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re: Texas Hill Country Flooding
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:16 pm to RummelTiger
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:16 pm to RummelTiger
Lake LBJ spillway is open and roaring
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Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:19 pm to Motengator
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:22 pm to LSUvegasbombed
quote:
what is causing it?
High water.
Also, I don't hold a dam degree, but isn't water overtopping dams usually in the "not very damn good" category?
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:23 pm to 5 Deep
Holy Shite!! 
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:24 pm to MrLSU
Flood stage for Lake Travis is now expected to hit 700 feet tonight.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:25 pm to MrLSU
quote:
Flood stage for Lake Travis is now expected to hit 700 feet tonight.
hell yea, let it flow
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:47 pm to LSUvegasbombed
quote:
what is causing it?
Texas Hill Country and South Texas floods differently than most places. There's no place for the water to go once the reservoir lakes are full. That's why they have flash floods. The river beds are shallow and the soil is rocky, so the water can't soak in. It runs off the land like you spilled it on a tin roof. Very violent and dangerous.
Just a bit of Texas trivia. There is only one natural lake in the whole state. That's Caddo Lake and it is actually shared with Louisiana.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:03 pm to 5 Deep
I think I saw the same pictures on some ladies phone
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:13 pm to 5 Deep
Everything's bigger in Texas, they asked for it.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:20 pm to 5 Deep
quote:
Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
And I've been tryin' to call my baby
Lord and I can't get a single sound
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Yeah flood water keep a rollin'
Man it's about to drive poor me insane
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well back home are no floods or tornados
Baby and the sun shines every day
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:23 pm to 5 Deep
Lake Travis won’t be low again any time soon.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:35 pm to 5 Deep
I live in Canyon Lake. I’m in more of what’s considered the southern portion of Hill Country. I’ll tell you this, since early September it has rained what has felt like every day, at one point I think we did have 16 straight days of rain. The lake here is “full”, obviously the lower Guadalupe river is dam controlled but is getting close to going over its banks. Just north of me and northwest of me is where it’s bad. Blanco River & Llanno I believe, lots of schools in several counties closed today. A couple of deaths too. It ain’t no joke.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:38 pm to tigertrueAU
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Hill country
That’s odd since that part of Texas is usually drier than the southeastern part
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:06 pm to Paul Allen
Holy shite that’s crazy
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:08 pm to 5 Deep
I heard all the telephone lines were down.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:11 pm to Paul Allen
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That’s odd since that part of Texas is usually drier than the southeastern part
Check the Eastern Pacific hurricane season thus far, and where they've been ending up for a huge chunk of the answer.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:20 pm to tigertrueAU
I'm not far from you. Pretty much Spring Branch just south of Guadalupe.
It's at 13,900 right now.
LINK
It's at 13,900 right now.
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This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:27 pm to LSU9102
Looking out to the next ten days or so, seeing like an additional 8-14" possible over the hill country. So the high water issue is likely to linger into Halloween.
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:46 pm to Duke
We have three lakes as water source, over 500,000 acres reservoir. 70% full a month ago, 97% full today, North Texas.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 11:51 pm to 5 Deep
Our mayor here in CC is a family friend. He lost his daughter in law and two grandkids in a flood in 2015. Blanco River flooded near Wimberley and swept some houses away off of foundations.
Needless to say, that has made me rethink the danger of flooding in that area.
Needless to say, that has made me rethink the danger of flooding in that area.
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