Rain + Rio Grande=floods

Grande means “big”. Rio Grande means “big river”. Well, this river that divides the US and Mexico hasn’t been really that big in the last few years, but in the last few days, it has grown tremendously due to constant rains (it has rained every day since we got here, go figure!). On Tuesday aug. 1, there was flooding all over the Juarez and El Paso, and the river even overflowed in some areas. Both the Molina and Gamez households are both extremely close to the river (you can see El Paso highways from my house), so we were definitely on the “path of destruction” (a little drama never hurts anyone) in case the river was to overflow. The streets were flooded and cars could barely drive, so my mom had to walk home from work (the water almost to her knees in some areas). My brother and I were home, watching the news and getting ready for disaster (a bit more drama). We got bottled water, candles, blankets, snacks. We gathered up the 2 little Chihuahua dogs in a box and got everything to the second floor. We were ready to jump to the roof if needed (I even wondered: “how am I going to get Huevo up there?”) Thankfully the rains stopped for the night and all the following day, so there was no need to get Huevo on the roof (but there was severe devastation in some areas). Gera thought we made a big fuss out of nothing, but better safe than sorry, right. It rained all night last night, and I am really looking forward to dry, dessert-climate Juarez, not this humid, wet, rainy and hot weather we’ve been getting (hey, I thought we left Indiana more than a week ago!).