All Wet

Drought has caused Falcon Lake, created by a dam on the Rio Grande near Laredo, Texas, to drop more than 60 feet. Officials are now concerned that people are “looting” the 18th-century towns that are now above the water line for the first time since they were flooded when the dam was completed in the 1950s. “These looters, grave robbers and artifact collectors are destroying the cultural heritage of Texas and Mexico,” state historian Jim Bruseth says. “We are making an assessment of the magnitude of the problem to see how bad the looting is.” (UPI) ...Flooding with 60 feet of water is “conservation”. Collecting for display is “destruction”. Got it.