New Mexico is supposed to be dry, right?
Not this summer.
KRQE-TV in Albuquerque has this remarkable excerpt in a story about the heavy rains that have struck the area in the past few weeks:
Late in the afternoon, another busy area road, Old Route 66 through Laguna Pueblo, was reported closed by high water.
And here’s more from the Valencia County News-Bulletin:
At mid-morning Tuesday, two homes were flooded in the area southwest of the Old Route 66 railroad bridge. Several other houses were in potential danger if the water rose higher.
By noon, the county road to the 12 houses in that area had flooded out and people had to walk through the flowing water to reach their homes.
During the next four hours, the water had risen four inches and was threatening to overflow onto Old Route 66.
A private road that is the only access from Old Route 66 to 92 homes was also in danger of flooding. Valencia County Road Department personnel worked through the afternoon to place dikes along the road to prevent overflow.