Next month marks the 25th anniversary of the Guadalupe River flood that swept through Cuero and Victoria in October of 1998. According to Wikipedia, “The storm that caused it was one of the costliest in the recorded meteorological history of the United States.” I was stationed in Victoria at the time, and I got an up-close and personal view of that flood, holding on to the tiller handle of a pull-start 25 hp motor, from the rear bench of a 14 ft. aluminum john boat.As rising water hit Cuero, I was there. I don’t remember street names, or even what ...