I have to laugh when I think of COE lakes and flood control. We were in a duck lease in Crowder a few years ago. I went down one night during the week and planned to hunt the next morning. When I was about a mile away from the gate I encountered water on the road. I had to drive in 1 to 2.5 foot of water the rest of the way to the cabin. Every field and road for miles around was under a few feet of water. I parked in the water, had to use my waders to get from the truck to the cabin. Once I was up on the porch I looked around and laughed...the Sardis dam was probably 10 or 15 miles away...but all I saw was flooding. I know nothing is foolproof...but dang...that was a lot of flooding for having a flood control dam just a few miles away.