While much of the Valley was engulfed in rain that brought flooding and hail to some areas Friday, Gilbert mostly escaped the day’s damage.
While some areas of the Valley had more than two inches of rain, Gilbert recorded 0.43 inches, according to weather.com.
Gilbert police reported no outages or damage from the storm.
That does not mean the town escaped unscathed. Parks and Recreation had to scrap the town’s planned Friday night event at Water Tower Plaza, İViva! A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage.
Parks spokesperson Eva Kirschbaum said the event will be rescheduled for later this year.
Meet Tom Tom Blodgett joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2022, when the company acquired Community Impact Newspaper's Phoenix-area properties. Raised in Arizona, he has spent more than 35 years in journalism in the state.
Community: He has served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2005, and is editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet. He also is director of operations for an 18U girls fastpitch softball team from Gilbert.
Education: Arizona State University with a BS in Journalism.
Random Fact: He lived in Belgium during his freshman year of high school.
Hobbies: Tweeting enthusiastically about ASU softball (season-ticket holder) and grumpily about other local sports (pessimistic fan).
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