[Vaskre]

Well, I suppose it's my time to chip in.

While I don't have any weather horror stories such as Dth and Raven might have, the desert can be a pretty dreary place. Dehydration and heat stroke are common problems, especially if you're out away from somewhere you can get water easily.

I remember living out with my Aunt, and she'd never let me step outside unless I carried a big jug of water with me. Fires are a common problem as well, I'm sure you've all heard about the fires we get here in California that set half the state ablaze. The shrubs tend to dry out more in the summer when it gets especially hot, and thus even the slightest flame can cause a pretty big chain reaction.

Though to be quite frank, my time spent living in the desert wasn't spent worrying about the weather, it was worrying about all the [WOMBAT] rattlesnakes that decided to come out...

[Holy Deg]

Raven, I've lived in Georgia and in Arizona. They're both warm. I don't think either one can really claim worse heat than the other.

I'll try to find some time to work up something for an Arizona desert for you. Here some things I'll try to consider:

Arizona has 4 seasons:
Cool (can reach lower 20's F)
Hot (can reach 110+ daily. Extreme likely of wildfires)
Monsoon (can reach 110+ plus 90% daily. Sever thunder and rain storms and flash floods)
Hot (can reach 110+ daily)

Because of the rarity of rain, the ground doesn't absorb water very well, so that when it does rain the rain leads to deep, swift flowing "washes" (small, temperary rivers).

Well, any other thoughts I had on that have slipped my mind. I'll try to remember them later.

This post has been edited by Holy Deg: 24 August 2007 - 02:25 AM