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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 28 august 2019

Dayton police work the scene of a crash on East Third Street in-
volving a stolen Riverside police SUV in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, In this Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, photo, baked earth is shown along the receding edge of the Great
Aug. 27, 2019. Salt Lake near Antelope Island, Utah.
Associated Press Associated Press
Police: Parolee People across Southwest

crashes stolen police long for seasonal rainstorms

SUV, kills 2 girls By FELICIA FONSECA ally logs nearly 5.5 inches of rior with muddy raindrops.

Associated Press rain by now has only seen She also suggests sched-
By JOHN SEEWER Dayton. They were cousins, FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — one-fifth of that — the dri- uling an outdoor gather-
Associated Press the family's priest told the Across the Southwest, peo- est in 120 years. Las Vegas ing because Murphy's Law
A man released on parole Dayton Daily News. ple are longing for season- has barely recorded any has been known to bring
from prison two weeks ago It all started when Walters al rainstorms like a lost sum- rain. The city of St. George, inclement weather at the
stole a police SUV near stabbed his father and mer romance. Utah, had zero rain in July worst possible time. She's
Dayton, Ohio, and crashed then took off in his father's They're declaring their love and August — far from the even hoping some call on
into a minivan filled with pickup truck, said Police online for the weather pat- average 1.25 inches (2.75 the powers of the legend-
children, killing two 6-year- Chief Richard Biehl. tern that makes the scorch- cm). ary vortexes in Sedona.
old girls, police said Tues- Walters' father was driving ing heat somewhat bear- The dryness stretching "All those things guarantee
day. him to a hospital to under- able in places like Phoenix across the Four Corners re- it's going to rain," Carmi-
Ten others were injured, in- go a mental health evalu- and Las Vegas, and helps gion has hydrologists wor- chael quipped.
cluding five children and ation and when he found snuff out wildfires. They're ried, although many places The experts are offering
the suspect. One child re- out he attacked his father, peering out their windows are still above-normal for their assurances too.
mained in critical condi- Biehl said. for signs of storm clouds roll- precipitation because of a "It's not unheard of to have
tion, police said. Soon after driving off, Wal- ing in and calling sprinkles wet winter. a wetter September, so it's
Dayton's police chief said ters crashed in the neigh- of rain a tease. "I've heard the joke calling certainly possible," said Na-
that 32-year-old Raymond boring suburb of Riverside "I miss it," Flagstaff, Arizona, it the 'nonsoon' and that's tional Weather Service me-
Walters was driving at and then he jumped into teacher Diane Immethun really what we're seeing," teorologist Jaret Rogers.
nearly 100 mph (161 kph) a Riverside police SUV that said wistfully. "I miss the joy said Royce Fontenot, a "It will come," confides Tif-
in the stolen police cruiser had responded to the of it, the feeling of the rain senior hydrologist with the fany Davila of the Arizona
through the city's down- crash, police said. at night sometimes, not al- weather service in Albu- Department of Forestry
town Monday night when The officer had not known ways, just hearing it on the querque, New Mexico. and Fire Management.
he ran a red light and hit about the stabbing and roof, and the thunder and But people are not giving The summer rains usually
two vehicles. had no reason to suspect lightning in beautiful skies, up hope. account for the biggest
The family in the mini- that Walters might try to gorgeous sunsets." Forecasters say some re- percentage of moisture the
van had just stopped at flee, said Riverside Police The monsoon season, char- lief could come this week. desert regions get in a year.
a library and was leaving Chief Frank Robinson. The acterized by a shift in wind The flirting started Tuesday In mountainous Flagstaff,
when Walters slammed officer had used a stun gun patterns and moisture be- as clouds began to build rainfall helps late-blooming
into them, police said. Six while trying to get Walters ing pulled in from the tropi- and thunder rumbled over wildflowers like black-eyed
of those inside the minivan out of the cruiser, Robinson cal coast of Mexico, arrives some spots. Susans flourish.
were from the same family said. like clockwork in mid-June Meris Carmichael wants to Without the rain, the threat
and the other child was a Dashcam video showed and runs through Septem- lure the rain to Arizona in of wildfires lingers, lake lev-
relative, police said. Walters driving backwards ber. Usually it means rain a tongue-and-cheek way. els decline and outdoor
A coroner identified the in the stolen cruiser and but not much has fallen this She has been encouraging plants need more TLC.
two who died as Eleanor ramming into another Riv- summer and the Southwest people to wash their cars — At the same time, the re-
McBride, of Huber Heights, erside cruiser before driving is parched. a perverse weather prom- gion is recording record
and Penelope Jasko, of away.q The Flagstaff airport usu- ise to ruin a shiny auto exte- high temperatures. q