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-----
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>>> Cc: Bill Barber <nsurit@xxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey
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