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  1. Yeah, Lake Travis is starting to level off a bit over the past few hours. But the streamflows into Buchanan are still very strong, and it continues to rain out west. A continuation of this pattern over a few more days, and 680 isn't out of the question over the next couple of weeks.
  2. Here are a couple of before and afters that CBS-Austin posted a couple of days ago. Travis is up another 5-7 feet since these were taken.
  3. Oh yeah. Always. But for now, we're not counting down 'tall.
  4. I've avoided this thread because it was so depressing. Not quite as bad now...
  5. Yup. As I mentioned before, I have pictures of myself from December 1991, canoeing through my best friend's Volente lakehouse when the water was at 710. But that was a special circumstance. Right now with no massive flooding occurring downstream, they'd be safe to release if the water rises above 680. I don't think the current rain event is going to quite get us there, but every time the rains out west seem to end, more comes along. So it's still possible we'll hit 680 within the next week or so.
  6. It has but it wasn't a good situation. They'll hold it up into the 690s if they have to, in order to avoid creating dangerous situations downstream. But if it's safe downstream, they'll release at 681 or so.
  7. Hasn't broken 100 yet at my house in all of 2025 so far, and long range forecast has it staying under 100 pretty much for the rest of July. That's about all I can ask for.
  8. Beef back ribs. Not my favorite but they're alright.
  9. My buddy parks at a lot that's less than a mile walk to main grandstands, think it costs him $30 or something? It's not bad for COTA prices, and that's about the same distance from my tailgate party to the DKR-TMS entrance gate. I'll ask him where it is. And you'll have a good time on Friday, it's actually my favorite day of the weekend for just general car-watching and people-watching, enjoying the spectacle. It's not as crowded. It's even better and more interesting IMO now that it's a sprint weekend.
  10. https://cbsaustin.com/weather?fbclid=IwY2xjawLiY09leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHlzKOhcps8nWutC58UwM2ENHqlbCd-LKcxA6ecMQNKT_LxRs76tEqgncwBtd_aem_gbdit74hDmBOcWgZKcZd8g
  11. Not sure which ones are currently open, but this is the skinny: Discharge capacity 348,000 cubic feet per second (cfs): 7 large floodgates at 18,800 cfs each 30 small floodgates at 7,030 cfs each 2 turbines at 2,090 cfs each 1 turbine at 1,760 cfs https://www.lcra.org/water/dams-and-lakes/
  12. In unrelated news, my friends with a lakehouse on LBJ recently acquired 2 new jet skis and a boat...
  13. I'm an electrical engineer but my guess is... all of them. All the gates. And/or "TheLimitDoesNotExist.jpg"
  14. Yeah I think 670 is all but guaranteed now. And with streamflows near 20K on the Llano and near 40K near Colorado Bend, forcing 3 floodgates open at Buchanan dam, it could happen pretty quickly. Oh and the answer to the last time flood gates were open at Buchanan-- 2019. Six years ago.
  15. Just did almost a week camping at PINS, the weather was amazing, water felt great and was really clear, and it was about the cleanest I've ever seen that beach. No seaweed at all and not much tar, at least there wasn't along our nearly 1/4 mile stretch of beach that we had all to ourselves. Oh and zero bugs. Coming back to Austin's mosquitoes last night was an unwelcome adjustment.
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