Austin Flood Map if Mansfield Dam Failed

Texas1911 · Oct 18, 2018

I created a flood map in the event that Mansfield Dam and Tom Miller Dam failed. A lot of Austin is at risk, including the majority of the bridges.

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busykngt · Oct 18, 2018

Drain the Texas swamp!

TxBigfoot · Oct 18, 2018

A red wave moving through!

Vaquero · Oct 18, 2018

I don't wish that on nobody.
Hope the infrastructure holds.
God help those if it doesn't.

seeker_two · Oct 18, 2018

If that happens, can we evacuate the populace to Louisiana? It's only fair.....

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Big Green · Oct 18, 2018

seeker_two said:
If that happens, can we evacuate the populace to Louisiana? It's only fair.....

I know I’m not supposed to laugh at that, but...

jrbfishn · Oct 19, 2018

And what is the water levels of the lakes? I know Stillhouse Lake is pretty full. I have not been out there but have been told the parks are all closed and it is working it's way up to the spillway. And the Lampasses river is still running pretty fast.

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vmax · Oct 19, 2018

Dang
If Elmer Kelton were still alive he would have to write another book
"The time it never stopped raining"

(If you know his work, you will get that)
@Vaquero

AustinN4 · Oct 19, 2018

Texas1911 said:
I created a flood map in the event that Mansfield Dam and Tom Miller Dam failed.

Did you create the second map in the linked article, because they look the same to me? In any event, scary stuff, for sure.

Davetex · Oct 19, 2018

The level on Travis is at about 704 now. The spillway is at 714.

toddnjoyce · Oct 19, 2018

jrbfishn said:
And what is the water levels of the lakes? I know Stillhouse Lake is pretty full. I have not been out there but have been told the parks are all closed and it is working it's way up to the spillway. And the Lampasses river is still running pretty fast.

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Travis is full at 691’. Currently 704’ and climbing.

Good resource for LCRA lake levels:

https://floodstatus.lcra.org/#llevels

Moonpie · Oct 19, 2018

Y Carumba!

Hope everything holds!
Thats some scary stuff to contemplate.

Davetex · Oct 19, 2018

And it just started pouring rain here again.

ZX9RCAM · Oct 19, 2018

I can't imagine a wall of water moving 1,000+mph...

AustinN4 · Oct 19, 2018

Davetex said:
And it just started pouring rain here again.

Keep it on your side of town please.

AustinN4 · Oct 19, 2018

Moonpie said:
Hope everything holds!

I believe Tom Miller Dam is the more likely dam to fail. It would hurt everyone downstream and near the river but not those upstream. I have sat many a time in Hula Hut and wondered why TMD was still standing. I think is was recently or is currently being worked on.

TMD is 80 years old. About the work:https://www.lcra.org/about/newsroom...e-floodgates-at-Tom-Miller-Dam-in-Austin.aspx

Davetex · Oct 19, 2018

AustinN4 said:
Keep it on your side of town please.

Yeah, I'll see what I can do.

AustinN4 · Oct 19, 2018

Davetex said:
Yeah, I'll see what I can do.

Never mind, raining pretty good here now also.

Darqhelmet · Oct 19, 2018

Hope it holds, I don't like seeing people hurt. Even those I disagree with.

Big Dipper · Oct 19, 2018

ZX9RCAM said:
I can't imagine a wall of water moving 1,000+mph...

Yeah, I wonder what kinda sonic boom you get from a wall of water going by at a super sonic speed.

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