Twice a year a team of churches go out to Springerville, AZ to cut firewood for a sister Church in the Navajo Nation in Houck, AZ. Blessings to The Water Lady, Navajo Nation, NM.
I love the story because of wonderful people helping each other and appreciate what it takes to get one of the most precious resources necessary for life. Clean water. I've been working 30 years, providing the same in Salt Lake City. Over the recent years, it's very much in demand, but we often feel taken for granted. I would love to take a turn driving that water truck and have people happy to see me. My buddy Frank is Navajo and works for a fellow water district here. I think we should both come down have a big city day off working for you.:)
What a beautiful woman. I hope that somehow, technology becomes available for the people to retrieve water where they live. God bless the Navajo Nation! 💗🙏💗
I don’t have running water.I catch my water in capitan New Mexico when it rains and snows. I use very little water because I have adapted to my environment.
@@dhoffman4955 yes that’s true.Some native people used to winter on top of mesas because it snows up there and rains. Can catch the early warm sun in the winter.
The wind and trains are constant. I fail to see a problem with the constant trains. That's the BNSF's (ex ATSF) Gallup Subdivision, part of their hugely busy southern transcon route. The water tank cars can even be seen spotted on the Thoreau spur track on satellite view. It is part of an old wye track arrangement that was used for turning steam locomotives generations ago.
NO WELL's ? The res needs to step up and pay for well's instead of pocketing the money, I suggest holding a meeting. But careful they will kick you off the res if they don't like what you say/ That's got to suck for the people. WHO'S PAYING for the water from out east and who's benefitting from that ? and the transport of the train ? when the money can be divided up to be spent for multiple well's ?
Why does this narration try to give the impression that railroads are evil and incapable of doing any good or helping people? It's the next best thing to a pipeline and much faster and cheaper than long haul trucks. Ten times as fuel efficient anyway.
2:58 If a train car has an X. on it, chances are it's not owned by the railroad. The CSX cars are the exception. I have a list of liquids at home which are hauled in tank cars. I saw any kind of liquid on the list you can think of except bodily fluids.
@gregengel1616 New Mexico is America's second largest oil producer, Texas is first. You also get gas and minerals with oil wells. The U.S also has a strategic reserve there with more oil, gas, money, gold and other precious metals. New Mexico is also the one of the top producers of meth.
No one considered the lack of water when people kept settling in these desert communities. We moved the Navahos from their land so America could be great.
YES, rail can and should be used more, with AI; it could be setup as automatic but all the tracks ripped out and removed over the last few decades wont help deliveries. BUT are there no wells in New Mexico? drill deeper? or is the fracking more important?
New Mexico is one of the very poorest states in the country. Over 100 million native, indigenous people in North America were killed by Europeans. The few that were left were put on Reservations. That’s why this problem exists. It would be appropriate for one of those super rich US foundations, like the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, to help those in the US who do not have water.
I think cheap transportation for their water is a good thing. Railroads don't overcharge. People don't allow bad water for people anymore, or at least they don't do that legally.
60 years ago I grew up with a Navajo family who's parents left the reservation to make a better life for their children. Are they getting dumber and dumber these days? Nobody is forcing them to live like that, it's their choice.
so whats this about the drug cartels illegally getting large amounts of water in northern CA nogo zones? I saw one comment where they didn't think it was all that different from other parts of the US.
THE ONLY RESAON YOU LIVE THERE IS BECAUSE THEY BRING YOU WATER........... HOW STUPID........ I DON'T HAVE WATER HERE...... IT IS OK I CAN MAKE THEM BRING ME WATER TO NO WHERE.................. GOT TO LOVE HOW THE STUPID GET OVER.......
Back in the day people and even protohumans used to live close to water, but these first world problems now mean that we can create all sorts of stupid scenarios where practicality no longer matters and foolishness becomes normal.
@@dhoffman4955 Point taken, but having populations spread thin and wide ensures an inability to concentrate resources such as education, medical, law, energy and water. This has obvious downsides.
That's OK ... as long as those railroad tank cars do not have a residue of oils or noxious chemicals inside ( most do ! ) .. not sure that I have seen many clean stainless steel ones roll by ( ? ) ....... DAVE™🛑
There are tank cars literally made for transporting water like the ones on this video. As noted on the side of one of the cars, “Potable Water Only”. The storage tank is insulated and shielded by the outer jacket.
DUH did you read the side of those cars ,, it says POTABLE WATER ONLY ,,nothing but water can or has been hauled in those cars ,,,the railroad still is the most efficient method to haul a large mass of anything a long distance
I'm neutral when it comes to segregation. The ones who like it might think reservations are a good thing. Some people think segregation lets people treat everybody unequally. Some people think segregation reduces racially motivated homicides.
