When the Rains Came

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  • In
  • January
  • 1993,
  • nine
  • inches
  • of
  • rain
  • fell
  • on
  • the
  • San
  • Diego/Tijuana
  • region,
  • seven
  • inches
  • more
  • than
  • normal
  • for
  • the
  • month.
  • Most
  • of
  • the
  • rain
  • fell
  • within
  • a
  • two-week
  • period,
  • flooding
  • many
  • parts
  • of
  • the
  • region.
  • When
  • it
  • was
  • over,
  • 66
  • people
  • in
  • Tijuana
  • had
  • lost
  • their
  • lives."When
  • The
  • Rains
  • Came"
  • is
  • an
  • eyewitness
  • account
  • of
  • the
  • disasters
  • told
  • to
  • the
  • author
  • by
  • his
  • brother
  • Claudio
  • Burgin,
  • whose
  • friend
  • Antonio
  • lost
  • his
  • parents,
  • both
  • of
  • whom
  • were
  • torn
  • from
  • his
  • grasp
  • when
  • the
  • first
  • wave
  • burst
  • through
  • the
  • walls
  • of
  • their
  • home.Furthermore,
  • the
  • natural
  • disaster
  • was
  • exacerbated
  • by
  • a
  • political
  • power
  • struggle
  • between
  • two
  • parties,
  • leading
  • to
  • local
  • politicians
  • refusing
  • assistance
  • from
  • the
  • federal government.
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