Hey, any word on Sancho? Last I heard there was a big storm in his area, and then nothing.
Based on where the major Texas storms were in June/July of 2024, and exactly when they were, I don't think it was a storm that was the problem.
A big straight-wind storm happened early in June last year that did some damage around Harris County (Houston) and a few other areas to our north, south, and west, but he was still in communication here afterwards. The next big thing was Hurricane Beryl, and it hit just west of the Houston area and moved to the north on July 8, about two weeks after we last heard from him. So if it was "storm" related, I'm not sure what storm since the majors straddled when he was last seen here. I got the impression he may have been in the Piney Woods area of Texas (East Texas, north of Houston, mostly East of I-45), but if he was actually more the Mexican border area, there was a storm that hit down that way June 19, but, again, he was communicating here a week after. Based on stuff he said, I got the impression he had connections and maybe occasionally worked on the border, but that he was actually living up towards the Piney Woods region.
So maybe something storm related happened to him, but it seems more likely that it was something else. Again, based on things he said over the years, I'm guessing the "1969" was his birth year, putting him mid-50s, so younger, but still in a range where health stuff can get serious, or maybe he was into some freaky shit and got vanned, had a bad accident, or just got tired of this place. I think if it was the last one, he might have said something on the way out, so I doubt it was that. Only way we'll really ever know is if he comes back at some point, or someone on the boards knows/knew him IRL. Beyond that, it's just wild speculation.