Thank you so much for this moving piece. And the photos are stunning. We’re all in this together couldn’t be more true. And although I’ve followed you & Melissa pretty much since the beginning, I want to apologize for not being a paid subscriber. I depend on Social Security otherwise I most certainly would. Many blessing to you. 🙏❤️🙏
Many thanks. I appreciate your comment so much and that you are here with us. I also appreciate you saying what you're saying re:paid subscriber, but I want to tell you that we completely understand and not to worry about that at all.
YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO READERS FROM "BORDER CHRONICLE' TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH. YOU ARE DEAD WRONG ABOUT MEXICO. IF ANYONE READS SPANISH, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON SOUTH OF THE BORDER. IT IS ON ITS WAY- NOT PERSONAL STORIES THAT DO NOT DEAL WITH THE ACTUAL COUNTRY SITUATION. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW18u50uGsk
Ellen, I'm not quite clear on what you're talking about. But I do want to say, that we at The Border Chronicle encourage discussion, conversation, and debate about anything we put out there. This includes all and any pushback. All of this, though, has to be done in a respectful manner. I have seen several comments from you that seem angry and packed with vitriol (and, quite frankly, are unclear). I will ask if you are to comment again that you refrain from doing that and present a coherent argument about what you are trying to express. If you can't do that, please don't comment at all. Thanks.
Thanks, Todd, for this. The water shortage is dire. In the lower Rio Grande/Bravo Valley up until about a week ago, we hadn't any rain for some time. Then, from the eastern Sierra Madre, we were slammed (within 2 days) anywhere from 12-18 inches of water. The flooding wreaked havoc, and property was damaged extensively in many areas. On a personal note, my son was driving home from work after midnight (he is an employee for an international import/export corporation in Los Indios, Texas.) He did not see the water rising from a flash flood in San Benito, Texas, and drove into a flooded area near the highway. He was stuck! Within a few minutes, the water in his Toyota Prius was up to his knees, and the San Benito fire department rescued him after a 911 call and put him in a shelter. My wife and I had to wait until the next day to get our 4WD 4Runner to where he was to retrieve him. His car was totaled, but luckily, our son was safe. The 4Runner was damaged but we got him home (the valence/license plate was gone from the flood waters near the off ramp of US 77 as we went to get him.
This is, once again, an example of climate change and extreme weather conditions. Not only in El Valle, but throughout the globe.
On another note, the occupier of the White House has placed tariffs that went into effect yesterday. We will have to replace the car but now we have to deal with a 25% tax (tariff) courtesy of the felon-in-chief.
These kinds of events are only going to get worse unless we change our habits politically and environmentally. I see no possible good future with the current U.S. leadership.
Wow, Terry, thanks for sharing that. I'm really glad your son made it out of that. Yeah the extreme weather conditions are something else. Our reporter Pablo de la Rosa did a piece on the rains last week by the way. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/historic-levels-of-rain-leave-the
Understandable with such conflict the water systems are inadequate. Thank goodness for Mexico's water and other irrigation and agriculatural programs that are making the country equal and prosperous as slow as it is. They are reaching enormous heights, and the world is watching. The new water systems now in process throughout the North for Chihuahua and Juarez should make a huge difference. They are being built NOW!!!!
Mil gracias for alerting the world to the unnatural disaster that is leading to devastation and drought in the watershed shared by two neighbors: Mexico and the United States.
How hopeful, then, that you found solidarity in the midst of a massive dust storm.
Thank you so much for this moving piece. And the photos are stunning. We’re all in this together couldn’t be more true. And although I’ve followed you & Melissa pretty much since the beginning, I want to apologize for not being a paid subscriber. I depend on Social Security otherwise I most certainly would. Many blessing to you. 🙏❤️🙏
Many thanks. I appreciate your comment so much and that you are here with us. I also appreciate you saying what you're saying re:paid subscriber, but I want to tell you that we completely understand and not to worry about that at all.
Thank you Todd for sharing your experience with us. The world needs more honest and heartfelt reporting as you give to us!
Thanks Peggy, appreciated! And thanks for reading.
All eyes are on the summer "wet" season. Winter was a giant bust. Let's hope for a robust monsoon.
Ojala!
YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO READERS FROM "BORDER CHRONICLE' TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH. YOU ARE DEAD WRONG ABOUT MEXICO. IF ANYONE READS SPANISH, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON SOUTH OF THE BORDER. IT IS ON ITS WAY- NOT PERSONAL STORIES THAT DO NOT DEAL WITH THE ACTUAL COUNTRY SITUATION. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW18u50uGsk
Ellen, I'm not quite clear on what you're talking about. But I do want to say, that we at The Border Chronicle encourage discussion, conversation, and debate about anything we put out there. This includes all and any pushback. All of this, though, has to be done in a respectful manner. I have seen several comments from you that seem angry and packed with vitriol (and, quite frankly, are unclear). I will ask if you are to comment again that you refrain from doing that and present a coherent argument about what you are trying to express. If you can't do that, please don't comment at all. Thanks.
Thanks, Todd, for this. The water shortage is dire. In the lower Rio Grande/Bravo Valley up until about a week ago, we hadn't any rain for some time. Then, from the eastern Sierra Madre, we were slammed (within 2 days) anywhere from 12-18 inches of water. The flooding wreaked havoc, and property was damaged extensively in many areas. On a personal note, my son was driving home from work after midnight (he is an employee for an international import/export corporation in Los Indios, Texas.) He did not see the water rising from a flash flood in San Benito, Texas, and drove into a flooded area near the highway. He was stuck! Within a few minutes, the water in his Toyota Prius was up to his knees, and the San Benito fire department rescued him after a 911 call and put him in a shelter. My wife and I had to wait until the next day to get our 4WD 4Runner to where he was to retrieve him. His car was totaled, but luckily, our son was safe. The 4Runner was damaged but we got him home (the valence/license plate was gone from the flood waters near the off ramp of US 77 as we went to get him.
This is, once again, an example of climate change and extreme weather conditions. Not only in El Valle, but throughout the globe.
On another note, the occupier of the White House has placed tariffs that went into effect yesterday. We will have to replace the car but now we have to deal with a 25% tax (tariff) courtesy of the felon-in-chief.
These kinds of events are only going to get worse unless we change our habits politically and environmentally. I see no possible good future with the current U.S. leadership.
Wow, Terry, thanks for sharing that. I'm really glad your son made it out of that. Yeah the extreme weather conditions are something else. Our reporter Pablo de la Rosa did a piece on the rains last week by the way. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/historic-levels-of-rain-leave-the
Understandable with such conflict the water systems are inadequate. Thank goodness for Mexico's water and other irrigation and agriculatural programs that are making the country equal and prosperous as slow as it is. They are reaching enormous heights, and the world is watching. The new water systems now in process throughout the North for Chihuahua and Juarez should make a huge difference. They are being built NOW!!!!
it's for many reasons, but right now farmers in Chihuahua are going to lose an entire irrigation cycle because of lack of water.
Mil gracias for alerting the world to the unnatural disaster that is leading to devastation and drought in the watershed shared by two neighbors: Mexico and the United States.
How hopeful, then, that you found solidarity in the midst of a massive dust storm.
Thanks, James. Always nice to hear from you!