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Wednesday, July 3, 2002 THE BATTi Fireworks galore Texas gets pounde by three days of rai RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALION Junior supply chain management major Mike Sutton, and senior marketing major Justin Kleeman, buy fireworks at the Fireworks Warehouse off Highway 6 in College Station. The sparklers are popular items at the warehouse. The owners pro mote safety first when using explosives. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rains continued to pound Central lexas on Tuesday, forcing evacuations near San Antonio and road closings across the region as Gov. Rick Perry activated the lexas National Guard to assist. “We’re just kind of stuck here in town. " Bandera Mayor Denise Grifhn said. ‘All of the roads out ot Bandera are basically closed.” Three days of rains in Central Texas come less than a week after restrictions were imposed in San Antonio because ot a continuing drought. Bandera, about 40 miles west ot San Antonio, had to evacuate three RV parks, a motel and the lower part of town from Inst through fifth streets, Griffin said. She esti mated between 50-100 people had been evacuated. There have been no serious injuries in Bandera County but several water rescues, said Bandera County Judge Richard Evans. In Vanderpool in western Bandera County, a county commissioner was trapped in her home and had to climb onto her loft before the water receded. Evans said. Several shelters have been se t up for those who have been displaced. In Hays County, about 70 roads have been closed because of high water. “Everything is flooded that can be flooded,” said Hays County Sheriff's Sgt. Allen Bridges. “There is no way to get east or west or north or south in the country right now.” By early Tuesday afternoon. Hays County had no evacuations. Bridges aid. Perry said two UH-60 Black hawk National Guard helicopters were activated after cars became stranded by high water on Interstate 10. An additional 20 National Guard personnel and 10 large trucks were sent to San Antonio to assist with water res cues and evacuations. “Our first priority is to ensure the safety of Texans during this weather emergency.” Perry said. Three additional Guard helicopters arc on standby in Austin to help with rescue opera tions in counties affected by floodwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife officials are evacuating campers from low-lying areas of Guadalupe State Park near E Palmetto State Park near Lulinglu closed. Monday, dozens of res idem forced to evacuate and Interstate closed in places, along with numero, Voli The clai mec Sunday San Antonio, flooding in Central Te one life so far. /\n Austin was swept to hi^ death slipped and fell into a fast-Viovingct Officials on Monday used rafts.t and helicopters in their attempts to I those stranded in vehicles .and reo The Nations inches of rain International Airport. Li rains delayed inbound a Still, the rains had tl ing the Edw'ards Aejuifi sea level Monday. It lu 650-foot mark last wet sir ctions a weat er Sen,'ice« Tiled at San ahtningandth id outboundf eir good side r to 675.6 fee d dropped be k. triggeringp n San Anti F eilnesday, p :h of July e officers te nigh-water r ■ attempt re n stations. 9 tory water Larry Eblen ogist in New B continue until continuing inti Firefighters and pol ed Monday to dozens o In a tw'o-hour resc by San Antonio televis finally pulled a man f p.m. at a low-water swollen Huebner C ree. firefighters lost their footing have been swept downstream h been tethered together. Water v top of the car’s winch An 1 1 -year-old be of a San Antonio cre< was carried more th< before firefighters n was in “very ■ervicem; | d the stor 1 At one \ s before recic l playing ontk 1 lost hisfoo: .| a mile d him. •ntn University Health Center in San w ithout : Tuesday after be about 15 minutes. Flooding of the Frio and Nueci and their tributaries closed a 15#: of Interstate 35 from Cotulla t(Al Frio County for more than 10h<*®j ing hundreds of vehicles and stops with anxious travelers. If i J i STOP DELAYING THE INEVITABLE ASK ANYONE WHOSE TRIED IIS WE f RE THAT G00R... PROMISE D ^rVi s^ftnlg Mow Accepting Aggie Bucks ^tOR/C Open till 2:00 a.m. Friday & Saturday niytits! 301-A COLLEGE MIAIM BETWEEN CAMPUS AMD MORTHGATE PARKIMG GARAGE 979-846-8593 2'ceV I F A: most G
