r/Tempe • u/sjmuller • 2d ago
Fallen branches and trees are one thing, but have you ever seen an overhead traffic signal knocked down by the wind?! Hardy & Southern
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u/cidvard 2d ago
Every storm Phoenix gets reminds me of how Phoenix is not made to deal with any weather at all.
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u/rumblepony247 1d ago
We don't get a ton of damaging weather. It makes no sense financially to build the whole city infrastructure like a fortress, at great expense, when there is some occasional minor weather damage.
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u/HardCorwen 2d ago
Ha! I got a photo of this yesterday on Roosevelt and Southern! I was like, man...I hope that didn't hit a car!
It was like a debris field trying to make my commute home last night.
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u/sjmuller 2d ago
Wow, that's extra concerning that two signals at adjacent intersections fell like this! That could easily kill someone driving under when it fell.
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u/Shadow_on_the_Sun 2d ago
Last night’s storm was crazy. Sad I didn’t get any cool pictures of the dust storm with my dslr, it came and went surprisingly fast. Those winds were something else.
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u/tmarthal 2d ago
There were full metal street light poles down around the city from last nights storm, it was a wild one
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u/Thinkingjack 1d ago
Yeah my car got totaled in 2006 because of a falling light during a dust storm. Still pissed the insurance denied my claim
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u/sjmuller 1d ago
What was their justification for denying?
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u/Thinkingjack 1d ago
They said there’s a clause for weather impacts and “acts of god” which I’ve seen mentioned before but didn’t expect it to actually be real. So that shit was pretty infuriating.
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u/Ok-Relative6179 2d ago
Yes. I've seen whole signal poles come down, roofs tear off, 18-wheelers tip over.
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u/st0machB1L3 1d ago
i work directly down that road and the storm took a swamp cooler off the roof of the warehouse
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u/Poppy-Chew-Low 2d ago
No but I’ve seen them hanging by their cables and swinging before