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PHOENIX — On a hot, dry summer day it's difficult to grasp just how much rain can fall in a short period of time in the Arizona desert.

Jackie Rich and Brock Tunnicliff of central Phoenix however know firsthand since they've spent a lot of time capturing the rainwater that th