RAIN AND HAIL DEVASTATE VALENCIA COUNTY AND ITS FARMERS. DAN WARING OF K-D FARMS IN LOS LUNAS TELLS CHANNEL 13 NEWS THAT SATURDAY STARTED OFF WELL FOR OPENING DAY OF THEIR PUMPKIN PATCH BUT HE AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY ENDED UP IN A BATHROOM AROUND 6:30PM BECAUSE OF A HAIL STORM, 80 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND TORNADO WARNING.
HE ALSO SAYS MOST OF THE PUMPKIN CROP, AS WELL AS THEIR SQUASH, CHILIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
FRIDAY NIGHT WAS NEARLY AS BAD. THAT’S WHEN AT LEAST 120 PECAN TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR BELEN DURING A STORM THAT FLOODED VALENCIA COUNTY. ALSO HARD HIT DURING WEEKEND STORMS WAS THE MCCALL’S PUMPKIN PATCH IN MORIARTY.
