August 1st: El Paso is swept away...well, almost. You should have seen the crazy amount of rain we just got today. All of today. It was raining when I had to get up at 7:30 am and it was raining till about 4 pm. It was scary, insane rain...the likes of which El Paso has never seen. Simply saying the streets were flooded is a major understatement. Roads became rapids and the interstate that runs through town became a river. I had to drive in the crazy rain early in the morning and thank goodness I wasn't needed to go out in it later because it only got worse after 9 in the morning. Of course the news stations were all saying to just stay home. And El Paso is right on a mountain. Did I mention that? Or did you already know that? Anyway, so there were seriously dangerous flash floods and mudslides too. Cars were swept away and buildings were flooded. I have never seen such rain before in my life! It was ceaseless, unyeilding rain. The kind that makes you go looking for animals and a big boat. And in the beginning of the video, that white lopsidded rectangle in the water is an overturned truck. My brother and his friend filmed this. You can see more of the videos on YouTube.
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