Photos: The Damage Left Behind from Flooding in San Ysidro

Last week, I documented how heavy rains forced ranchers in San Ysidro off their properties. Ranchers were angry the flooding reached their property because, as some told Voice of San Diego’s MacKenzie Elmer, they felt it was due to local governments not clearing out a path for the water to flow.

Once the water receded, I returned to see how ranchers were doing. Dorte Dresher from Dresher Ranch had her tools, boots and clothing, among other materials, laid out to dry under the sun.

Elsewhere, Carlos Ochoa of Parrandero Ranch said wood floated onto his ranch during the flood, so he was cleaning up a lot of debris. The grain he feeds his goats was not usable because it began rotting from the water, he told me. It was headed for the trash.

Jim Sandoval of Esperanza Ranch had to give his horse Valentina antibiotics to avoid infection from an injury caused while she was being transported away from the flooding. A storage box on the ranch still had water inside it, which damaged surgical face masks.

Here are some images of the aftermath.