A major thunderstorm clobbered Las Vegas tonight.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

I watched from the back porch. I've been through my share of storms and this one was really extreme. It had gusts of at least 70 mph. The power was knocked out here for 6 1/2 hours. When the storm started the temp was over 100 degrees and in the space of 20 minutes it plummeted to 77.

[Callmecrazy]

1. I recall a windstorm back in 1991...

A beautiful autumn day that by 5:00pm had turned into a dust storm that uprooted trees and knocked out the power in some areas of Henderson and North Town for three days. The storm itself only lasted about 45 minutes, but wow. I think the winds were sustained at over 60 mph.
The irony of it all was that not one casino went dark. The generators kicked on and no one inside the casinos was the wiser.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Now I know where to go in a power outage here.

They built a huge gaming resort about 40 miles from here, have not seen it yet. Casino, hotels, arcades, etc.
all in the middle of a very rural area, about 65 miles north of Mobile.
Come a hurricane, I might just pay it a visit.

[Callmecrazy]

3. Good plan...

Casinos don't shut down ever. Plus you have food and entertainment to while away the hours of the storm.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Video poker and drinks is more like it.

[Callmecrazy]

7. Damn straight!

Or four of a kind. I miss my bonus poker deluxe. Hard to find out here and they're tighter than a nun's... (you get the idea).

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. I got a royal on dimes once while waiting for a movie and won $400.

The most I ever won was $1000 when the machines were acting like an ATM one night. Got four aces on the draw and the kicker on the second draw and then another four aces right after that. It was weird. A streak of full houses and fours of a kind that night.

I started with $40.

[Callmecrazy]

9. I got that beat...

Walked into the Loose Caboose at Lamb/Sahara with 5000 points on my Gamblers Bonus account ($5.00) and walked out with $12,000.
Not bad for a Wednesday Afternoon.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. I heard a major bunch of cheering once. Someone got a royal on the draw...

After the group and the woman settled down she hit the draw.

Problem?

She forgot to hold the cards.

You can imagine the reaction.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. At 70 mph the rain gets atomized into mist. It really is a sight seeing it fly off the rooftops.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Like this?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. I was watching boxing on Showtime last evening

with a fight from Las Vegas and the broadcast had a meltdown for about 20 minutes. The frame froze and then a written message came on saying they were experiencing technical difficulties, like in the old days of television when I was a kid. When they came back on the air they said their broadcast had been interrupted by a major electrical storm.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. I shot video of the storm and caught this....

It's a shot of the lightning comin' atcha and then grounding to the side.

The thunder was under a second delay so it was CLOSE.

[pinboy3niner]

10. News in L.A. showed footage of T.I. casino where roof collapsed, rain poured in

It was the roof over a bar (Gilley's) at Treasure Island.

Flights waiting to land at McCarran had to circle so long that they were sent to L.A. Ontario Airport to refuel before heading back to Las Vegas.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/9113544-flash-flooding-hits-the-vegas-strip/