HOUSTON ALLIGATOR FARM RISKS ESCAPE OF 350 ALLIGATORS

An alligator sanctuary in southeast Texas is on high alert as rising floodwaters risk the escape of roughly 350 gators. Workers at Gator Country in Beaumont have been busy patrolling the flooded grounds of the 15-acre preserve as water from Hurricane Harvey’s rain inches closer to the top of fences that enclose the reptiles. Gary Saurage, who founded the sanctuary in 2005, assured neighbors that not all of the sanctuary’s animals risk escape. “The good news is, we caught all of our crocodiles, and all of our venomous snakes,” he said.
* Now the Houston flood is just getting wacky.
* One clue will be if the Weather Channel reporters start going missing.
* He didn’t mention the piranha.
* When Houston residents return to their homes – be extra careful when you check out the basement.
* Alligators, fire ants, sharks … Welcome to Houston, or as they now call it, Australia East.