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Perpetual rain

Posted on July 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Perpetual rain

It’s back. After a few days rest, rain (heavy at times) is back in the forecast. On the radar it’s all south and southeast of Austin, so far. Houston and Galveston are really getting pounded. My fingers are crossed that the watershed of the lakes doesn’t get a lot more. With Lake Travis already predicted to hit 701 feet above msl in a few days (the record is 710 in 1991) still more water would present a terrible problem for LCRA, boatowners and everyone who lives out there.

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Sloop’s okay but rerigging is delayed

Posted on June 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Sloop’s okay but rerigging is delayed

Just off the phone with folks at Anderson Mill Marina, who assured me the docks were raised as the water rose and the family sloop and other boats tied to them are okay. Inaccessible, but okay. "Let’s put it this way," said the woman who answered the phone, "you could swim to the bathroom." Meaning the restrooms at the parking lot on the shoreline are an island unto themselves. Obviously won’t be a trip to Yacht Harbor Marina tomorrow for the rerigging. Maybe next week.

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Floodin for real

Posted on June 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Floodin for real

I stare at the LCRA automated rain guages site entry for Marble Falls in disbelief. Seventeen point three nine inches of rain since midnight? The Llano River flowing at 52,871 cubic feet per second? The Pedernales River at 17,548? Lake Travis at 688.31, which means seven inches feet above full and the start of flooding out there on a grand scale. Two floodgates are open on Mansfield Dam with probably more to come, making shore life downstream on Lake Austin unpleasant as well. It’s hard even to get into the LCRA’s site, so many people must be trying. Indeed, there is widespread flooding in the Hill Country and especially along the Highland Lakes, according to the daily, with more rain to come. Austin spared, so far.

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