Spent a few hours at Conowingo Dam today. There were more people (several hundred high-water gawkers) than gulls (60). No rarities and no place to park. Flood gates still open, water very high. There is little cause for optimism at this point. The real test will come in the middle of next week. Rick "Everywhere I go I'm asked if the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." Flannery O'Connor Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland