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1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

Does it float?

I'm sure there are some that could, but the idea is to bug out and get to higher ground before it needs to float

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5 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I helped with cleanup along with some other posters here. Giant cypress trees just leveled and you could see the flood line 42 ft up. Seemed like 100 ft from the river bed.

 

Yeah, those root balls on the trees were feet and feet wide.  The water treated the trees like match sticks. 

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6 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I helped with cleanup along with some other posters here. Giant cypress trees just leveled and you could see the flood line 42 ft up. Seemed like 100 ft from the river bed.

Yeah, I remember there were washing machines and shit in some of the trees way above us that didn't topple. I will always remember how impossible it seemed that just a few days before where we were standing there was a raging river way above our heads. Well, that and Beau Vine's beast of a dog's startlingly loud farts. Zeus? 

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5 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

My wife showed me this… which is so incredibly sad…

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Jane was an amazing lady. RIP. 🌹 an honor to know someone that wonderful. 

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1 minute ago, BlackCat said:

I’m an hour away. My 8 year old is at La junta. We know at least a dozen girls at mystic right now. Once I get there I’ll start a thread. For people to post updates 

Thank you! ❤️‍🩹 that would be great, and if people need anything help wise also. 

Be safe! Godspeed! 

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3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

So next stop is Canyon Lake, right? And it should eat up all that water, correct?

Yes but there’s a lot of distance between central Kendall county and canyon lake 

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Jesus.
What about the counselors and Bailey?
Any news on other family like Kimber and her family?
 

Waiting to find out more. What I’ve heard, is that she was attempting to get to some stranded counselors, and didn’t make it to them. A lot is being said. It’s also been stated that Deen found her.
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Again, I’m skeptical of everything. But people very close to her/us have verified that she had passed.
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15 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Yeah, I remember there were washing machines and shit in some of the trees way above us that didn't topple. I will always remember how impossible it seemed that just a few days before where we were standing there was a raging river way above our heads. Well, that and Beau Vine's beast of a dog's startlingly loud farts. Zeus? 

Zeus! He had a few loud bodily functions.

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45 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

TxDot finished redoing the Hwy 281 bridge over the Guadalupe within the last year. Tonight the water and debris are supposed to peak 10 feet over the road. I don't see how it survives.

Small problem compared to those missing.

Wut.

I gotta over it and then back over it after I drop my load in SA.

 

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I’m an hour away. My 8 year old is at La junta. We know at least a dozen girls at mystic right now. Once I get there I’ll start a thread. For people to post updates 

Let me know if you need anything.
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1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

Red Cross is a fucking Ponzi scheme. Money goes in and straight to bloated salaries and admin. 

No shit. I donate to HEB recovery funds. Sure i get beer and food in return, but the system works.

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So San Saba flowing into Buchanan is flooding, N. Llano is flooding and that hits LBJ, the Guad is flooding and that goes into Canyon, and I suppose the Perd may exceed its banks too going into Travis (though maybe not).

I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed it this bad. So many rivers over their banks.

unbelievable. 

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Posted
Just now, cactusflinthead said:

Yeah, it's not much consolation but it's 31 feet down. It has a lot of room.

With all the tragedy from this one the rivers better bust that lake’s ass. 

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Just now, Homesickhorn said:

I can’t post vids. But these guys have been at it for an hour, easy. This is from my back porch. I know it looks like the same bird, but there are two, rolling tandem.

You're going to hear helicopters non-stop in daylight for at least a week.  

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I'm sure there are some that could, but the idea is to bug out and get to higher ground before it needs to float

Do you not get it? I get that you’re trying to be informative. But this is a bit of an anomaly, weather wise.
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I was in charge of 20 boy scouts mid June when a 80mph thunderstorm collapsed 3 tents. It was pretty bananas. But nothing like flood waters coming up. PK a release did mean kayak class was moved off the Brazos. Island camp was briefly... an island.

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19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

There is absolutely no more worthless group in a situation like this than the Red Cross.  They literally made things worse in Wimberley.  

If you're going to donate money to the relief efforts, PLEASE do not donate to the red cross.  

It feels like you post this every time a natural disaster like this occurs, and I see it elsewhere, and people still can't seem to learn the lesson.

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Just now, jimmyjazz said:

It feels like you post this every time a natural disaster like this occurs, and I see it elsewhere, and people still can't seem to learn the lesson.

They have an excellent marketing team which, in and of itself, should tell people something.

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3 hours ago, Baconboy said:

I was in Wimberley during the Memorial Day flood several years ago, and I can tell you this is easier said than done. That downpour came out of nowhere and the rate at which the river rose was incomprehensible. By the time the weather reports/warnings started coming out there was little first responders and officials could do - though I will say they were all over the place doing what they could.

The Texas Monthly article on this is so informative but total nightmare fuel: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/when-the-river-rises/. So many similarities to this event. 

Just sickening to think about these families dealing with losses today. 

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39 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

There is absolutely no more worthless group in a situation like this than the Red Cross.  They literally made things worse in Wimberley.  

If you're going to donate money to the relief efforts, PLEASE do not donate to the red cross.  

As somebody who works/worked in and around the DC not-for-profit community, I second this. They are one of the most inept organizations on earth. You are better off using actual cash to start a cooking fire.
 

I know it’s challenging but please wait until local verified rescue groups are on the scene to contribute money. 

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