Twice a year a team of churches go out to Springerville, AZ to cut firewood for a sister Church in the Navajo Nation in Houck, AZ. Blessings to The Water Lady, Navajo Nation, NM.
That's Great Keep Railroading It In 👍 😊
Good for you Darlene!
Keep on Truckin'!
I love the story because of wonderful people helping each other and appreciate what it takes to get one of the most precious resources necessary for life. Clean water. I've been working 30 years, providing the same in Salt Lake City. Over the recent years, it's very much in demand, but we often feel taken for granted. I would love to take a turn driving that water truck and have people happy to see me. My buddy Frank is Navajo and works for a fellow water district here. I think we should both come down have a big city day off working for you.:)
“Nobody does it alone”
They want to live like their ancestors. That lady helps her people.
What a beautiful woman. I hope that somehow, technology becomes available for the people to retrieve water where they live. God bless the Navajo Nation! 💗🙏💗
Yup its called well drilling
I don’t have running water.I catch my water in capitan New Mexico when it rains and snows. I use very little water because I have adapted to my environment.
Sadly, rain is less frequent in Four Corners area than on top of the mountains.
Good for you.
@@dhoffman4955 yes that’s true.Some native people used to winter on top of mesas because it snows up there and rains. Can catch the early warm sun in the winter.
@@jcraigshelton Thanks 🙏. My place is on Utube . Google Levi’s mountain hideaway.
@@levibrewer4304 God bless you .
beautiful Darlene!
Pretty soon everybody there will need the water train.
We have tapped the underground water recklessly.
The only problems with wells is INDUSTRY taking too much to get rich.
@@Skidderoperator yup…agriculture for foreign countries 😏🇺🇸
The wind and trains are constant.
I fail to see a problem with the constant trains. That's the BNSF's (ex ATSF) Gallup Subdivision, part of their hugely busy southern transcon route. The water tank cars can even be seen spotted on the Thoreau spur track on satellite view. It is part of an old wye track arrangement that was used for turning steam locomotives generations ago.
The National Water Network is trying to build a pipeline to that part of the state. Hopefully it can be built soon.
should be a transcontinental water pipeline.
Thank you lady ❤❤❤ may god bless
After the millions and millions of dollars given to the tribe not a single well was dug.
I wish we had this salvation here in Coyote Canyon…. Still hauling h2o…. Challenging but it’s done…with family
i pray they can build a tankcar unloading rack with 2 large tanks to keep the tribe in water. God bless this lady
There's a reason most choose not to live in the desert.
I've been saying it Transport WATER from EAST to WEST......
High Quality Lady
But we got Lithium mines on the reservation an the polluted Lithium mine waste water to drink
My NM Grandfather made millions after sinking one well.
Saying it tasted good even if your pour included cave fish
that had no eyes.
How about well drilling?
That's an option. Wells have to be inspected.
I was in the desert last week. I wouldn’t live like that even if it did have jobs and water. What we have done to those people is horrible
Wouldn't a pipeline be cheaper?
Pipes cost more to build, but are cheaper to run. Depends on volume and distance. Pipes for towns, tankercars for remote houses.
@thomasgade226 cheaper yet. To move the the people to the water.
@@2148aaso you can just make people move huh?
@@2148aa All the land anywhere close to water is expensive.
Any jug will do to use for water 💦
NO WELL's ? The res needs to step up and pay for well's instead of pocketing the money, I suggest holding a meeting. But careful they will kick you off the res if they don't like what you say/ That's got to suck for the people.
WHO'S PAYING for the water from out east and who's benefitting from that ? and the transport of the train ? when the money can be divided up to be spent for multiple well's ?
Why does this narration try to give the impression that railroads are evil and incapable of doing any good or helping people? It's the next best thing to a pipeline and much faster and cheaper than long haul trucks. Ten times as fuel efficient anyway.
I knew a Bill and Mike who worked for a railroad who were evil. Not all of them are, but I know a few.
2:58 If a train car has an X. on it, chances are it's not owned by the railroad. The CSX cars are the exception. I have a list of liquids at home which are hauled in tank cars. I saw any kind of liquid on the list you can think of except bodily fluids.
😄👍
Use some of the oil money to ship drinking water in.
What oil money are you talking about ?
@gregengel1616 New Mexico is America's second largest oil producer, Texas is first. You also get gas and minerals with oil wells. The U.S also has a strategic reserve there with more oil, gas, money, gold and other precious metals. New Mexico is also the one of the top producers of meth.
@gregengel1616 most desert locations found oil, gas and minerals when drilling wells for water.
No one considered the lack of water when people kept settling in these desert communities. We moved the Navahos from their land so America could be great.
Navajo is a word in Spanish.
YES, rail can and should be used more, with AI; it could be setup as automatic but all the tracks ripped out and removed over the last few decades wont help deliveries.
