quote:Looked at that as well, sure seemed like Travis was a possibility but there was no way Buchanan will fill back up not that long ago
Amazing... Buchanan is not far behind...
http://hydromet.lcra.org/lakevolume/systemprofile.aspx
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Not long ago people on here were claiming it would take years of rainfall to fill the lakes.
quote:agree. As a witness first hand of the '98 and '02 flooding it will happen again. The rapid development in the hill country has stripped a lot of the top soil down to the limestone or better asphalt roads. The drainage systems all point to the rivers as a catch all. It is not sustainable.
It is great to see Travis at this level, but it's primary purpose is a flood control lake. It has gone up and down many times over the decades. The Pedernales and Llano watersheds are a ticking time bomb for a future catastrophic flood that Lake Travis wiil probably not be able to handle. The resulting damage from a rainfall event such as the 1998 Guadulupe River flood would be of a magnitude that is difficult to imagine.
quote:Would be fun to be on that island and see what critters get flooded out towards the middle as the lake increasesquote:
Not long ago people on here were claiming it would take years of rainfall to fill the lakes.
They weren't really all that wrong....it took last May's record setting rainfall (4xavg) to get the lake where it is today. Travis went up 29 ft last May alone. 25 of that was in one week. That one week accounted for half of the total rise of the lake in 2015 (51ft)
http://www.golaketravis.com/waterlevel/index.php?year=2015
Since then the lake has only gone up another 11 feet.
quote:not flooding all of texas, we are talking about very intense flash flooding. we saw this in '98, '02 and '10 on the guadalupe and '15 on the Blanco. Prior to '98 the guadalupe hadn't flooded like that since 1972. This is going to be an ongoing inssue for years to come.
But all I heard until last year was how Lake Travis would never reach the old levels.
And now we're going to veer in the other direction and worry about it flooding all of Texas...
These "global climate change" people are either scum of the earth or ******ed.
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It didn't take years.
quote:How did the '87 flood that contributed to that bus accident (~12 kids died) compare?
very intense flash flooding. we saw this in '98, '02 and '10 on the guadalupe and '15 on the Blanco. Prior to '98 the guadalupe hadn't flooded like that since 1972
quote:unverified rumor?
Doesn't LCRA send a crapload of water down the Colorado to rice farmers or something? That's an unverified rumor I've heard people gripe about for years. Wondering when and if that's happened yet and how that affects lake levels?
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To use a single flood event as evidence that climate change isn't happening is moronic. I guess some folks just need a break from burning all those books that teach evolution.
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I'm not talking about professional, just random joes that would state "Oh ya, never gonna be full again.."
About climate change: I spent a few years working along side quite a few meteorologists. Some really bright guys that got off to the weather. Those guys could recall every significant weather event in the US over the past 100 years and know stupid details about them. Every single one whole heartedly believed climate change to be a complete load of ****. It was THE rant on our desk for 4-5 years outside of Obama and politics. I've looked at more Polor Ice Cap pictures and historical data than Bill Nye's goofy ass because of it and am fairly certain climate is cyclical. Which is why I find "Never gonna be full again.." hilarious.
It's a great way to spend money though.
quote:I'm just nit-picking here. You're right, but your timelines are WAY off. The changes in the hill country go back to at least the start of the 20th century and possibly go back even further. I recall from Geology field trips that Longhorn Caverns was dug out during the depression as a CCC project and there are areas of the cavern where you can see a marked change in the sedimentation that was carried into parts of the cavern. That sediment likely correlates to changes in land use as a result of European arrival.quote:agree. As a witness first hand of the '98 and '02 flooding it will happen again. The rapid development in the hill country has stripped a lot of the top soil down to the limestone or better asphalt roads. The drainage systems all point to the rivers as a catch all. It is not sustainable.
It is great to see Travis at this level, but it's primary purpose is a flood control lake. It has gone up and down many times over the decades. The Pedernales and Llano watersheds are a ticking time bomb for a future catastrophic flood that Lake Travis wiil probably not be able to handle. The resulting damage from a rainfall event such as the 1998 Guadulupe River flood would be of a magnitude that is difficult to imagine.
quote:I'm aware we got a **** ton of rain last may. That was my point. When people claimed it would take years, my response is it would only take a lot of rainfall in the right area and the lake would come up.quote:
Not long ago people on here were claiming it would take years of rainfall to fill the lakes.
They weren't really all that wrong....it took last May's record setting rainfall (4xavg) to get the lake where it is today. Travis went up 29 ft last May alone. 25 of that was in one week. That one week accounted for half of the total rise of the lake in 2015 (51ft)
http://www.golaketravis.com/waterlevel/index.php?year=2015
Since then the lake has only gone up another 11 feet.
