Bad weather = mass hysteria

Let's take a moment and talk about the weather. It's raining. It's been raining quite a bit this week. Which is weird for the desert. I was telling Mom this on the phone this morning: our meteorologists out here have so little to talk about here in the desert that when something big is happening, they get so excited!
Our local ABC guy, the awesome (though he's a Wildcat) Bill Bellis has been telling us about the El Nino effect on the weather predicted for this winter in Arizona. Us desert dwellers are all, "Yeah we'll believe that when we see it." I'll tell you, Bill Bellis is having such a blast on the news right now. He's bursting with professional pride that the weather phenomena he's been predicting is happening. (That's not to say that he's enjoying the mayhem that comes with a storm like this. Clearly, there is a lot to be worried about, and cautious of, when weather like this rolls into a populated area. No one enjoys it when destruction happens among people and property.)
So here is how the people of Arizona handle this: they continue to drive through running flood water and get their cars stuck; the governor declared a state of emergency throughout the entire state; they declare a tornado warning; they suggest that everyone stay inside their homes. I only wonder when they'll tell us all to go lay down in our bathtubs, or stand in the doorjambs. No joke, this whole state has gone mad.