Aug 17, 2008 18:46
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'><tr valign='top'><td><a href='http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/1421/670112cpt=8&wpid=180'><img src='http://video-static.clipsyndicate.com/cs-video/vol2/2008/8/17/97/399/9791357e-be60-44ad-baf4-5b2036162a1d_120x90.jpg' border='0' /><td style='padding:5px;'> THESE ARE PICTURES SENT IN TO US BY A VIEWER.. SHOWING WHAT RESIDENTS DOWN THERE WERE DEALING WITH TODAY. THE QUICK MOVING STORM THAT HIT ALBUQUERQUE THIS AFTERNOON, FORCED SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES WHEN A RETAINING WALL GAVE WAY TO ALL OF THE RAIN. IT HAPPENED NEAR GIBSON AND 98TH STREET .. VALERIE CASTRO CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE... WITH SOME AMAZING HOME VIDEO OF THE DESTRUCTION. TONIGHT AT LEAST TWO HOMES ARE EMPTY -- THE RED CROSS HAS PUT RESIDENTS UP IN A HOTEL FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL THEY GET THEIR HOMES CLEANED UP. SOME OF THEM WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTION FIRST HAND AS IT FLOODED INTO THEIR HOMES. PURE CHAOS AS A WALL OF WATER COMES CRASHING THROUGH A RETAINING WALL, INTO BACKYARDS,AND INSIDE HOMES. RESIDENTS SAY IT ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 'My brother tells me, get home the house is flooded.'ANTONIA CHAVEZ SAYS SHE RUSHED HOME FROM WORK TO FIND HER HOUSE DESTROYED. 'We work overtime and just to make everything nice and just to make the house payment, pay the bills and just all gone, everything, in a matter of minutes.' RESIDENTS SAY A MAKESHIFT POND ON THE EMPTY LAND BEHIND THEIR HOMES SPILLED OVER WHEN A QUICK STORM SENT DOWN SHEETS OF RAIN. THE WATER RACED FOR LOWER LAND AND A RETAINING WALL COULDN'T HOLD UP. 'And my reaction was, did I leave the bathtub on did I leave the sink on, did I flood the house you know i didn't really know what happened.'IN THIS HOME VIDEO YOU CAN SEE A TRASH CAN AS IT'S SWEPT AWAY BETWEEN HOMES. THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER SHOWS YOU JUST HOW HIGH THE WATER GOT BEFORE IT MADE ITS WAY INSIDE. 'It's almost impossible to tell what this floor used to look like unless you start wiping away at the coat of mud.' 18:50 thousands of dollars down the drain, my brother worked so hard landscaping it and just for it to be gone, it's awful, mud everywhere back there I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT KB HOMES OWNS THE PLOT OF LAND AND NEVER FINISHED DEVELOPING IT. KB IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT THERE TOMORROW TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT ANYMORE FLOODING. REPORTING THE NEWSROOM