What if Arizona Sports Teams Were As Consistent As Arizona Floods?

Sports teams are representatives of each of our cities. Be it your hometown on the east coast or the city that welcomed you, one way or the other you will find yourself supporting these teams behind the TV screen or at the stadium.

Arizona had been having some trouble finding its footing and creating a consistent game plan. Coaches seem to have some challenges in finding consistency, so this made me wonder...

What if Arizona sports teams were as consistent as the floods they get?

From the Court to the Field

Arizona's sports teams are becoming more unpredictable as of late. To give you an idea, its NBA's team Phoenix Suns, led by Head Coach Monty Williams, was able to secure the No. 1 seed for the Western Conference. We're talking about a 60-14 overall score in the Playoffs.

Fun fact though and this gives a little peek at where we are getting at here. The Suns rejected one of the best players in the NBA in today's generation: Kawhi Leonard because he was too sweaty. What happened was that when Leonard was 19 years old, he was too nervous that he started sweating through his clothes during an interview with the Suns' management team.

You'll see where we're getting at here...

If you look into the NCAA or college basketball, there's a different story with the Arizona Wildcats. Despite being the number 1, they were completely overwhelmed by Texas' own Houston Cougars by keeping their lead throughout the whole game.

The Wildcats lost to the Cougars in a 72 -60 game. This is literally the number 1 seed that got beat by a team that wasn't even in the top three seed.

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On the topic of football and the NFL, Arizona also is showing great things as they are reportedly improving on their offensive strategies.

After suffering their 11th loss in the 2021 season and averaging only 17.2 points per game — which is to say that they rank 124th out of 130 teams — the Wildcats football team seems to have plans on bouncing back hard.

However, we also need to really consider if the basketball teams might choke, the football team of Arizona is not out of that realm yet. This is especially after the Arizona Cardinal's recent collapse in overall performance with the Cardinals Team.

So, what if these Arizona sports teams' players and coaches take a page from the state's flooding when it comes to consistency?

Arizona Floods Consistency

Now, you might be wondering why we're saying that the sports teams of Arizona should take a page from flooding — that's like two separate things.

Well, you see, when it comes to flooding Arizona has been consistent on what they are getting. For example, in August of 2021, residents of Gila Bend, a town in Maricopa County just in the southwest of Phoenix, experienced one of the worst flash flood events in recent history. This happened after a recorded 1.46 inches of rain were dumped in 24 hours. 

If we go further back, in 2005 there were two major flood events that impacted the state. The first one happened towards the latter part of February due to rain and snow raising the Gila River at Duncan. This eventually broke the town's dike which caused a flood event that victimized residents.

The second major flood event happened in August as well. This was more due to heavy rainfall of up to 3 inches over about a 2-hour period. This eventually led to channel breakouts just north of the Highway 86 bridge near Three Points.

At the time of writing, Arizona senators have secured $12.8 million to prepare for post-fire floods from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is due to the fact that the state has already experienced around 90 wildfires already.

This is a good move on Arizona's part as we've seen in 2004 how 1 -2 inches of rain caused massive flooding and caused a lot of runoff in burn areas in Safford Valley.

So just like the sports team, you too should have a game plan to avoid any unwanted losses for your property. Especially as we move into the summer season where post-fire flooding and flash floods can be more common.

Here's how...

Flood Insurance for Phoenix

The only time you can be sure of your that you will find consistency in your preparation and handling of certain flood events in Arizona and Phoenix will be through flood insurance. It's called insurance for a reason.

Through a flood policy, you won't need to doubt whether or not you'll be covered when all that water hits you. If you're having doubts about the Wildcats or are anxious that the Cardinals might collapse again in their Bowl Game, you can be sure to not experience that with flood insurance.

Flood insurance provides coverage for any damages to your home and everything inside it for any type of flooding. This means that you get building, contents coverages, and more depending on where you're getting your flood insurance.

Just like these sports teams, flood insurance will also consider a lot of variables when it comes to rates. Since we're moving into the renewal phase of Risk Rating 2.0 in about 5 days (April 1st), you want to consider your flood insurance options.

Arizona residents can get flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) or the federal government or through Private Flood Insurance companies.

See what's different between these options by watching the video below: