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Todays WeatherChance of storms

High 89, Low 73

Full weather report, Page 8E INDEXBusiness 1G Deaths 4B Movies 3F Sports 1E

Classifieds 1C Editorials 6B Puzzles 11F Stocks 4G

Comics 8F Metro/State 1B S.A. Life 1F TV listings 5F

137th year, No. 274,100 pages. Entirecontents copyright2002, San AntonioExpress-News.This newspaper isrecyclable.

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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2002

Muslims planto keep lowprofile/13A

Overseas Amer-icans wary/14A

Terror alertsdont stop NewYorkers/15A

Holidayclosings/2B

A listing ofarea events notrained out/3B

Inside

and the Pentagon Sept. 11.There will be speeches, parades and fire-

works, but most people will show their pa-triotism by simply living their lives.

Some will do it with a stiff upper lipwrapped around a hot dog at a family barbe-cue. Some will enjoy a ball game withfriends on a sunny one hopes after-noon. And many will let the Stars andStripes hanging from their porch do thetalking for them.

But nearly all will do it with the knowl-edge that life has changed.

BY JAIME CASTILLO

EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER

Bruised by corporate scandal, shaken byterrorism and worried about young menand women at war, millions of Americanswill celebrate their freedom today knowingthe country is a different place than it was ayear ago.

It may not be the swelling pride once asso-ciated with Apollo rocket missions and im-probable Olympic victories. But it will bethe quiet confidence of a country that haspulled together after terrorists struck sym-bols of a strong nation the Twin Towers

9-11 means its a different kind of 7-4U.S. is shaken, but not reeling

See AMERICAN/12A

BY GARY MARTIN

EXPRESS-NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON As Americans cele-brate Independence Day, theyll do so underheightened security.

Fighter jets will patrol the nations skyand a special coordination center underHomeland Security Director Tom Ridgewill monitor 2,000 large and medium-sizedevents across the country as FBI agentswork with local law enforcement to guardagainst a terror attack.

There will be a substantial number ofbeefed-up actions across the country,

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer saidWednesday.

When Americans gather in large num-bers, they can become a target.

In San Antonio, where emergency per-sonnel have been working overtime be-cause of flooding that has ravaged the city,no extraordinary security measures areplanned for Independence Day celebra-tions, Mayor Ed Garza said.

Right now, our focus has been thefloods, he said.

Terrorists struck New York and Wash-

Security to blanket celebrations

See SECURITY/12A

FLOOD OF 2002

Rising waters atCanyon Lake sparkscancellation of July 4festivities/6A

Search continuesfor missing South-east Side couple/7A

Weather forcespostponement onsome final exams/7A

High water couldforce varmints intoneighborhoods/7A

Rain of little helpto Valley farmers,who balk at pactwith Mexico/8A

Flooding takes out175-year-old cottongin in Lucken-bach/8A

Hundreds trappedfor two days in Con-can finally able toget out/8A

Damage couldspell end forMacaroni Grill inLeon Springs/9A

Insurance adjustersgive advice on filingstorm claims/9A

Some businessesbeing deluged whileothers see businessdry up/9A

COVERAGEHIGHLIGHTS

Staying putAgent says Bowen, Rosewill be back with SpursSports/1E

Patrioticchic: Red,white and blueS.A. Life/1F

HappyJuly 4

Despite rain,celebrationswill go onMetro/1B

BY JOHN MACCORMACK

EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER

After dumping as much as 2

feet of rain on some areas overthe past week, an unexpectedmid-summer storm systemslowly moved westward Wednes-day, as recovery efforts began inits wake.

The out-of-season storm leavesat least three dead, hundredshomeless, tens of millions of dol-lars in property damage andseveral area lakes brimming atall-time highs.

This was definitely unusual,especially for late June or early

July. Normally, our dry periodstarts in late June and we dontget this kind of storm, saidConstantine Pashos, a meteorol-

ogist with the National WeatherService.

Forecasters had expected thestorm to head north, slowingeasing west, but new forecastswere being developed lateWednesday night.

The central and eastern HillCountry is going to continue toreceive possibly 3-6 inches(Wednesday night), said JoeBaskin, also an NWS meterolo-

Residents now facingmassive cleanup job

BY AMY DORSETTAND DANE SCHILLER

EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITERS

The rain mercifully slowedWednesday, giving waterloggedresidents a chance to start the te-

dious task of cleaning up as Gov.Rick Perry toured the area by airand declared it a disaster.

Rain fell again Wednesdaynight, bringing new flash floodwarnings, but as quickly as wa-ters rose, they receded.

Late Wednesday, NationalWeather Service forecasters werebusy recalculating rain chances

based on new information thatdidnt bode well for San Antonio.

Were probably going to con-tinue receiving rain, said JoeBaskin, weather service meteo-rologist in New Braunfels.

Earlier in the day, forecasters

had put the chance of rain forthe San Antonio area at 30 per-cent today and 20 percent Friday.That likely would go up to 40 per-cent, Baskin said.

It might slacken up in the af-ternoon, then pick up again (to-night), Baskin said.

S.A. area declared disaster

GLORIA FERNIZ/STAFF

At Medina Lake, water flowed 7 feet deep over the dam spillway. It had risen within 5 feet of the top of thedam. Gov. Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for 29 counties affected by the storm.

BILLY C ALZADA/STAFF

Gov. Rick Perry gestures to County Judge Nelson Wolff as they fly over inundated areas of SanAntonio in a Texas Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter.

Forecasters sayingmore rain is likely

See S.A. AREA/6A

See 29 COUNTIES/8A