Month: July 2025

It’s been almost a week. The death toll has reach 132 with 160 unaccounted for per NBC news today. Some people have miraculously survived. One lady was found 20 miles downstream clinging to a tree. But by now, it is I think more recovery than rescue.

More rain keeps arriving. Some small areas, some larger. As I think I posted a couple of days ago, Killeen got hit with about 8 inches of rain one morning. Since then we’ve had both San Saba River flooding, and the Lampasas River flood in Kempner.. When will it end, I have no idea. Today we have 0.90 inches of rain here at the house. It started as a light sprinkle, then a couple of short downpours. By early afternoon it had stopped. But this has been summer this year here in Central Texas.

Lake Travis is 70% full. Lake Georgetown is at 100%. Lake Austin is 95% full. Lake Buchanan is 88% full. Still House is also 100% full. At least all this rain has raised our lakes. But we probably need a break from the rain. Just a few days in between rains allows some chance to clear things out, And I admit it is weird watching helicopters flying overhead following the San Gabriel river. I’m sure they are still looking for debris, problems, erosion, etc.

But when will it end?

This morning a friend told me Killeen, a town 30 miles away, got 8 inches of rain in a couple of hours. It’s flooding. The rain is not over yet.

As of now, the death toll is still rising. One report says over 100. Because it was July 4th weekend, I unfortunately think there will be more bodies found. I’m sure those in RVs, tents, camping, driving by, etc. got caught and nobody may know they are missing yet. Earlier today I walked out the front yard because I could hear a helicopter, not a normal sound here. Well, they were flying low and over the San Gabriel River down the street here. I’m sure they were checking for damage, debris and “other things”. There is no nice way to say they are looking for bodies.

The Carolina’s got hit by a hurricane, Chantal. I feel sorry that their worries have been overshadowed by Texas. They deserve awareness for what they are going thru too.

Oh, and we got another inch of rain, just over actually, yesterday.

It is a sad day in Texas. We have had floods from Kerrville, to Georgetown, and I believe down to San Antonio. As of now its 59 dead, and at least 11 missing just in Kerr County. Roads have been washed out, bridges gone, houses washed away. We’ve had rain for 3 days. Here at the house as previously reported we’ve had about 2.5 inches the first two days.

Yesterday we got an additional 3.26 inches of rain. Our creek here by the house, part of the San Gabriel river was almost up to houses and backyards. We walked down near a walk path near the creek where Linus gets walked. No chance of taking the walk path, it was under water. Other areas along the San Gabriel were also hit – three apartment complexes were evacuated earlier in the day. A couple of RV parks near the river got flooded, I don’t know if people died in those.

Being that it was July 4th weekend, people were out partying, taking long weekend vacations. I’m sure the numbers will change. The storm here was not loud, very little thunder, not a lot of lightning. So it was just rain coming down. It was nothing but a stalled rain system. Some areas, especially Kerrville area did get 18 inches of rain. The news last night also said a couple of other areas also saw significant rainfall.

Last night, and today most of those swollen rivers are receding. Here by the house, late around 8pm the creek had lowered but not down to its normal level. We did walk Linus on the walk path, but you could still see the creek from there, something you cannot normally do.

Well yesterday, July 3 we got rain. Not a lot but about 0.88 inches last I saw. But today, we have had rain almost all day. As of right now (6:30pm) we have 1.71 here in the back yard. That’s not bad really. Some areas, especially Mason and Kerrville have seen 10-18″ of rain. Some are calling it historic rain.

The rain came in and just sat over the area. There is flooding along some of the rivers. People are missing from some of the camps, and RV parks in the area. The Guadalupe River rose from nothing at midnight to 29 feet by 4am according to news.

There is/was a girls camp in the Kerrville area that was hit by the water. There are both dead and missing from the storm. Right now it’s 13 dead and 20 missing. I’m sure those numbers will change.

Yet, it is also warm to hot. We’ve been in the 90’s. Today, even with rain its still been 77-79, with a high of 81 here in Georgetown. It’s not a great weekend. Consequently, with all this rain, Independence Day events have been canceled. It’s just a decision that had to be made. And with the rain we’ve had, it’s probably for the best.

This coming week we will be in the high 90’s, and by the end of the week we are looking at triple digits. It’s left us hot, humid, clammy, muggy, sticky, and hard to breathe.

Will August be triple digits?