Tom Udall actually said...

I think that it is very promising what you say. And as we know, every new development and every step we make forward, we save lives.

The largest fire in New Mexico's history, the Las Conchas fire, still burning and after almost a month is only 80 percent contained.

Now, as the New Mexico monsoon season begins, flooding, debris flows, and mud slides are threatening communities below the burn watersheds.

The U.S. Forest Service calls this the driest year in 117 years.