It just rained too much in Allen the past few days. About a foot at my house here on Baltimore Street in Allen. Pat and I did OK. Our old house sits up on a high foundation and our yard drained good. Not so for many, however. Water coming off the fi elds east of the city limits street had trouble finding its way down to the little creek that pretty much drains rainfall in Allen. Some houses were fl ooded and whether it’s a little water or a bunch of water, fl ooding ruins floors, destroys sheet rock and in general plays havoc in a house.

When the “cleanup” ends there is the danger of fungus moving in with its strange odors and even illness. But that may be the least of it if you happen to own cattle or other livestock. When the high waters do hit, what are you to do? Videos showed what seemed to be a large herd of cattle being carried (fast) down the creek in Atoka County under bridges and away. I have no idea how many of these were lost to drowning but it looked pretty hopeless to me. The dollar loss to property and other farm assets looks to be pretty bad though. Some roads were closed making it hard to have school and for business to go on normally but it looks like things are drying out now. At least I hope so.

Friday night’s football game between Wewoka and Allen was put back to Saturday. Allen defeated the highly favored Wewoka, 33 to 6. Allen’s softball teams are headed for regional play this week and I hope they can go to the State again this year. Anyway, things are slowly getting back to normal as we all hope for some nice fall weather.

Having to stay at home due to my heart attack two weeks ago, I have spent a lot of time reading and watching TV news. President Trump and his Supreme Court Appointee Kavanaugh still dominate the news. This long stretch of compulsive overreach into his sex life has reduced much of the country to a yawn refl ex. I know I’m tired of it. I think I’d rather read some of Hillary’s e-mails for a change of pace. And I wonder just how many people are paying attention to this since there is a lot of popular resentment against things like the fact we are all getting too fat. Yes, fat. It takes more space for our “butts” in the stadiums and in fact, most of us have to stand a lot during the OU games as it is. That’s not the worst of it.

Airplane seats have been narrowed yet again as have the aisles. The seats are also closer together. Just exactly how much longer our ever-expanding rears can be shoe-horned in these fl ying aluminum traps is a matter of speculation. And just how you get these packed in passengers out in an emergency? Apparently not much of a concern to the airlines. I have been a little worried about it as I had been planning on a European trip this fall but my recent heart attack made me call that off.

We still hope to get able to go next spring or summer or sometime. Pat and I have our passports ready and packed and I think I can get well enough to go. Just hope the airlines give us some roomy seats and wider aisles. Oh! And something besides a package of stale peanuts for lunch would be nice.

One more thing to puzzle you with. Government surveys show about 30% of our children aren’t getting enough to eat. Food pantries and free lunches are barely making a dent into this problem. A food pantry has been set up for hungry students at Rose State College in Oklahoma City. Pictures of overweight students helping themselves to free groceries didn’t do much for me. I’ll just add it to the mystery of narrow seats and misplaced judgment on a national scale.

Have a good weekend and be sure to go to church Sunday. Plenty of wide pews there.

Wayne Bullard, DPh

waynebullard@sbcglobal.net