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Topic: Batten down the hatches?
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Clint
Member Posts: 57
From: Wimberley
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 06, 2010 07:21 PM
 
Weather statement:
Flash Flood Watch in effect from 1 am CDT Tuesday through Wednesday morning...
Wind Advisory in effect from 10 am Tuesday to midnight CDT Tuesday night...Well, that's one way to cool off!!! As long as there's no damage and no dummy tries to drive through flooding and drowns himself it's all good by me. We can always use the rain round here.
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jerry
Member Posts: 103
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Registered: Aug 2009
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posted September 06, 2010 09:10 PM
Looking forward to seeing all the green again. Hope the tree limbs stay off the power lines. Ying and Yang.
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Jim
Member Posts: 122
From: Wimberley, Texas USA
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted September 07, 2010 09:24 AM
The much needed slow rainfall is very welcome. I'm located in Woodcreek North and so far, my gauge shows an inch has fallen. Let's hope this is the start of a good fall rain season like last year's. Bluebonnets usually sprout in October and remain as very small plants until early March. Does anyone else, more versed on the subject, know of any other spring flowers that sprout in the fall?
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Clint
Member Posts: 57
From: Wimberley
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 07, 2010 03:50 PM
Not griping about the rain. Yet. But slow rainfall it is not. I'm going out to check later but it is definitely way more than the 3 inches I'm reading in Austin news.We are now getting those driving horizontal buckets of rain that come with the bad side of a tropical storm or hurricane. Thought for awhile we might miss the worst of this, but it's found a new place to come in a window we thought was watertight. I guess Ma Nature is still boss.
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Jim
Member Posts: 122
From: Wimberley, Texas USA
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted September 08, 2010 08:31 AM
The gentle rain did turn into a more tropical storm heavy rainfall and strong winds later in the day. During the night my rain gauge overflowed at 5 inches. What's the scoop on the creeks and river in other parts of our piece of heaven. It's also very sad to read about those people who continue to drive around barriers and plow into low water crossings putting themselves and others at risk.
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Reddog
Member Posts: 411
From: dripping springs, tx, usa
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted September 08, 2010 09:08 AM
So far 7.7"
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Zac
Member Posts: 83
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Registered: Feb 2008
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posted September 08, 2010 09:30 AM
At least 9" here.
So far.Is River Road flooded down at the low spot near 1492, does anyone know?
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Miss Chris
Member Posts: 302
From: Wimberley, Texas
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted September 08, 2010 09:32 AM
River Road is closed from 7-A so I guess the usual spots are under water.
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Zac
Member Posts: 83
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Registered: Feb 2008
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posted September 08, 2010 10:15 AM
Thanks!!! You saved us an extra trip.
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happinessfound
Member Posts: 7
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Registered: Jul 2010
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posted September 08, 2010 11:06 AM
My husband just called and said that the creek on Jacobs Well Road is blocked off to traffic as well. Be safe out there!
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Miss Chris
Member Posts: 302
From: Wimberley, Texas
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted September 08, 2010 11:48 AM
I was hoping for enough rain to keep me inside the house...I've been trapped outside of the house way too many times...scrambling to find a road that would let me get back in.
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cgm
Member Posts: 388
From: Wimberley
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 08, 2010 10:02 PM
BIG RAIN this afternoon. Flooded 1492 & adjoining roads. I've not seen our road with so much water in 15 years. Washed away the road surface & my driveway, flooding low water bridge. I thought the big rain was over yesterday but this was torrential. Guess the land uphill is saturated & there's no place for the water to go. I've heard that an RV park off 3237 had to be evacuated when the creek overflowed.And the river's still roaring..........
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Reddog
Member Posts: 411
From: dripping springs, tx, usa
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted September 09, 2010 08:10 AM
CGM, jsut think back to 2002. I totaled out at 10.75" this year over 3 days. In 02 it was over 35" in five days.If you want to see the powwer of the 02 flood, I suggest a trip to Canyon Gorge.
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grnthumb
Member Posts: 72
From: Wimberley
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted September 09, 2010 09:47 AM
Too much water here can be frightening. I understand how you feel cgm. This reminded me more of the hurricanes in Houston than anything else I remember here. I know it wasn't even close to a hurricane - "just" a tropical storm. But I had flashbacks to Alicia which was a horrible destructive storm.The heat and humidity afterwards is feeling familiar today too. It's weird, but watching the sideways rain come and go and come and go made me think of Katrina. Every year I feel worse for the people who had to go through that. It makes you feel lucky after all.
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cgm
Member Posts: 388
From: Wimberley
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 09, 2010 11:36 AM
Storms are not necessarily frightening for me if I'm not on the road but safe & secure in my house with a designated corner in case of tornados. Actually, I find them very exciting, again as long as I'm home & safe. I do worry about those who live in areas prone to flooding & those in mobile homes. And, maybe we do need to think of shelter for those folks.
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