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Originally Posted by Kevlar281
Not to bust up the music conversation. But when Tropical Storm Erin came through Houston my sister-in-law flooded her car. My brother was at work so she called me up asking for help. We live only a block away from each other so it only took me five minutes to get over there and by the time I did there were already three men pushing her car into her driveway. It was definitely one of those proud to be Texan moments.
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Ah, yes, Texas rain, and storms. My newly-wed sister, fresh from Sunset Beach, Ca, moved to Tex in 2001, June, "near Huntsville" (actually the woods, a house way out of town). She followed her then new husband-- now ex-- in her car, tailing his. They hit Houston as the sky opened up, for days. I don't know if the storm had an official name, my sister had several names for it, none acceptable on GC.
Rather than forge ahead, they holed up in a motel for a few days in Houston. Then, he headed on, she was to follow, he thought she was fine. Her car made it barely out of the lot, and was way deep in water. The depth of the water grows as she has told the story over time.
Anyway, she was sitting atop her car, wet and pissed.
Two truckers stopped, one carried her to a dry area, they pushed the car out of the water. They noticed the CA license plates and the Wind and Sea t-shirt she wore (from a former huntington Beach surf shop), and one of the truckers told her: "little girl, you really must have made a wrong turn."
As posted, my best friend, a Texan, fled CA, now is home. I visited her and my sister. The only original painting I own was bought in Texas, of a girl on a horse, with beautiful sky. It and two small pictures, of Texas clouds, and a horse/cowboy by a campfire, I bought for $4 at a thrift store in a tiny town near Victoria, are up in my new apt.