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LeftInTX

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25. You walk before high water approaches.

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 12:18 AM

Jul 2025

Camp Mystic has a concrete cross at the top of a hill.

However, one family did manage to walk in deep water and crossed the street. I don't know how they did it.

I know once you have flowing water, it is very dangerous whether you are walking or driving.

Evacuations need to take place before it gets dangerous.

One camp moved to high ground at 1 am.

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Scary info from a USGS gauge on the Guadalupe River [View all] misanthrope Jul 2025 OP

Have you seen this? ... marble falls Jul 2025 #1

Doesn't look right. carpetbagger Jul 2025 #26

I've heard from friends that there was a river running right down the main drag. ... marble falls Jul 2025 #31

The 38 minute video is worth seeing Renew Deal Jul 2025 #2

I grew up in a flood plain near the coast in Texas...we kept a boat under the house. pecosbob Jul 2025 #3

That happened in Iowa when I was in Marion. Just north of Cenrter City was an area that haden't flooded ... marble falls Jul 2025 #32

The area is full of hills. You walk toward the top of a hill. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #4

All great points misanthrope Jul 2025 #6

" These are flash floods, not hurricane floods" obamanut2012 Jul 2025 #8

Very informative malaise Jul 2025 #14

Not to mention humbling - and terrifying! calimary Jul 2025 #21

Agree malaise Jul 2025 #30

I guess I don't understand. LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #24

You walk before high water approaches. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #25

Bingo. If it's up to your ankles and running, you are in danger. marble falls Jul 2025 #33

Once camping at Turner Falls, OK a Parker ranger told us to pack up MagickMuffin Jul 2025 #5

Here's a 38 minute video from the beginning of the surge to the cresting of the bridge MagickMuffin Jul 2025 #7

Wow, that is exactly what it looked like when tsunamis hit Japan BigmanPigman Jul 2025 #10

I watched it..in horror, actually. I bookmarked it as it was the most stunning, tragic thing Ive seen. Deuxcents Jul 2025 #27

When the water is high, its also fast. milestogo Jul 2025 #9

Months and months of drought made everything much worse. Paladin Jul 2025 #11

Decades of drought made everyone forget what to do during a flash flood! LeftInTX Jul 2025 #13

Same thing happened here with Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 malaise Jul 2025 #18

No offence - I do not want to be in Jamaica in a C-3 storm event. You are most welcome to come up north ... marble falls Jul 2025 #34

Thanks my friend malaise Jul 2025 #35

There is that, TOO. calimary Jul 2025 #22

No. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #12

If they were aware of them misanthrope Jul 2025 #15

That is the responsibility of the camp and/or local goverment. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #16

It wasn't my aim to "shift" anything misanthrope Jul 2025 #19

I was just responding to your assertion that the only way Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #20

I grew up in a place with tornadoes as well misanthrope Jul 2025 #29

We had drills about twice a year. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #38

A lot of the reason I remembered misanthrope Jul 2025 #39

Both away from shrapnel, and against the strongest walls in the building. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #40

Our warnings in Burnet came more than an hour before the first crossing, they set up a high water shelter ... marble falls Jul 2025 #37

Exactly. There was no warning sent. Here in Marble Falls, we get warnings from both the city and the county, ... marble falls Jul 2025 #36

It seems like the camp had no plan Buckeyeblue Jul 2025 #17

It happened at 4:45AM. That area of the valley is a gentle slope to the riverbed Melon Jul 2025 #23

You can check the river gauge here electricmonk Jul 2025 #28