Big Storm

Late yesterday afternoon, as we were going to Home Depot to buy a new toilet, we noticed that the sky was getting really dark.  By the time we came out, there were very high winds and dust was blowing everywhere.  The temperature dropped rapidly from 86 to 66 in a very short time.  Soon we had thunder and lightning, and eventually rain.  We're not sure how much rain there was, because our rain gauge has stopped working (sigh, another project!).  Because of the storm we had a wonderfully cool evening and night.

Here's what the mountains look like normally:

Here's what it looked like during the dust storm:

 

The really good news is that we now have a working toilet!