On 03-Sep-17 2:58 PM, Leon wrote:
On 9/3/2017 1:05 PM, dpb wrote:
On 03-Sep-17 12:57 PM, dpb wrote:
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I've yet to hear anything from mom's side of the family down
there...some scattered from Port Arthur to Baytown to Victoria and
then another batch in The Valley mostly between Harlingen and
McAllen/Pharr...

I'm presuming having not heard means they're all at least not either
dead or missing...when Mom's last sister down there passed, we've had
little direct contact with the cousins and all their families.

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The "valley" may have not even gotten any rain, some 120 or so miles
south of where the eye went in.

Yeah, I'm certain those in the valley aren't being affected by Harvey;
the "northern branch", not so much -- they were pretty much in the
middle of it. The aunts/uncles I did know fairly well and first cousins
are pretty much gone; it's all their families left...

I do remember back in 50s at one point grandparents were flooded where
they were between McAllen and Pharr. They farmed, had citrus and small
dairy. It's higher between there and the coast so only place for water
to go was irrigation canals and they were totally flooded too, of
course. Took over six months as I recall before all the ground was
above water again--killed all the citrus trees and of course no crops
were left and took another full year before had any production at all
plus the 5+ yr to reestablish the groves. All in all, "not a good thing".

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