Texas Flood
We had to run an errand down near San Antonio which took us through the areas that had major flooding over the last few days. The rains let up over night and we figured we could make the run if we took it slow and carefully. As we left Austin it started pouring again. Great. No biggie, it wasn’t raining where we were headed. We took a shortcut along RR 165 and after 5 or so miles came to a road closed sign. We could see up ahead that the road was dry and went on. This happened a few times. Only once was there still water on the road and it was less than a foot and moving slow so we drove on through. When we got to the Blanco River though we got a feeling for the flooding. At this time of year it’s normally a trickle. It was raging. If you look at this picture I’m standing at the high water mark 10 feet above the roof of our truck. The flood left branches stuck in the bottom of the bridge. Yes, we got a lot of rain.
The pic that is with this story if of the Guadalupe in flood the same day. For more pics of the flooding check out our photo album.