Tuesday, October 10, Day 19
"If it keeps on rainin'/the levy's going to break" - Led Zepplin
We didn't flood today - thanks in part to the owners of Villa Montana. They hired a digger (backhoe/front end loader0 to clear the debris from under the bridge. But boy, did it rain!
When it started raining Sunday, we ran around putting buckets, trash cans and tubs under every drip we could find. Within minutes everything was full.
When today's vaguada (the local word for "fuckin' bucketin' heavy rain") hit, we just hoped it would stop. It has now been raining for five hours straight. Not hard all the time, but raining.
There is real fear the levy - in this case the Guajataca Dam - will break. That's the dam "they" are trying to fix so se can get water back. All this rain cannot help.
Can I say one - 100 - 1,000 - one million times haw grateful we are that our horses are where they are. So far, we've had water for them. As the water crisis continues, keeping water for them is our primary concern. The family of one of our veterinarians, who is also a good friend, has a dairy farm. They have a well. He told us we can have all the water we need. And if we can't come get it, he'll bring it to us. Here's hoping it doesn't come to that.
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