[Tony]

I really do like the monsoons. It revitalizes and brings new life to the desert. I've been here since 1985 and have seen some powerful storms, but I have never seen hail this size here. Those shots of the hail were taken about an hour after they fell, so they must have been much larger.

I just watched the 10 o'clock news. An apartment complex about 1/4 mile west of us was hit really hard. Many windows broken and a few people injured by shattered glass.

The town of Tolleson, about 10 miles south of us lost a bunch of utility poles. That's where the "funnel cloud" was seen. It never touched down.

Yesterdays storm was a bad one too. A micro-burst blew through a mobile home park tearing the roof off a few and picking up one home and throwing it over a brick wall, completely destroying it.

Another part of yesterdays storm, took out several power poles in Gilbert. (35 miles East South East of me)

All in all, we did well and the Pilot was fantastic, but we were really lucky that we missed the hail.

I just hope Threadhead is okay. I'm not sure how his side of town did.