What a lot of water!!! Hurricane Alex was very weak by the time it made it in to us here in Monterrey however, there was still plenty of water left to drop. Monterrey city had 619 mm (24.4 in) of rain while not too far away in Estanzuela they managed to survive through 1, 819.5 mm (32.26 in) of rain in just under 48 hours! The river was flowing at over 2,500 m3 per second and taking a lot with it as it went including our favorite Go Kart track which used to be on the dry river bed that hasn’t seen rain in 20 years.
Anyway, what happened to all the water? Just as the sun was starting to dry things out the main water supply for Monterrey was cut. By today most people had used up their tank water and bought the shops dry including the really over priced supa dupa brand waters that most people would never normally buy.
Although strange to see that wasn’t the real shock. That came on the way home. Along our street there is a pretty big hill, well OK it is massive. Anyway there were dozens and dozens of people filling up containers to take home, washing their cars and washing themselves.
Here is just one of the lines at one of the more accessable waterfalls.
This whole family made the trek up from a lower lying neighborhood to wash their hair.
Loads more Hurricane Alex photos here including before and during photos. Tomorrow I’ll go and get some after photos.
