Fishing In Az - Ot

[Charlie Olson]

Hi All, I agreed to house sit and pet sit a lady friend's house and an old cat and dog over the Christmas Holidays while she went on a vacation to see her son in England, proudly serving our country in the US Air Force. Friday night, it rained so much in the desert that the back patio with it's own Koi pond was over flowed with rain water and the fish were then swimming all over the rear patio. I woke up at 3 AM, or so, to do the old man thing with my own plumbing. I looked out at the flooded patio and saw fish in places I didn't expect them. Well, being an experienced P15 owner, I knew I had to make do with whatever I had to keep things running right. I grabbed a flashlight and a pasta strainer and spent the next few hours catching fish, putting them in a big bucket of water and waiting for the rain to stop. Out of 20+ Koi, I captured 12 and was able to also take some of the water out of the pond, once the rain stopped. The Koi are now safe back in the pond, none died and I am grateful I saved them. The lady had gone over a list of things with the dog and the cat, including the Vet's phone number; but how does one explain losing fish in a flood??? Glad I didn't have to deal with that issue. Happy New Year, All, free Sushi in AZ, if'en ya'll can catch them. Charlie

[Frank Elder]

Does she have flood insurance..LOL:D

[RobertKB]

That's hilarious. What a way to spend a night!

[TodFitch]

Does she have flood insurance..LOL:D

I was raised in Southern Arizona and it turns out that flood insurance is actually a big deal especially considering the development patterns. Turns out that the cheapest places to build are the ones that are flat. And in the desert that often turns out to be the flood plains of the normally dry washes. Anyone who has lived in the area for a while knows to avoid those places. But developers have money which county supervisors are happy to take to approve "developments" in those areas. A bunch of flood prone houses are built and sold to newcomers who can't imagine flooding in the desert. After the first flood (happens ever 3 to 5 years) the people that bought those houses try to buy flood insurance and find they can't (the insurance companies aren't dumb) and then they scream for flood control structures to be built at taxpayer's expense. The only real winners are the corrupt supervisors and the developers.

[Young Ed]

Good story Charlie. You hanging out with Rich in the POC yet? Tell him hi

[Don Coatney]

Somehow the term fish fry comes to mind.