Mosquitoes hatch, chilis not so hot in New Mexico

The Land of Enchantment is all wet


Harland and Carolyn Hoffland in Old Town, Albuquerque
Carolyn writes:
Yes, we are having above normal rain fall and flooding.
We have had 9 inches of rain in the last 30 days, more than our 7 inch yearly rain fall.
Our mosquitos have been producing in quantity, transported from the Midwest..........I think! The whole state is affected. We were praying for rain in June and now we are praying it will stop.
It is very serious here, lots of people have lost their homes. Last night in Albuquerque we had three inches of rain in just a matter of 30 minutes. Our pool has overflowed on several rain falls. It has been raining every day for the last month.
We have had rain up to our front and back door, but no farther. We are lucky we live on a street that is high enough that the water runs down the street if it is a nice rainfall. However, most of the rain comes in sheets, many times you can hardly see the house across the street.
I can't imagine what the "Katrina" victims went through as we are getting a little taste of the flooding here.

Chilis take a hit
Our chili crop in Hatch, New Mexico took a beating this week too. Probably won't be much of that good chili to roast. So, our joke about New Mexico having no mosquitos and no water is no longer true..........we want our "Land of Enchantment" back with full sunshine.
Our humidity level is probably 70-80% every day. Our swamp coolers don't even work properly. And, along with the rain we have had HOT temperatures as well. So say a prayer for US folks in New Mexico that the rains will stop in the dessert!

(Now we await a weather report from Dallas. TB)