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Hurricane 'Hanna' Blowing Over Donald Trump's Border Wall in Texas (Original Post) William Seger Jul 2020 OP
And Mexico's response? Zambero Jul 2020 #1
wierd translations Kali Jul 2020 #2
LOL Gothmog Jul 2020 #3
I am pretty sure it's Jesus blowing it down. For sure a sign from God. LOL nt Quixote1818 Jul 2020 #4
Blow it ALL down...nt B Stieg Jul 2020 #5
To me it shows he didn't spend the billions on the wall duforsure Jul 2020 #6
I love this ad Gothmog Jul 2020 #7
So much for that Star-Thrower Jul 2020 #8
"Many unbearable hours later..." rhiannon55 Jul 2020 #9
How Poetic. Doubtless had shoddy construction magicguido Jul 2020 #10
Look for facts rather than wishes dayle1 Jul 2020 #11
The wall wasn't knocked down by rain, it was knocked down by wind. Wind arrives before... George II Jul 2020 #12
not with a hurricane dayle1 Jul 2020 #14
I've been to Brownsville and McAllen, as well as Matamoros on the Mexico side, thank you. George II Jul 2020 #15
Super dayle1 Jul 2020 #17
Everything Donald Dump touches turns to shit. Crowman2009 Jul 2020 #13
Forbes has debunked this video markpkessinger Jul 2020 #16

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
6. To me it shows he didn't spend the billions on the wall
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:34 AM
Jul 2020

And instead funneled the money into his pockets . Political embezzlement? He's done the same thing in his businesses, cheaply build things , then pocket the rest.

dayle1

(3 posts)
11. Look for facts rather than wishes
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 05:19 PM
Jul 2020

1) the video shows a dust storm, not torrential rains from a hurricane.
2) video taken during daylight hours, but the hurricane moved inland in the overnight hours.
3) the hurricane made landfall at 5pm on a Saturday, why would there be lots of workers out in a HURRICANE, after 5pm on a SATURDAY?
4) the Rio Grande provides water that keeps everything green for miles either side of the border, so there isn't much dust to blow around.
5) The terrain and vegetation in the video is more like high desert, with no river in sight, more likely somewhere west of El Paso, and no where near the Lower Rio Grande Valley where the hurricane hit.

George II

(67,782 posts)
12. The wall wasn't knocked down by rain, it was knocked down by wind. Wind arrives before...
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 07:27 PM
Jul 2020

....the body of the storm arrives.

dayle1

(3 posts)
14. not with a hurricane
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 10:51 AM
Jul 2020

the outer rain bands are light showers and very minimal wind and it builds from there over many hours. Strong winds would have come in darkness. The Rio Grande Valley is not a desert. If you visit Brownsville or McAllen you will understand. Absorb all the facts if you can.

markpkessinger

(8,392 posts)
16. Forbes has debunked this video
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 11:11 AM
Jul 2020

From Forbes:

A video purporting to show footage of Hurricane Hanna toppling the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Rio Grande Valley was actually taken at a construction site in June, according to officials, refuting people who took to social media to criticize Trump's wall for shoddy construction.
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