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Patrick
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JUL 07, 01:11 AM
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blackrams
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JUL 07, 08:56 AM
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My understanding is that much of this area suffers from flash flooding frequently. How often that is true is unknown to me. I have ridden the Three Sisters roads, curvy, twisty and hilly roads that are in this area. A real tragedy, my sincerest condolences to those who lost family and friends in this.
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Raydar
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JUL 07, 08:58 AM
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I started to post about this, but have been otherwise occupied.
One of the reports I heard is that the water rose 26 feet, in the space of 45 minutes.
I think that one of our members - Cliff or Maryjane - lives (or used to live) very close to the area.
Prayers for all who are affected.[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 07-07-2025).]
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blackrams
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JUL 07, 09:22 AM
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This just popped up on my feed.
| quote | | The death toll in the Texas floods rose to 81 across six counties today, with Camp Mystic saying it was grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors. Slow-moving thunderstorms will bring rain and the risk of more flooding today to already saturated parts of central Texas, the National Weather Service said. The catastrophic flooding struck Friday with a surge of 20 to 26 feet on the Guadalupe River near Kerrville. |
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More flood watches predicted for today.
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OldsFiero
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JUL 07, 11:49 AM
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This is a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to everyone involved. I have been watching this the last three days.
Cliff lives in Bandera I believe. That is near Kerrville, one of the hard hit areas. I'm not sure about Maryjane, but I don't think he is in the hill country.
I just checked in here to see if there was any news about them. I hope they are OK.
Marc
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUL 07, 12:15 PM
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Cliff, are you OK? I know it happened in Kerville and I think that's where you live... let us know how you're faring...
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maryjane
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JUL 07, 12:31 PM
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Yes, it is very rugged terrain, along what is usually a little placid river. It's down in CliffW's area tho, not so much mine. I believe he still owns some property in Kerr County/Kerrville but now lives in San Antonio.
I'll give him a call in a bit.
(EDIT I've talked to CliffW and he's fine, higher elevation in San Antonio. He'll post in a bit)
The river in question, the Guadalupe, is relatively small 99% of the time, and where the disaster happened, 2 drainage systems (North and South Guadalupe Rivers) converged just north of the 80 year old Mystic Camp. This was a lot like the mountain floods in the Carolinas and Tenn last year..........There was just no where for the water to go but up. The Guadalupe is not that big...it's head waters are in the same county the flood took place. I've seen my share of flood water but it always spread out over days, not confined to rise up over a couple dozen feet in a matter of a few hours. Flash floods in this area are nothing new.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...(Texas)#Flash_floods
The amount of rain Central Texas has received in the last few days is unbelievable for July, usually a drought month. The system is powered by a low left over from a Western Mexico tropical storm and it's just been stuck in a somewhat circulatory path over south central Texas for days, with the cells moving NE.
I get the tail end of it here but I live on a hill, not down in a valley. We got well over 7 inches just this morning early with only moderate roadway closures.
The city I once lived in (San Angelo) along the confluence of the 3 (North, Middle, and South) Concho Rivers has seen some serious flooding as well but little or no human loss of life. They got 14"of rain on July 4th alone. This is localized street flooding in San Angelo tho, as all 3 of those Concho rivers have a large dam with an almost empty lake behind each one. San Angelo was all but wiped out in 1936, which was before Lake Nasworthy, Twin Buttes Reservoir or OC Fisher reservoir dams were built.
The Middle Concho IN San Angelo rose from 2' to 18' in a matter of hours 3 days ago.
[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 07-07-2025).]
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maryjane
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JUL 07, 01:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Cliff, are you OK? I know it happened in Kerville and I think that's where you live... let us know how you're faring... |
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Do you live near Tampa? If so, you have a Whataburger coming late this year.........
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cliffw
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JUL 07, 03:22 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
[URL=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/texas-floods-live-updates-rcna217104]CCC
That's just awful. RIP to all the unfortunate victims.
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maryjane
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JUL 07, 08:20 PM
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