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To: bgill
"Well, folks, the floods on the Llano River just took out our 2900 bridge, in Kingsland, TX!"

Wow, FRiend! I didn't even know it had rained in the Hill Country...

It does look like you're in a 'melluvahess'!

The 2900 bridge I see on Google Earth is no culvert over a dry wash; it's a major, concrete TxDOT bridge, nearly 1/4 mile long -- over the upper end of Lake Marble Falls!

That's a substantial bridge! Is it actually down -- or is it (and/or its approaches) "merely" underwater?

It sounds like you're on the south shore across from Kingsland. If so, it looks like the closest bridge across the Colorado is at Marble Falls -- roughly 25 miles away! And your closest (by road) source of supplies may be Llano -- 20+ miles north..

Please keep us updated as to how you're getting along -- and what TxDOT (not my favorite TX agency -- based on the Rick Williamson/TTC days) is doing to solve your ingress/egress problem!

(Of course, I'm hoping that you, being a resourceful TX resident, have kept your boat safe and handy...) '-)

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Hope you don't mind prayers -- 'cause I'm a-doin' it anyway... '-)

All the best,
TXnMA
 

(Safe, high, & dry atop our watershed ridge over (6 hrs & 350 miles away) here in the northeastern TX PineyWoods...)

FreepMail a-comin...

234 posted on 10/16/2018 11:30:59 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Islam": Satan's invading army. "Muslims": Satan's useful idiots.)
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To: TXnMA

The 2900 bridge is GONE. Washed away. No more. Check out www.keyetv.com to see it collapse.

Kingsland is pretty much cut off. Today was the second biggest flood on the Llano River of all time. North of town above the 2900 bridge is the slab road coming from Llano (picture from last week’s flood is in the pics at the top of this thread) and it is closed still/again with the new flood today. The 1430 bridge on the south side of town is closed and under water. The 2900 bridge was on the west entry into town. The only way into town is from the north on Hwy. 29 (Fuzzy’s corner for those who know the area).

Annnnd, another lost boat is going past us right now. A boat that had floated into the neighbors’ yard early this morning floated off just a couple minutes ago. Don’t know why they didn’t secure it.


245 posted on 10/16/2018 12:02:09 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: TXnMA; bgill; LUV W

Terrible about that bridge - luv are you near this does it affect you?


259 posted on 10/16/2018 1:27:58 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell the storm how BIG your God is!)
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