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Thursday evening was a tough night for Alamogordo and the region with a microburst weather phenomenon that caused a roof collapse at S & T Bait and Tackle.
At approximately 650 pm Thursday evening a microburst or downburst appeared in Alamogordo with brisk winds, a swirling dust storm and chaos for a few minutes for drivers.
A downburst or microburst is a powerful downdraft of wind that originates from a thunderstorm and spreads out rapidly upon hitting the ground. These intense concentrations of sinking air can cause severe weather events and pose a threat to aviation and infrastructure
Characteristics: Winds descend and diverge beneath the storm. Air is not rotating, but instead dropping quickly downwards from the storm cloud in a vertical colum
A roof collapse ensued resulting in a power outage and a gas shut off for areas near S and T Bait and Tackle.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area surrounding 1st Street and Florida Avenue, where crews are currently addressing damage to the Granada Shopping Center. Please exercise caution to ensure your safety, per the Otero Emergency Response Team and Alamogordo Police Department.
No injuries were reported and people evacuated close by businesses for safety.
TDS is also reporting outage issues and is working to get back on line…
Additionally 2027 people were impacted by a power outage with a projected fix between 8:15 and 10:15 for most customers in Alamogordo.
Add to that strain on area public safety personnel and a fire was reported near Tularosa and La Luz with 10 fire service vehicles reporting…
Stay tuned to KALHRadio.org, AlamogordoTownNews.org and NewMexicoConservativeNews.comfor further updates.
Sunny, with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. Sunny for the morning, clear overnight.
Looks like her campaign will be generating a few skid marks in it's attempt to gain traction.
Another great Maryland dad.
the saddest part of this story is that we will punish the guy who was hired to do the smuggling - instead of the person(s) who PAID him to do so.
They're catching the ring leaders as well, slowly but surely.
But I'd be interested to know what industries you think might be willing to pay $15k - $20k per person for unskilled labor that they're also at risk of losing to deportation, before getting a single days work out of them?
an extremely sad situation, in which one person was scared, and the other was killed - it is very difficult to imagine reconciling those two facts.
That wasn't fear. That was an extreme over kill... it is sad. And even sadder that anyone could possibly make any excuses for a piece of filth thinking he is above the law because he wears a badge... in fact to even come to that conclusion is sickening... shame on you.
by no means do i think - nor did i say - that the deputy is, somehow, above the law. my comment was simply observing that because he could not control his emotions, an innocent human being is dead...
and that is very sad situation.