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Monsoons start generally around July 4th here Barry - Gonna be a bad fire year - Lots of fuel on the ground from the wet winter and spring we have had. Here is the best I have right now. Screenshot from local news. Blanco River bridge just south of Wimberley. Can you see the massive cypress on the right side of bridge? Brother said it's about a 6 foot diameter one, which they all are lining that river... ![[Linked Image]](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/GmoneyTLU/IMG_0736_zpsw92cpjvf.jpg)
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- Greg
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Thanks, Greg.
Yep, it's pretty telling with that big cypress on top of the bridge..
I think you'll see monsoons sooner than that maybe?
Saw some northerly flow here yesterday.
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Been weird weather here. No hotter than 94 yet. It was a high of 77 yesterday. Crazy stuff.
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Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.
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Wow! Know that spot well!!!! Thanks for posting!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Remember some of the old timers road hands with the department telling me that's how the old US87 bridge south of Mason was taken out on the Llano in the '55 flood. Except it was big cottonwood and pecan trees that did it!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...y-missing-in-wimberly-flooding/27889853/County commissioner's family missing in Wimberley flooding CORPUS CHRISTI -- Business man and former Nueces County Commissioner Joe McComb has confirmed to our sister station, Kiii-TV in Corpus Christi, that his son Jonathan was seriously hurt when a home he was staying in was swept away by extreme flooding near Wimberley. McComb's two grandchildren and daughter-in-law are also missing. Photos: Wimberley devastated by surge of storms McComb received the news as he and his wife were in Maui, Hawaii, celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary. They are now trying to catch a flight back to Texas to be with their son who is currently at a hospital in San Antonio recovering from a broken sternum, broken rib, and a collapse lung. More: Severe weather rolls through South Texas McComb says his son's family was staying at a river house with other couples in the Wimberley area when a wall of water took the home off it's foundation. It's among an estimated 300 homes that were swept away by the flooding. McComb says at some point the families were all together but then hit possibly a bridge or embankment and were all separated. Jonathan was able to get to the bank and was found. His wife, Laura, and two children 6-year-old Andrew and 4-year-old Leighton have not been heard or seen. Blanco River (Photo: KENS 5 Viewer) Photos: South Texas flooding "Right now it's still a state of shock," McComb said. "We're a family of faith. It's in the Lord's hands. We believe in miracles, but we also believe in reality. We are praying for the best. "We hope Jonathan has a quick and painless recovery, and we hope they find Laura and the children and the many others that I'm sure are going through the same thing as a result of this flood."
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Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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What river is that, and what is that road where the bridge got washed out...?
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Been across that bridge lots while surveying in the area. I think the losses will be mounting in the coming days. Very interesting and dangerous area. No two floods are the same there. You can count on them being bad, though. Looks like Cuero is next. NWS posted this warning:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Austin/San Antonio, TX
Sun, May 24, 9:23 am CDT
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR CUERO. * AT 8:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 40.1 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT... AT 40.0 FEET... MASSIVE FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE RIVER OAKS, RIVER HAVEN, AND CYPRESS VALLEY SUBDIVISIONS TEN MILES SOUTH OF CUERO NEAR THOMASTON. OVER ONE HUNDRED HOMES ARE FLOODED UP TO NINE FEET REQUIRING THE EVACUATION OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. ALL ROADS INTO CUERO ARE CLOSED EXCEPT L PLANT FLOODS. HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK IN THE AREA ARE CUT OFF AND POTENTIALLY DROWNED. FLOW THREATENS TO PASS ACROSS THE FLOOD PLAIN INTO GHOLKE CREEK AND CUERO.
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS: BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM LOCATION STG STG STG DAY TIME MON TUE WED THU FRI CUERO 19 24 12.2 SUN 8 AM 16.3 25.9 36.6 40.1 38.5
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I live in Austin, yet I get the best news
coverage here on the FIRE. This is the first
I heard of any 300 houses swept away.
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Barry I think that bridge was built in like 1990. There was a low water crossing there before. It was an off system project.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I just came back from a walk to take a look at the Guadalupe. Just incredible and it appears to be down about ~10 feet from where it peaked. The rope swing that is usually right at rivers edge is a good 30 or so feet in the river.
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Barry I think that bridge was built in like 1990. There was a low water crossing there before. It was an off system project. Didn't last long, did it? I remember seeing a sign by a huge oak tree on the Fischer Store road that said the tree was the biggest live oak... (Can't remember if it was the county or state)
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found a pic of the live oak. It was largest in Blanco County. ![[Linked Image]](http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/rockinbbar/oak_zpspfpqcp5m.jpg)
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And today is a beautiful day. Sun out, garden looking good and my son and a buddy just hopped in the pool. Hope it stays.
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Well damn, I was gonna post on the exceptional fallout of late spring migrant songbirds here this morning, grounded en-mass by the overnight storms. But, I ain't gonna go into details, little kids lost their lives last night 
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Thats cause the now gone drought was because of global warming.They dont want you to know the drought is over.They think you are stupid. I live in Austin, yet I get the best news
coverage here on the FIRE. This is the first
I heard of any 300 houses swept away.
Ideas are far more powerful than guns, We dont let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas. "Joseph Stalin"
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Sure hope the 5 o' clock news lady is out here tomorrow. I have a clean (almost) pair of overalls on for my news interview. And a reAlly good hat! Sometimes, one simply cannot run from the fame that pursues one. It is destiny, pure and simple. ![[Linked Image]](http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/lt13demi/Mobile%20Uploads/image-52.jpg) Does this ensemble look ok? You look like Thibideaux trying to win "Dat Nobel Peace Prize" by being "out standing in his field".
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