No wash outs, but most of the low water crossings were impassable for several hours. The counties to the east toward Austin were hardest hit-for the most part, they have no restrictions on development in their rural areas and so are heavily populated, especially the waterfronts of rivers.
That is a lot of people and buildings in an area that will predictably flood big-time every 15-20 years-not a smart place to build a neighborhood, no matter how scenic it may be.
This county is pretty much all rural, has a population of only around 19k, and has a moratorium on commercial development and a 5 acre minimum for a single residence well and septic-two of the counties next to it have similar restrictions, and they didn’t have heavy property losses, either.
As a very young boy, we got caught in one of those many low-water crossings in the Hill Country west of Austin. Got through 3 of the four crossings after a thunderstorm further west started the waters rising, but the water in each crossing was higher and higher every time. Dad tried to make it through the fourth - but got stuck halfway across.
To him, it was probably- had to have been! - frightening and scary. To us, as kids? A fun day getting pulled out of the car, carried through the flood waters on his back to shelter, and watching the wrecker pull the car out.