Let's spare a thought for our friends in Texas
But how do you weatherproof hundreds of head of cattle?
So much rain has fallen this May on flood-ravaged Texas that it could cover the entire state with 8 inches of water.
Every drop of rain these days is a drop too many in much of Texas, where 22 people have died and President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster.
I noticed Bill Hudgins posted this photo on Facebook yesterday of a storm approaching Hungerford!
But how do you weatherproof hundreds of head of cattle?
About 40 miles northeast of Houston, ranchers were using an air boat to corral and feed a herd of about 500 cattle after they became stranded by flooding Saturday along the Trinity River that turned their pasture into an island outside the city of Liberty.
"That's about $1 million in cows," said Tom Branch, Liberty County emergency management director. "They've been trying to get them out of there for days."
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http://www.click2houston.com/news/600-head-of-cattle-surrounded-by-water-cant-escape/33279456
Showers were in the forecast for Saturday, especially in south Texas and the Houston area where up to 2 inches of rain are possible, CNN meteorologists said.
In the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, police evacuated residents from 20 homes, and those in 14 more homes were waiting Saturday until the last minute to evacuate as the Brazos River threatened to flood with more rain.
Several rivers in Texas are at flood stage at 108 locations, the National Weather Service said Saturday.
And it isn't over yet.
