Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Yeah, it's from the south-southwest. Usually the desert mostly drains these systems of moisture before they get to us ... but not this time.
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Yeah, it's from the south-southwest. Usually the desert mostly drains these systems of moisture before they get to us ... but not this time.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Texas Hill Country is in deep trouble. Guadalupe River rose 30 feet in 45 minutes. 13 dead so far and 20 kids missing at Camp Mystic. There are over 750 kids and staff currently at that camp. National Guard, DPS and virtually every helo they can get in there is on search and rescue right now. They're helo shuttling everyone to Kerrville as fast as possible. 
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Just looked at the river data...Flow is climbing past 120,000 CFS.....that's like 82 Olympic pools per second going past the gauge tower.....
Went back and looked to see if any updates and noticed that the readings stopped and the gauge went offline at 4:30 this morning.....That reading is almost 12 hours old and the river is still climbing.
Went back and looked to see if any updates and noticed that the readings stopped and the gauge went offline at 4:30 this morning.....That reading is almost 12 hours old and the river is still climbing.
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Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
That's a bad situation. 17.8 inches of rain is some areas in under 24 hours.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
... and it's pissing down here again. After an afternoon break of a few hours, the rain started up again and has been going since 7:30 pm local at (if I had to guess) about 1/2" per hour.
We're about 50 miles ENE of Kerrville, and they're in the direct line of traffic, so I know they've got it worse. Best wishes for them who are in the shitstorm.
I'm guessing we've had about 4" of rain in the last 24 hours, maybe 6" in the last two days. We live in good drainage and aren't worried for ourselves.
Intensifying boomers. We haven't had rain like this in six years or so.
We're about 50 miles ENE of Kerrville, and they're in the direct line of traffic, so I know they've got it worse. Best wishes for them who are in the shitstorm.
I'm guessing we've had about 4" of rain in the last 24 hours, maybe 6" in the last two days. We live in good drainage and aren't worried for ourselves.
Intensifying boomers. We haven't had rain like this in six years or so.
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Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Yesterday (the 4th) had high temps of about 85° (29C) which is unusual, but certainly welcome.
Typical temps over the 4th are in the 100's - last year, it was 112° (44.4C)
And I hope you guys down Texas way are doing well and are safe.
Typical temps over the 4th are in the 100's - last year, it was 112° (44.4C)
And I hope you guys down Texas way are doing well and are safe.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Storms are not letting up in the Hill Country. Lots of rain on radar just to the north of Kerr County, west of Killeen and Fort Hood area, and it's not moving. That's about 50 miles north of Kerr County. Death toll is already at 32 and is going to climb higher for sure.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Yep, it's still raining, and we have to have added another 3" to the rainfall totals, and the Pedernales River is once more bank-to-bank in its canyon. Looks like it's up at least two foot, maybe more. One of our oak trees got so waterlogged that it snapped at the stump and fell onto my truck. There doesn't appear to be anything more than cosmetic damage, but it'll cost me a couple of hundred to get it freed, as my chainsaw is electric and I don't have the cords long enough to power it.
The first pic, you can barely see my truck at the far left. At the far right you can see the size of the tree-trunk that split:
On the other side of the truck:
On the bright side, it's pretty well protected if it decides to hail.
The first pic, you can barely see my truck at the far left. At the far right you can see the size of the tree-trunk that split:
On the other side of the truck:
On the bright side, it's pretty well protected if it decides to hail.
Viking1066
1st Lieutenant
Went for a walk and it's humid as pouring. Even the slight rain didn't help.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
For those that are having a hard time imagining the water level changes, here's a link to a time lapse of a crossing on the LLano River, in the area, that afternoon. The river was already up, but I don't think it was in flood stage at that point. The video only covers about 30 minute of real time. The Guadalupe at Camp Mystic was probably three times the water height as this.
View: https://x.com/DewsNewz/status/1941578497472032779
View: https://x.com/DewsNewz/status/1941578497472032779
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
We saw a little bit of sunlight earlier this afternoon, but we're sitting under another gully-washer. It should let up not too long from now, and then a second wave around 6pm. Those poor people in Kerrville and Fred'burg are getting hammered again.
ETA: Lightning just hit about 500' away. Sounded like a bomb. ... and then now about 800'. We're at ground zero for right now.
ETA: Lightning just hit about 500' away. Sounded like a bomb. ... and then now about 800'. We're at ground zero for right now.
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Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Our gully in front of the house was empty 30 minutes ago. Ten minutes ago it looked like this:
View: https://youtu.be/OX4EmdQPTb8
View: https://youtu.be/OX4EmdQPTb8
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Yikes! Stay safe.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
It's been receding for the last hour, but radar shows another helping of piss-down coming along directly at us -- it's going slower than I expected, which is good for us but bad for the people under the stalling front.
We're in a good place, about midway down an inclined road that drains into the lake about 1/2 mile away, so that water doesn't have time to build up to where we are in the house.
