Crazy Colorado Weather

For those of you outside Colorado, you may have been hearing about us on the national news. The weather here has been out of control. We have had some serious thunderstorms here for what seems like weeks now. These aren't just little drizzle type storms, but rather MONSOONS!! Here are some images I risked my life to capture.


Before the rain started, it was a beautiful sunny day. Hot, but nice out. Then, almost without warning, the skies opened up and let loose. You can see from the picture above, the rain is up to the curb here.

About five minutes later, it's over the curb.

About five minutes later, it's flooding parking lots. There were lightning strikes about every ten seconds all around and the thunder followed within a second or two after that. It was incredible.

The whole storm lasted about 30-40 minutes. I heard reports on the radio that during that time pretty close to 3 inches of rain fell. In some areas, golf ball sized hail fell and did some serious damage to cars, windows, and houses. Trees and branches fell and destroyed houses. About three blocks away from where I took these pictures, the radio reported cars were submerged in intersections. This kind of rain and hail has happened a couple time this summer. I am not wondering if it will happen again, but when.