I've never got beside one and run with it. But usually when they make a burst for the water, it's lightning fast.

It's more dangerous ... It's their element. They're quicker than you are in the water. You can't really see what's going on very quickly. I swim straight down. I've got to wrap my legs around his tail and grab him by the neck and hope he doesn't spin out of my hands.

Normally, there's too much water in the Arkansas River, too much velocity. If you're a fisherman, you're still seeing the difference today.

That water belongs to our rate-payers. Our bottom line is any use of our water has to include compensation.

It looks like we'll have something close to a normal water year. Close to historic average flows.

As long as it continues to rain and the water is flowing, it'll wash mosquitoes out but as soon as the rain stops, breeding will occur because the water is standing.