on. It was actually cooler outside because of the wind…according to the news,
“Winds in some areas were clocked at 85 mph, which is the strength of a Category 1 hurricane. A wind gust of up to 100 mph was recorded by National Weather Service radar.”
INSANE! Tyler, Blake and I decided to go outside in the rain and frolicked in the flood until a lightning hit near us and scared the crap out of us and we ran back inside. Stupid? I know but gotta live a little and have fun!! We didn’t know how to wake up in the morning because our alarm wasn’t working so we turned on ALL the lights in the apartment. Tyler and I had a hard time trying to sleep because it was so hot! Tyler had this cheap small fan that ran on batteries so we used that until the battery died. All the lights came back on at 2:30 in the morning. Blasted the AC on and went back to sleep!

Tyler had to take a detour to work this morning since the road near our apartment is closed. Phoenix is happily a mess!!! Everyone loves it and everyone is happy. What an amazing storm!