TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY, Calif. — Monday’s torrential downpour across San Diego County could not help but force some longtime South Bay residents to draw comparisons to flash flooding chaos back in 2008.
FOX 5 was able to join horse and ranch owners along the Tijuana River Valley on horseback as our team chugged through deep contaminated water. “It happened over the course of 20 minutes,” said one local.
Horse after horse was led out to dry ground as water from the Tijuana River turned stables, roads and corrals into pools of sewage at Driftwood Ranch along Hollister Road.
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“I know there are about a hundred horses there, so now all those horses are displaced.”
Although the area is a known spot for flooding, locals say this is a sight they have never seen, referencing areas of water nearly two feet deep.
“We’re moving them to a different ranch right now, we’re doing about three horses a time because the stalls don’t have a divider, they’re pretty agitated right now, we don’t want them sighting,” said one resident.