Elite Republican Operative, How Does She Do It?
My friend and yours, Jennifer Leslie, was on Wake Up Tucson this morning talking about the Pima County Tea Party Patriots and how it feels to be an Elite Republican Operative. Unfortunately for Jennifer, the pay isn’t as good as you might hope. Although getting called names by the opposition speaks to her effectiveness!
Here’s the audio from the show:
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Smart Girl Politics Border Clean-up
This past Saturday I spent an amazing day in Bisbee, near Naco, Arizona. Smart Girl Politics sponsored a border clean-up in remembrance of Rancher Robert Krentz who was killed most likely by an illegal entrant into our country.
Our group ended up exploring a trail known as an alien “Super Highway” and we found all kinds of things on the trail as well as some surprises at the Border Fence itself.
Rain in the Desert on CBS
The Accenture Match Play World Championships is played here every February. The weather has been terrific all week, that is until today. I love telling my friends from around the country to watch Match Play to see how beautiful it is here in Tucson. Here’s a snippet of what it was like to play championship golf in a chilly rain:
Snowman Mike on Staying Cool
Winter Storm Warning, 3pm – 11am
Rain and snow moving in from a vigorous storm that is tapping some tropical moisture. How low will snow levels go? 3,500 feet, maybe lower. Yuma getting soaked and rain and snow is likely for southeast Arizona this afternoon through tomorrow morning:
Winter Storm Watch Tomorrow Afternoon – Thursday AM
Tucson Weather: Rainfall Reports from Around Town
Catalina Mountain Snow Pics
It snowed overnight as advertised. Just rain at the apartment. .70″ is a nice rain overnight! Above 4,000 feet that fell as snow. That means the snow was pretty low on the mountains today. I had to work this morning, so these pictures were taken in the early afternoon and the snow hadn’t retreated all that much. Most of these pictures were taken at the trailhead to hike to Finger Rock located at the top of Alvernon in Tucson. Be sure and click on the pics for full size versions.
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Winter Storm Warning Just Issued
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Winter Storm Warning above 4,000 feet in effect from 8:00 tonight until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Here’s what they say about possible accumulations and snow levels:
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…SCATTERED ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING…EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH AT 3500 TO 4000 FEET…2 TO 4 INCHES FROM 4000 TO 5000 FEET…4 TO 6 INCHES FROM 5000 TO 7000 FEET…AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.
SNOW LEVELS…SNOW LEVELS WILL HOVER NEAR 6000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT. THEY WILL RISE SLIGHTLY TO 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM DEPARTS.
So who lives at or around 3,000 feet? Residents in Catalina, Northern Oro Valley, Vail, Parts of the Foothills. My apartment is at about 2,600 feet. Much of Tucson Metro is around 2,400 feet.
Could be interesting by morning!
KOLD Exclusive Water Rescue
From @KOLD_news13 on Twitter: Exclusive video of a Catalina woman getting pulled to safety by swift water rescue crew: http://bit.ly/5WbpoB #Tucson
Here it is from their website:
