intera rose at rapid record rates and are still out of their banks. whether experts mr. speaker, said so much rain fell in texas in may that it was enough moisture to cover the entire state in eight inches of water. that's a lot of rain. 70 counties have been designated disaster areas. but the rainbow news, mr. speaker is that many many voluntarily helped their neighbors and strangers survive the troubled waters of the floods. here's just one example. the hard rain in dallas flooded the trinity river. dallas is in north texas. the trinity river flows south down near houston, the added rain in southeast texas had the trinity river the size of the mississippi river. and as the river rose, in southeast texas, a herd of cattle were trapped in the middle of the river on high ground. this high ground was eventually going to be overcome with water and the cattle would be washed out to sea eventually. the river at this point is between two small towns of liberty and dayton about six miles apart, separated by u.s. highway 90. so sunday in a scene reminiscent of the 1800's, cowboys mounted air boats yes, air boats, mr. speaker to force the cattle, the hundreds of cattle on this sp