Driving in an Arizona Monsoon Flash Flood

In Ahwatukee (South East Phoenix) a big monsoon hit July 13th 2008 and did some pretty crazy flooding in under an hour of rain - probably about 45 minutes of downpour until we started driving and recorded this video.

For reference that stuck honda at 2:20 - we're sitting at 48th and Elliot facing East.

The big rains had passed and we wanted to go drive around to show off cars stuck in intersections and washes and major roadways flooded.

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[lisalrocks]

Were you driving around to see if anyone could use some help or just driving around to laugh at all of the stranded people- possibly people who were elderly, had small children in the car, maybe had no cell to call anyone...???

Nice swearing in front of the kid btw.

[rynoweb]

@lisalrocks if somebody needed help that we came across then we were more than apt to handle it and would have. His father was driving and the kid hears worse at school - welcome to 2011. Perhaps next time well sing kumbaya and discuss the intricacies of noah's supposed arc? We'll aim to please you the next time a large monsoon comes. Thanks for watching.

[losangelesboy2012]

How often do these happen in arizona? I'm loving the kenny chesney in the background lol

[rynoweb]

@losangelesboy2012 not often... we haven't had a monsoon that bad since - or anything even close to this video. Been a couple years now.

[oldies1976]

Yeah driving thru a monsoon and flash flooding...really smart and with a kid too.

Poor street drainage in your town, for monsoons.

[rynoweb]

@oldies1976 yeah because we were in some extreme danger there! lol. Honestly there was nothing bad enough for our truck to get stuck; can't say the same for the kid in the lowered honda :)

[Teztost3rpwn]

@lisalrocks

Why are you so butthurt over someone else's kid hearing the S word..... Sounds like you need to go take care of you own kids and stop trolling over youtube.

[SmallvilleMemories]

Your kid is frikkin adorable sounding :DDD Cool stuff haha i love monsoons :D

[mrswitten82]

AWESOME! I live in Northern AZ..had a major flood in the 90's X2 I love that shit!!!!!! Fucking hell yeah! lmfao!! Some people.. I bet Lisa's son is gay.

[D13fledermause]

Nothing like people getting their hydro lock on!

[azdrifter520]

i miss those days when monsoons would be that intense

[cabo02]

Can't wait till we get another good one.

[RainbowDefender]

Nothing major and kids need stories to tell their friends!

[adamslurch71]

@lisalrocks Just b/c you don't swear in front of your child and believe they will be better for it remember this, those of us that come from the "broken homes of america" are the ones who succeed where the ones who mommy and daddy held their hand and old them it will always be all right are ones living off of welfare b/c they never learned how hard life really is. Deal with it and move on this is a video about a storm not how to care for a child. Fucking troll.

[Teztost3rpwn]

@lisalrocks

Why are you so butt-hurt over someone else's kid hearing the S word..... Sounds like you need to go take care of you own kids and stop trolling over youtube.

[Kdubser]

Little kids here that rarely get rain or anything but dry heat tend to get excited over these things. When I was little and we had storms like this, I'd beg my parents to take me for a drive in it. It's not dangerous when you're not being an irresponsible negligent person. Watching this, I didn't see anyone in dire need of help, and if anybody was they weren't looking for help. Most people have cell phones and AAA now, they more than likely already have help on the way.