From the LVRJ: The West is burning,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters in a meeting. “I could be wrong, but I don’t think we’ve ever had a fire in the Spring Mountains, Charleston range like we just had.
“Why are we having them? Because we have climate change. Things are different. The forests are drier, the winters are shorter, and we have these terrible fires all over the West.” http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/fire-rescue/reid-blames-climate-change-west-burning
So, yesterday, we had a massive thunderstorm yesterday, which blew down trees and flooded roads.
Tonight, we had a repeat of yesterday's storm, but with more rain:
More drenching rain and powerful winds swept into the Las Vegas Valley late Saturday night.
Henderson and Boulder Highway were getting slammed by golfball-size hail and heavy rains, as much as 0.59 inches in a span of 5 minutes. And the winds were back, reaching as high as 61 mph at McCarran International Airport, said Ryan Metzger, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
In the Mount Charleston areas destroyed by the Carpenter 1 Fire, everything seemed to be running smoothly and all three canyons as of about 9 p.m., he said. Lee, Kyle and Trout canyons were in stable condition and no major mudslides had been reported, although a flash flood warning was in effect much of Saturday afternoon and was extended until at least 10 p.m.
Smaller thunderstorms are expected to dampen the valley until Monday, with the chances of rain decreasing as the week progresses, Metzger said. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/another-thunderstorm-barrage-hits-las-vegas-valley
Tornadoes were reported between Las Vegas and Indian Springs.
Too bad Senile Reid is in Washington D.C., otherwise, he could have been hit by some lightening and maybe it would knock some sense into him.
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