BUT are there no wells in New Mexico? drill deeper? or is the fracking more important?
Build pipelines for water like they do for oil.
@@dfirth224 no
There is no fracking in this area.
Wells have to be inspected. It can make the difference between life and death for the young.
New Mexico is one of the very poorest states in the country. Over 100 million native, indigenous people in North America were killed by Europeans. The few that were left were put on Reservations. That’s why this problem exists. It would be appropriate for one of those super rich US foundations, like the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, to help those in the US who do not have water.
The rich steal from the poor, and force them out. Happens everywhere, eventually.
But they are a sovereign, shouldn't they be taking care of their own citizens?
I think cheap transportation for their water is a good thing. Railroads don't overcharge. People don't allow bad water for people anymore, or at least they don't do that legally.
60 years ago I grew up with a Navajo family who's parents left the reservation to make a better life for their children. Are they getting dumber and dumber these days? Nobody is forcing them to live like that, it's their choice.
My great grandma left the Indian Reservation, and some people scream against that. It will divide Natives for a very long time.
@@MrJuvefrank No sympathy from me.
Hey, at least we are supporting Ukraine.
Go away
@@NotSure876I bet you’re for Palestine too. 🤦
@@xploration1437 ok, how much?
@@NotSure876 how much what?
@@xploration1437 do you want to bet, dmb-dmb
so whats this about the drug cartels illegally getting large amounts of water in northern CA nogo zones? I saw one comment where they didn't think it was all that different from other parts of the US.
this news piece does nothing but rub the salt in!!
Ha, darlene dosent deliver the water for free. I cant aford water delivery i haul mine in 5 gallon jugs. Its not a "crisis" its fake news.
Yel khol-go e-e-ah 🌅
We can go to Mars but we can't help The Indian Nations obtain a decent water infrastructure system. Just think of what these people gave to America!❤
I wonder if it's because someone wants the Natives to move to the city.
Deduct our debt and we are not the richest. Maybe eliminate welfare mandatory birth control and move to where the water is.
ldlot
@@NotSure876 look in the mirror
THE ONLY RESAON YOU LIVE THERE IS BECAUSE THEY BRING YOU WATER........... HOW STUPID........ I DON'T HAVE WATER HERE...... IT IS OK I CAN MAKE THEM BRING ME WATER TO NO WHERE.................. GOT TO LOVE HOW THE STUPID GET OVER.......
Back in the day people and even protohumans used to live close to water, but these first world problems now mean that we can create all sorts of stupid scenarios where practicality no longer matters and foolishness becomes normal.
I’m sure in hindsight the Navajo Nation would have chosen a better location for its rez. :/
@@dhoffman4955 Point taken, but having populations spread thin and wide ensures an inability to concentrate resources such as education, medical, law, energy and water. This has obvious downsides.
And where are you planning on getting that water? Drill new wells or you will be in debt to others. This is a wolf in sheeps clothing
That is one tacky awkward studio setup.
Why am I as a taxpayer supporting these people? They should be able to support themselves!
Go read a history book and find out.
Those days are over. They live in the desert.
Welcome to capitalism!
Why don't they get jobs instead of drinking alcohol
open a casino like every other reservation
@@bigcatauna Casinos need to be near large cities or there isn't enough money to be worthwhile.
ldlot
That's OK ... as long as those railroad tank cars do not have a residue of oils or noxious chemicals inside ( most do ! ) .. not sure that I have seen many clean stainless steel ones roll by ( ? ) ....... DAVE™🛑
Not how that works.
@@timg2973 How does it work , then ? ...... DAVE™🛑
There are tank cars literally made for transporting water like the ones on this video. As noted on the side of one of the cars, “Potable Water Only”. The storage tank is insulated and shielded by the outer jacket.
@@ktyle778 Thanks, ktyle778! I learned something today.
I think railroads would buy them new tank cars if they ruined the ones which haul water by putting oil or other toxic liquids in them by mistake.
old oil tankers filled with water sent to these people
Water is never delivered in the same trucks as oil or gasoline. It would be unusable.
DUH did you read the side of those cars ,, it says POTABLE WATER ONLY ,,nothing but water can or has been hauled in those cars ,,,the railroad still is the most efficient method to haul a large mass of anything a long distance
@@wildcoyote34 you really trust the rail road and what it tells people ,
@@wildcoyote34 Hi, there, in this day and age, so many people don't even know what potable means.
And don’t forget Donald Trump didn’t think that New Mexico was part of the United States didn’t feel they needed any kind of assistance or anything
A lot of people don’t think NM is a state. It’s a running joke out here.
lololol why would ya live where theres no aqua? wtf???
I'm neutral when it comes to segregation. The ones who like it might think reservations are a good thing. Some people think segregation lets people treat everybody unequally. Some people think segregation reduces racially motivated homicides.