Not quite as exciting or dramatic, but a lot closer to home.
In December 1991 you too could have had the same experience on the Highway 21 bridge over the Brazos.
I worked a short distance from there and had to cross it to get to work. Since we sold fertilizer, there was no work that day, so we went to the bridge and walked out on it. The water was less than 6 feet from the bottom of the bridge and the bridge was vibrating from the water passing by it. We walked out in the bridge and leWhile we were close to the center, a loaded saltwater truck went over it and the bridge began shaking swaying several inches back and forth We decided we had seen enough from that perspective and quickly got off and back to "solid" land.
Later one of our crop dusters took us up in a Cessna to see the flood. The Brazos was very near to reaching Snook and was about 5 mikes wide in places where it had come out of its banks. Later that day, they shut down 21 as flood water covered it near the highway 50 north intersection. Highway 60 was closed because of high water between the bridge and the A&M farm buildings.
I don't think the Brazos has been that high since.
