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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShocking video shows how quickly the Texas flood waters rose over 20 feet in as little as 37 minutes
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Shocking video shows how quickly the Texas flood waters rose over 20 feet in as little as 37 minutes (Original Post)
marble falls
Jul 2025
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mountain grammy
(29,221 posts)1. Terrifying!
calimary
(90,835 posts)14. No kidding.
mitch96
(15,878 posts)2. that's spooky fast how quick the shoreline disappeared... nt
70sEraVet
(5,617 posts)3. WOW!
I went through the Nashville flood in 2010, but I never saw anything like that!
niyad
(134,056 posts)4. That was absolutely terrifying.
marble falls
(72,545 posts)6. This is from 2018, about 10 miles up the road from here ...
niyad
(134,056 posts)11. Shocking how quickly it can happen
marble falls
(72,545 posts)13. I'd never seen a bridge that long and heavy flip before.
mcar
(46,368 posts)5. Wow!
marble falls
(72,545 posts)10. The wow is right. This was a very well built bridge. The island of sand and gravel deposited about 100 yards ...
... downstream is still there.
TexLaProgressive
(12,786 posts)7. Scary, and I would not feel condident standing on thatt bridge.
TnDem
(1,390 posts)8. Bridge
Exactly what I was thinking...One pylon breaks, and the entire bridge goes with you on it.
erronis
(24,553 posts)9. You have to wonder how many bodies were in those raging waters.
People, animals, pets.
Horrifying.
MagickMuffin
(18,362 posts)12. Here's the full 37 minute video, I posted last night
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