RECOVERING AND PREPARING FOR MORE IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IS THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF LA ROSITA. IT’S HOME TO THE HERRERA RANCH. WE’RE ALL SUFFERING FROM SOME KIND OF PTSD. THAT’S BECAUSE THIS AREA IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALF CANYON HERMITS PEAK BURN SCAR. SO WHENEVER IT RAINS, THE COMMUNITY GETS HIT WITH FLOODING. ONE NIGHT WE HAD AMBER ALERT GO OFF AND WE MISTOOK THAT FOR A FLOOD WARNING AND OH, MY GOD, WE WE ALL JUMP OUT OF BED WHEN THAT GOES OFF. EVEN THE DOGS. GOD BLESS THEM, GET REALLY SPOOKED WHEN THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THE HERRERA’S DEALING WITH MORE THAN 20 FLASH FLOODS SO FAR. FLOOD 14. I WAS WITH THEM TRAPPED ON THEIR BACK DECK. IT STARTED WITH SOME LIGHT WHEN THEN SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND THEN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. AND THIS IS HOW IT ENDED. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BACKYARD HERE. AND LOWER ROPE, CIARA, THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST FLOODS WE EXPERIENCE THERE, BUT WE HAD A TOTAL OF 22 FLOODS AND IT WAS 3 TO 5FT EACH TIME FROM ONE END OF THE CANYON TO THE OTHER. AND WE’RE THE LUCKY ONES. WE SURVIVED. SOME FOLKS DIDN’T MAKE IT THERE. THEY LOST THEIR HOMES EITHER THE FIRE OR THEY LOST THEIR HOMES TO TO THE FLOOD. THE HERRERA’S HAVE ADDED ABOUT 1000 MORE SANDBAGS ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY SINCE THE SPRING, BRINGING THEIR TOTAL TO JUST OVER 4000. YOU CAN SEE THE SANDBAGS HERE ALL ACROSS THEIR BACK PATIO. BUT THEY SAY MANY MORE OF THESE SANDBAGS ARE NEEDED WITH THE CONSTANT MOISTURE THEY KEEP GETTING. AND MONSOON SEASON RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. I HAVE ENGINEERS TELLING ME THAT THINGS WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL IN TEN YEARS. SOME FOLKS DON’T HAVE TEN YEARS. THE AREA BETTER AND MORE GREEN THAN MONTHS AGO. IT’S VERY EASY TO FORGET HOW BAD IT WAS LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WEREN’T HERE OR IF YOU DON’T LIVE HERE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE’RE STILL STRUGGLING. IT HASN’T GONE AWAY. WE’RE STILL HERE.