Without rain, the plants in the desert grow brown. They lose their tops first — their tops shrivel up and fall off and then the whole plant goes into shock and struggles to survive. The big saguaro cactus turn into drying watermelons; the paws of the prickly pear go from thick and chubby and childlike, to old and dry and thin.

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ALERT… NOON MST …FLASH FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR TUCSON…. It is 3 PM. The sky is as dark as pitch. All the animals have gone into hiding. Lightning bolts –zig zag and round– make quick light, then go dark in thundering silence.

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