‘If the Good Lord’s willin,’ and the creek don’t rise’

That was a common saying during the last century, and maybe still is.It may be more appropriate in this part of Texas than anywhere else.Village Creek had already risen above the bridge on FM 418 on Tuesday of last week, and by Thursday morning it was licking the bottom of the bridge on Hwy 327. Those are the highways linking Silsbee to and from Kountze and beyond.So by Wednesday evening, some in…