Port a

Waiting at the ferry crossing for our drive from Port Aransas to Aransas Pass, we hear the siren approaching. A medical emergency vehicle coming up behind us shuts off his siren when he gets close, skirts the ferry line, drives right through to an empty boat, the gate goes down and off they go, all by themselves, “speeding” across the channel. I never thought of that: what happens when an emergency vehicle has to cross the channel. They run up to five boats, out of four landings on each side. The ferries have a rule, that there must be an empty boat, or one arriving, at all times, to accommodate emergencies. That should do it.