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AZProgressive

(29,322 posts)
Mon Aug 23, 2021, 09:46 PM Aug 2021

Trump's Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Monsoon Rain

It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project. Photos show former President Donald Trump’s border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges.

The damage took place near San Bernardino Ranch, a historic site that sits between Douglas, Arizona, and the San Bernardino Wildlife Refuge. Much of the West is suffering through a deep megadrought, but the monsoon rains that have swept across parts of the Southwest this summer have doused the southern half of Arizona with record-setting rains. Douglas has seen nearly double its average monsoon season rainfall so far, including a blast that came through on Monday and unleashed flooding on the Arizona-Sonora border. The National Weather Service data shows 2.15 inches (5.5 centimeters) of rain fell, which in turn funneled into washes and drove flooding.

José Manuel Pérez Cantú, the director of the nonprofit Cuenca de Los Ojos, said in an email that six gates were washed out at this location alone. Other gates were also reportedly impacted by the heavy rainfall and flooding. The power and height of the waters can be seen in not just the heavy gates ripped open but the debris that wrapped around intact portions of the wall.

Who could have predicted this? Ah yes, just about everyone.

https://gizmodo.com/trumps-border-wall-torn-apart-by-arizona-monsoon-rains-1847535174/amp?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_twitter&__twitter_impression=true

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Trump's Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Monsoon Rain (Original Post) AZProgressive Aug 2021 OP
K&R UTUSN Aug 2021 #1
We want our money back, Slobfather Blue Owl Aug 2021 #2
I was really enjoying the monsoons the last 5 or so weeks ... Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #3
GOOD! I want the damn thing gone & if the monsoons can take care of the job, so much the napi21 Aug 2021 #4
Put the fat slob back in office so he can get Mexico to pay to fix it. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #5
The TX stretch will be next! PortTack Aug 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author PortTack Aug 2021 #7
Monsoon rain has torn apart Trump's 'BEAUTIFUL' border wall which cost billions. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #8

napi21

(45,806 posts)
4. GOOD! I want the damn thing gone & if the monsoons can take care of the job, so much the
Mon Aug 23, 2021, 11:02 PM
Aug 2021

better. Then we won't have to hear DT and his minions bitc_ing about how the evil Dems are taking away your safety.

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