Lukeville Flooded Out 8/7/11

rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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Wahoo said:
.... MSNBC reports that environmentalists have denounced Homeland Defense Secretary Michael Chertoff's for executing waivers to natural studies that has caused this flooding along the Border Fence. The fence acts like a Dam and collects the rich debris from the Organ Pipe Cactus Reserve and clogs up releases built using small wire mesh outlets.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26396487/ns/us_news-environment/t/border-blunder-security-fence-causes-flooding/
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Did anyone notice the date on the MSNBC areticle????? July 2008
 
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Senor Pescado

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the flooding picture at the top is from this weekend - the article is a couple of years old but clearly shows why this is happening.
 
Cabo

Cabo

Spanish Mackerrel
rain in the desert is ... normal stuff for July and August....

Dry rivers become full of life giving waters for the thirsty Sonaran desert. Rejoice.
 
Stuart

Stuart

Aye carumba!!!
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I made it home BEFORE the rains hit yesterday. Left Penasco before 9:00 and it looked like a lot of cloud buildup then. Had a little sprinkle outside Gila Bend. With the bridge in Sonoita under construction, you detour through the river bottom. There was water flowing under the detour, but not on the road when we went through. Audi wasn't so lucky. Talked to him at 7:00 last night; he was just outside Ajo. He didn't leave until after noon. He said he barely made it through Sonoita and used his truck to push a car through the wash and out the other side. He said at least five of the washes through Organ Pipe were ripping and traffic was stopped at all of them with people just waiting and wandering around in the road.


Leave early to avoid the storms! :desert:
 
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