Forrest Gump made one heck of a football player, shrimping boat captain, investor and serviceman in the legendary movie. But as it turns out, he probably could've also added North Texas meteorologist to his decorated résumé.
When recalling his time in Vietnam, Forrest Gump – brilliantly played by Tom Hanks – describes a rainstorm eerily similar to what we in North Texas have experienced in the month of May.
(Or at least it seems that way).
"One day, it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stinging rain, big ol' fat rain...Rain that flew in sideways," he said in the 1994 film. "And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night."
North Texas has seen plenty of "rain coming straight up from underneath." Enough to flood rivers and overflow spillways in historic fashion.
Now someone needs to "turn off the rain," just as Forrest Gump described.
Editor's note: This story is not meant to make light of any severe weather or damage done by it in the state of Texas or elsewhere. Simply a movie reference related to the near record rainfall in the area.
Thanks to WFAA viewer Kristi Case for bringing this to our attention.
