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    Texas Floods

    How are you all doing?
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    Hundred miles northwest of me in San Antonio.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    How are you all doing?
    Recently?...I didn't know about any flooding...But then I don't get out much......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    Recently?...I didn't know about any flooding...But then I don't get out much......Ben
    Big news Ben

    It seems to be primarily in central Texas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    Big news Ben

    It seems to be primarily in central Texas.
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    That's about 200 miles from where Ben and I are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    That's about 200 miles from where Ben and I are.

    May it stay that far away---you have had enough for awhile
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    No flooding around my house but there have been many roads washed out and impassible where my son and his family live in Central Texas. Our prayers go out to those who have been hit by these wild floods from rain storms.

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    Here is a pic of that same bridge normal and now. And the second is another bridge on the Llano river.


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    That's a lot of water!
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    I could be wrong but I think they closed the steel truss bridge to traffic but it is still intact.

    It seems to be an unusual storm in that it has had such an impact on so small of an area.
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    It is still playing out, but in an area noted for flooding because of its rocky composition, this one is record setting.
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