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Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:05:24 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Probably the closest they could get to a formal charge.  I doubt that any 
state has a statute that addresses the operation of a watercraft along a public 
right-of-way.  Operating a sailboat on a freway isn't exactly transiting in an 
appropriate manner.

>
>Arrested for trespassing? Isn't Katy Freeway a public right of way with 
>the right of transit in the appropriate manner? The Texas Ranger was 
>surely guilty of entrapment :-)
>
>>       I was living in Houston in 1992 (year?) when a strong squall 
>>line passed through, only it didn't pass through as a line.  It sliced 
>>through, dropping inches of rain in a short period of time.  I still 
>>have a copy of the Houston Chronicle showing people being rescued with 
>>an extension ladder from the top of a bus.
>>
>>       The rain was so intense that the Katy Freeway was about eight 
>>feet deep for most of its length.  Deputies were using airboats to 
>>rescue people who were standing on top of their cars.  In the middle 
>>of this was a fellow with a sailboat.  He was the first person to sail 
>>the length of the Katy Freeway, and was arrested for trespassing at 
>>the end.  When a deputy was asked why they didn't arrest him earlier 
>>he said "We wanted to let him complete it."
>>
>>       Yep, that's Texas.  :{)
>>
>

Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson


-----Original Message-----
>From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 25, 2017 1:13 PM
>To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey
>>
>>>> Wow!  Now the forecasters are predicting as much as 35 inches of rain
>>>> in the vicinity of Houston.  I simply cannot imagine that amount of
>>>> rainfall.
>>>
>>>
>>> There will be a tremendous amount of flooding in the area from that
>>> amount of rain. At least that is what my career as a State Farm Insurance
>>> agent in the Houston area tells me. Bill Barber
>>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>       - Hunter S. Thompson
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bill Barber via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2017 11:52 AM
>>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: Bill Barber <nsurit@xxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey
>>>
>>>
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