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  1. and yet she didn't see around that corner
  2. Interesting document and a good image about preventing from getting in this situation in first place... this speaks to my greed comment earlier Massive document - interesting stuff when you have a troublesome #2 - https://floodsciencecenter.org/products/elected-officials-flood-risk-guide/moving-beyond-the-essentials/5/#question_44
  3. Yeah it's Coldplay's fault Nah dude... stop cheating and just parading around with your sidepiece thinking there will never be consequences... and then blame OTHERS for the consequences of your actions.
  4. Honestly, anyone who has lived next to a flood-prone area knows you should not build in those areas. The only people that do tend to be 1) stupid 2) greedy or 3) ignorant. I'm sorry. You don't build in a floodway. And if your property line is in the 100 year floodplain and you can casually throw a rock and hit the floodway, you might want to think twice. 2011 maps don't have to be super accurate to tell me that shit is flooding. And my point is this - you want to do that with your property and your family, that's on you. Don't do it with elementary school kids (aaaand not have a plan to get them out)
  5. You're not getting it. I'm point out that in Houston or Hunt or Wimberley or anywhere regardless of whether we are talking about flash flood danger a la Gaudalupe or massive rain event a la Harvey, you don't build in the floodway. Take the actual event out of it. You don't build a house next to a fireworks plant and then complain when it blows up. You certainly don't use that house as a summer camp cabin.
  6. I wish we would stop referring to cabins in the 100 year floodzone. Yes, some indeed were in the 100 year flood zone but the lowest ones were in the floodway. There is a difference. Let me show you a non-Mystic example or two... Here is Buffalo Bayou in Houston close to BW8/T&C and as you go into the villages... the flood zone is light blue. You build/live there, you need insurance and assume there is a risk because you are in the 100 year flood plain. The green is the 500 year flood plain. Lower risk, no flood insurance required. The dark blue... yeah, that shit is flooding. When we flooded with Harvey, our neighborhood had a house built around 1958 in the floodway. That house got wrecked. You do not build in the floodway. THAT is where Mystic had cabins full of little girls. Now here's Meyerland. Damn they won't stop rebuilding houses in the flood zone... you've probably seen the crazy ass lifted homes on Braeswood before. Flood zone. Yeah, I think they're kind of dumb. Meyerland farts and it floods. BUT they're not in the floodway. That's insane. That's where Mystic knowingly maintaned cabins. Now, back to the Mystic map... A or light blue is the flood zone... like the people who lift their houses in Meyerland. The striped section is floodway, like the dark blue above and where Mystic had the youngest children. Different view...
  7. Was speaking to a neighbor who is a lawyer and friends with a parent who had a daughter attend CM that week (daughter is fine). Anyway, she said all it will take is for one family to use and then floodgates will open. There will be one.
  8. Y'all.....
  9. Google Quince Camp Wood
  10. A great quote perfectly executed in this song...
  11. Its kind of like hurricanes... every hurricane season, the local news reminds people to have a plan, know where to evacuate, have supplies, etc. etc. etc. Most people don't listen. Most people should. Also, most people aren't tasked with protecting the lives of hundreds of children. These people should have had a plan and had it down flawlessly.
  12. B double E double R U N Beer Run!
  13. We were in Temple for a soccer tournament and they tested the tornado sirens and, man, those were creepy.
  14. We went swimming in Camp Wood in 2020... absolutely loved our time there. Has it been low that high up on the Nueces?
  15. In related news, here's the situation in Norman, Oklahoma and their funding for a flood warning system: https://kfor.com/news/local/norman-loses-flood-warning-system-funding-after-trump-administration-cancels-fema-grant-program/
  16. Might be worth noting that Federal assistance for these types of warning systems is starting to get pulled... https://kfor.com/news/local/norman-loses-flood-warning-system-funding-after-trump-administration-cancels-fema-grant-program/ This is the current situation in Oklahoma
  17. We drove through that area but we were going from one place to another so I didn't give it much thought. It looked quiet so my gut tells me it is still recovering.
  18. Which one of y'all is going to go scope out underwater at Pace Bend because it is time to head back!
  19. We didn't go to that district... I don't think (is that where New Belgium is located?) We spent a lot of time hiking and in other areas but when we were in Asheville we went to the south slope, downtown and over to west Asheville. Those areas were very lively. I can't compare what it was like before. Parking in the south slope area was a PITA so we just paid in a lot. Off of Haywood it was totally fine. Speaking of Haywood and West Asheville, strong recommendation on Hole donuts!
  20. Well damn I understand why people want to live in Asheville
  21. I see Tarrytown is chiming in... (Just kidding, we know everyone in Tarrytown waters 3x a week)
  22. They're not releasing anything out of Travis
  23. So Stephen Baldwin
  24. At least they've marked themselves safe from vaccines
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