Latest on flooding: Crews ready if dam near Dallas breaks

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

7:45 a.m. CDT

Police say emergency personnel could shut down a highway if a dam southwest of Dallas breaks.

Water was flowing over the top of the earthen dam at Padera Lake, near Midlothian, early Wednesday morning following days of heavy rain.

If the dam breaks, Highway 287 could flood with a couple of feet of water.

FULL story at link.



A highway entrance is covered in water and debris after flood waters overran the banks of the bayou in downtown Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Floodwaters kept rising Tuesday across much of Texas as storms dumped almost another foot of rain on the Houston area, stranding hundreds of motorists and inundating the famously congested highways that serve the nation’s fourth-largest city. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bfe2b02c568f427fac463791382fdd3b/latest-weather-texas-officials-defend-storm-response

[Garion_55]

1. live feed

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/show/cbs-11-live-video/

[samsingh]

2. remember - repugs don't want any help from the government

[okasha]

3. remember--

there are a few million people in Texas who aren't Republicans.. Many have lost their homes.

Funny, you sound about as generous as a Republican. Thanks for your concern.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. +1000. nt

[samsingh]

6. +1000

[samsingh]

5. we should help those people

[libdem4life]

7. Democrats have empathy, unlike others who only want to pay when They Need It.

Wonder if that will work with my car insurance. It's so expensive these days. Maybe I'll just "go naked" as they say, then when I have a claim, I'll pay that month's insurance. That way it won't cost so much. What do you think?

The hated Feds will always bail them out...and they all know it...political grandstanding shores up the wacky base.