Back in the blog saddle after a vacation …

We’ve spotlighted the local weather a few times in this space, and Monday night’s thunderclaps brought forth the wildest conditions since the series of snowstorms around the holidays that kept snow covering the ground for nearly two months. On some roads in Denver, water from early-evening thunderstorms was feet deep as storm drains struggled to handle the rapid deluge, and forced many a motorist — including myself — to pull off the road.