[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY - NOT!

[Jimmy D. Moore]

If you've been keeping up with Texas weather, you know it's a mess.  14" 
+ of rain in the Killeen area about 45 miles SW of me in the last 48 
hours.  Basically, all of central Texas is under flood warnings. We've 
had 5" + of rain here at my house since Thursday. Gov. Perry has called 
out the National Guard in San Antonio, Austin, and Waco because of 
flooding. Killeen has Fort Hood troops helping them.  I'm on high ground 
as is most of Woodway, TX, where I live, but downtown Waco along the 
Brazos River  is beginning to have problems.  The last big flood we had 
was in Dec-Jan 90, 91, when Lake Waco rose 33 feet.  5 people have 
already died because of the flooding and one is lost, presumed drowned. 
So far all of my family is safe.  I was planning on taking my bass boat 
out today and doing some serious bass fishing, now that the lake had 
settled from the last deluge a couple of weeks ago.  But with the 
continuous rain and runoff, it'll probably be another month before I can 
get into one of the ramps.  Lake Waco has already risen about 3 feet and 
is expected to rise another 10 + feet in the next two days.  All the 
debris that is washing down from the three rivers that feed the lake 
makes for very dangerous boating, what with the sunken logs, limbs, etc. 
some of which will float just under the surface and can rip the lower 
unit off an outboard.

I'll return with the Quote for the Day and Joke for the Day next Tuesday 
after Memorial Day.

JIMMY  D