Supplemental Works 01
Water triggers every cycle.
The the gentle, soaking winter rains in the Sonoran Desert are called "Equipatas," a loanword from Yaqui. It can also literally mean "the sound of horses' hoofs."
They come from North Pacific storms moving south from Alaska and they are gentle, widespread, soaking rain from frontal storms. They come from November to March and are known as the “female rains.”
These are the counterpart to the heavy, stormy "las aguas" (the waters) of the summer monsoon season.
The word "monsoon" is derived from the Arabic word mausim, referring to the large-scale seasonal shift in prevailing winds that bring moisture. They can also be called "Chubascos," the name for a violent thunder and lightning storm during the rainy season in Mexico and Central America.
These storms come from tropical air surges from the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico and are intense, localized thunderstorms and deluges. Ideally--their calendar has been changing with climate change--these storms are in July to mid-September and are known as the “male rains.”
The the gentle, soaking winter rains in the Sonoran Desert are called "Equipatas," a loanword from Yaqui. It can also literally mean "the sound of horses' hoofs."
They come from North Pacific storms moving south from Alaska and they are gentle, widespread, soaking rain from frontal storms. They come from November to March and are known as the “female rains.”
These are the counterpart to the heavy, stormy "las aguas" (the waters) of the summer monsoon season.
The word "monsoon" is derived from the Arabic word mausim, referring to the large-scale seasonal shift in prevailing winds that bring moisture. They can also be called "Chubascos," the name for a violent thunder and lightning storm during the rainy season in Mexico and Central America.
These storms come from tropical air surges from the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico and are intense, localized thunderstorms and deluges. Ideally--their calendar has been changing with climate change--these storms are in July to mid-September and are known as the “male rains.”