fightingfarmer09 said:

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Brazos River coming out of its banks again in Austin County.

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toolshed said:

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cbr said:

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i cannot believe this. there is NOWHERE NEAR enough rain to cause this. Something is up, big time. I had to move my damned freaked out cows again.

I need to find out what has changed so dramatically in the basin the last few years.

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We've had so much rain the last 6 months that the ground can't possibly absorb any more rain as it falls. This means a smaller 1, 2, 3-4" rain has a much greater runoff than when the ground is absorbing a portio of it. Last week, parts of the Brazos basin had 3-7" of rain, or more. Those rains, on a regular basis simply cause more flooding. Lake storage is at or near capacity and water is released quicker and more often.

I think it's more a factor of the above vs something else changing. While we do continuously cover more ground with pavement and concrete, I don't know if that's as much of the issue vs just too much rain and nowhere to store it in the short term to minimize flooding. I'd imagine discussions are happening to create more reservoirs, but that will create a huge outcry over land grabs and other issues.

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cbr said:

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toolshed said:

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cbr said:

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i cannot believe this. there is NOWHERE NEAR enough rain to cause this. Something is up, big time. I had to move my damned freaked out cows again.

I need to find out what has changed so dramatically in the basin the last few years.

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We've had so much rain the last 6 months that the ground can't possibly absorb any more rain as it falls. This means a smaller 1, 2, 3-4" rain has a much greater runoff than when the ground is absorbing a portio of it. Last week, parts of the Brazos basin had 3-7" of rain, or more. Those rains, on a regular basis simply cause more flooding. Lake storage is at or near capacity and water is released quicker and more often.

I think it's more a factor of the above vs something else changing. While we do continuously cover more ground with pavement and concrete, I don't know if that's as much of the issue vs just too much rain and nowhere to store it in the short term to minimize flooding. I'd imagine discussions are happening to create more reservoirs, but that will create a huge outcry over land grabs and other issues.

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I get it, sort of, and i follow the coe and bra releases, which are part of the problem. But last time it flooded we had 40"+ of rain upriver in 3 days. The time before that it was 12-18" upriver, but the river was already up at 30' at the start of the event.

Both december and now, we had THREE inches of rain, on a 20' river base. Something is very different now.

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cbr said:

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i cannot believe this. there is NOWHERE NEAR enough rain to cause this. Something is up, big time. I had to move my damned freaked out cows again.

I need to find out what has changed so dramatically in the basin the last few years.

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nonameag99 said:

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It it top of bank in west columbia

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