Here's the middle of Kingsland. Boats floating down the main street. The library is right behind the Subway but a bit higher ground so hoping they didn't get flooded. The city water (damaged so the town is out of drinking water) is behind the library and across the road from that is the restaurant I posted about that was used as one of the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" houses. The bridge collapse is on the other side of town. This picture is deceiving. They used a zoom lens or something because the lodge sign in front of Subway is actually a considerable distance away from Subway.
I heard the Dairy Queen several blocks north of there was flooded out. The town has/had 3 bridges and a slab crossing due to rivers on the west, south and east side, so yeah, it'll be years before they're back to normal. Nothing like Michael but still bad.
Just talked to the neighbor's yardman. He lives in Kingsland and says it's a total mess. Said he was one of the last cars across the bridge. Lots of his customers have lost everything along the shore and he's been out securing his vacation customers' stuff. He said everyone is so mad at the water authority opening Buchanan. Everyone is saying they should have dropped the lakes at the first sign of flood waters upstream. But, as usual, LCRA waited until it was too late.
We're hearing loud crashes and bangs as the water filled boats are collapsing docks. I'm watching a buoy doing gymnastics so something is caught up in it's cable under the water. Also, strong gas smell.