Re: [OM] OT: Hurricane Harvey

[John Hudson]

I'd be hard pressed to think that a Pontiac Sunfire or a Hummer H1 could 
move along the freeway in their intended MO. Taking a sailboat is the 
most intelligent option in the circumstances. Any judge with an IQ of 
100+ would surely toss out a police citation for a transit violation 
when an opportunity for travel by forward motion surface  movement is a 
sailboat! An alternative citation could be if the miscreant was 
operating a jet boat travelling at 65mph !
On 2017-08-25 7:05 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>       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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