Thread: Wet weather a blessing along the border

Wet weather a blessing along the border


By Chris Kahn
ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:47 p.m. July 21, 2008

PHOENIX – The Rev. Robin Hoover sees a blessing in the storm clouds that have dumped heavy monsoon rains across the U.S-Mexico border.

Hiking through mud is tough, and migrants tend to stay home when it's wet. Those who do venture across will find cooler weather and pools of water dotted along their usually parched pathway.

“It's God watering the migrants,â€

[quote]But Hoover said the decline of the American economy is what's keeping people away. Bad economic times are like bad weather, he said, they make people think twice before crossing over.

“When there's jobs, people come,â€