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So I’m a bit of an expert on the San Gabriel, at least for a few hours this morning. Got a call from a relative who lives in one of the flooded parks, that the Georgetown police had knocked on her door and told her to GTFO. Wife and I drop kids at friends down the street, head up there in our minivan, expecting to quickly empty much of her RV into it, well at least the important stuff. We get there, water is way up, she’s not leaving because either her RV goes or she doesn’t. She’s got two small dogs and we had them ready to go, but she’s pissed. The hitch in my minivan is good for small boats, kayak trailer, smaller uhaul trailers and bike racks. I’m not driving down into muddy/Ricky area and trying to tow an RV that will tax my van - my van is worth more than her RV. Thankfully a friend in the area came through in minutes, got her RV towed to a local school and we moved her and her car up from the park. That shit came up so fast though. There were RVs that had bad wheels or problems or whatever that couldn’t get towed in time. I counted at least a dozen in one small section, which given that I know a few of them, that is their home, so it’s got to be devastating, TLDR: Georgetown PD (or whatever law enforcement agency it was) did good work and got people evacuating. San Gabriel came up really fucking fast. On, and if you live in an RV, don’t own a fucking sedan, own a truck or SUV that can pull said RV instead of relying on family and friends of family to drive up from Central Austin to help you out.
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People trying to bring the Shuttle Discovery to Texas
Bevo replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Daily Texan
Cool. I wish they were taking the Endeavor from LA or the Enterprise from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum but whatever. -
NWS Upgrade = SHARPIES FOR EVERYONE!!
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100% absolutely this
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How’s your cistern doing? What happens if/when it gets to 100%?
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I think we can all agree there is no separation between CR and no-CR anymore in 2025…. As that is what politics is now, a part of our character, psyche, and fiber. Saying “no CR” means nothing
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I disagree completely. People are venting their anger not just about this event but about party politics in general. Just look at the comments from all of the usual suspects about "which team" is responsible. I'm angry about it too but that's not what this thread is. There are current ongoing rain events. That's what this thread is.
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I'm from Minnesota. I've seen mosquitoes pick up a Buick.
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Bet you $50 to your favorite charity it fills and separately we are releasing water in two weeks from Mansfield
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The question was name an informative presser held by politicians not proper responses or who is a piece of shit. Doesn’t matter yall do you.
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Yeahhhh didn't need to see that.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Gil Bang replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Yep. Mayor Pete should do it. -
Yeah that's a bald faced lie. But I think the real answer is that cell phone service sucks out there so people didn't get the blast. I think it has been established that NWS made the warning at 114AM.
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Maybe the asshole should’ve upgraded it in his first term.
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Well they didn’t give it to you. Hence why people are pissed.
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Oh he's improving the NWS all right, by slashing the budget so he can pay for his tax cuts. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/24/nx-s1-5407546/ahead-of-hurricane-season-the-national-weather-service-is-reeling-from-doges-cuts
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Ah the good old salad days of youth when we had lauded leadership by such solid humans as Rudy Drooliani. My how far we have fallen.
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Which fires? There were 2. And HEB and USAA were there before the state
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I’ve seen this twice now in your posts, please stop ending them with “the lakes better fill up.” It’s fucking crass, akin to human sacrifice. Fucking stop it, please. How do I know no one was monitoring, or they didn’t have a plan, or there was negligence? Because a fuck ton of fucking little girls are dead, motherfucker. Either they didn’t have a plan, they didn’t have someone monitoring, or the person monitoring was negligent and fell asleep or fucked off to do whatever. Because the people sounding alarms were consistent from 12 hours before and got increasingly urgent through the night and finally issued a warning that could have gotten girls out of cabins before they woke up “by water at their chins.” The kids aren’t woken up by the water itself unless, somewhere, there is fucking negligence. The proof is the dead children.
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It could fill but I’m not convinced it will. The next 20 feet are a lot more voluminous and as a designated flood control lake it has 40 more feet available for fill.
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