Tlaloc Swaggers In Early

The rainy season usually begins with a thunderstorm on or very near June 15. This year Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god, tossed out Mother Nature's manual and swaggered into town early.

We had a storm in mid-May, another in late May, and two heavy thunderstorms in the last two days. and I mean heavy, drenching downpours that went on for two or three hours.

Last night was a meteorological extravaganza, with countless nearby lightning strikes and almost continuous crashing thunder.

Some reports say we received around seven inches in that three hour storm.