Today, Ed Fox and Friends hope to beat the
flood of weekend voters to Lake Grapevine,
but when they arrived, they found last week's
floods would leave them high and dry.
I'm having trouble trying to get in lake
anywhere around here. It seems all the boat
ramps are closed everywhere.
Indeed, while some lakes are officially open,
boat ramps are underwater and unusable.
At Benbrook, Grapevine, Lavon and Whitney
and the Army Corps of Engineers says what's
just beneath those high waters can be risky
for the boats already launched.
We've got
signs that are underwater, a concrete picnic
tables, all different kinds of floating logs,
railroad ties that have come up from some of
our park
areas. Now, if all of the warnings of high
water, close boat ramps and debris submerged
beneath the water isn't enough to keep you
away, consider this.
The floods have brought water snakes out of
hiding, slithering in search of new homes.
Not a problem for boaters this weekend at Joe
Poole or Lake Worth Band to all
boats, but something swimmers should watch for,
especially at Lewisville, Hubbard Mountain
Creek, Eagle Mountain and Arlington, all
unaffected by the rain.
But there's no question business at numerous
lake marinas will be affected.
It's definitely going to hurt business, but
people are going to turn around in our parking
lot, so maybe we'll do well.
It may take weeks for water levels to return
to normal. Meanwhile, trusting boaters
beware.
Shelley Koffler, Channel 5 News.