The Strength to Start Again

flood Dana

Journalist [ENA] In the heart of Valencia, during the devastating Dana storm, a couple lost everything: their company, their equipment, their offices, and so many memories. He is a doctor. She is a veterinarian. Two people whose work is all about caring—for others, for animals, for life. That day, the flood came suddenly. Streets were underwater, the power went out, alarms started ringing.

“When I called one of my employees,” he recalls, “he told me the police had blocked the area. Everything was flooded. No one could get in.” For a moment, just one thought: Close everything. Let go. Go home. Give up. Because what the water didn’t take away physically, it had already shaken emotionally. But something held on. A feeling. A quiet strength. A voice that said: “We started once. We can start again.”

Today, this couple has chosen not to surrender. They’ve decided to rebuild, piece by piece, even from less than zero. With mud on their shoes but light in their eyes, they continue their work, their mission, their faith in life and care. They still believe. Their story is told in the documentary “The Government of Water”, where their testimony becomes part of a greater voice—those who have faced climate change, and still stand. It’s not the story of heroes. It’s the story of people who, in the face of destruction, choose not to look away.