Maybe it is time for us to trade in our cars for boats.

On the other hand, some people do just fine in their cars when it comes to standing water. It seems every time there is flooding, there are a few "brave" souls

who think their low-riders will have no problem driving through knee-deep water on the roads.

Nearly a month ago, after our area was still feeling the effects of the first round of flooding for the spring, I was

traveling through northern Lawrence County on my way to Rio Grande to shoot a baseball game when I noticed high water stretching up to the edge lines of State Route 141.

As I crossed over into Gallia County from Waterloo, I started to get nervous when I noticed a couple of places where water had made its way across 141. Then, on the other side of a curve in Cadmus, I hit water. My first reflex was to stop. I was assuming that remaining motionless would keep the weight on my tires and prevent me from floating away.

I also knew that I would not get to the game I was supposed to cover. I was already running late, so I tried to hurry to the other side of the water. That proved to be a bad idea as I started to feel as though the water was getting under my tires.

The more I slowed down, the more my engine sounded like it was going to quit. I have never been too good with engines, not to mention I was in what seemed to be two feet of water. I had no desire to become an aqua-mechanic.

So, I kept my speed-up, slow-down pace for that quarter of a mile stretch through Cadmus, and eventually made it through. I had never been so nervous driving in my life.

A good friend of mine was not that lucky. His car has been drying out for the past two days after he assumed the water was not so high that he could not make it through.

My friend, and I'm not going to name any names (Brad Miller), said shortly after pulling into the gates of Roman Harbor on his way to visit his girlfriend, Laura, he started inching his way through "a little" water in the road and in less than a minute, found that his headlights were underwater. Needless to say, his engine stalled and it still has not recovered. And to Brad's car I say "get well soon."

The best advice I have ever heard has come across the radio in that all-so-familiar robotic voice that tells you not to even bother trying to get through the water. And that robot is right -- we don't know how deep that water is.