I hate Austin. Full of crazies. Used to like the bbq but it's not worth it anymore. Salt Lick isnt what it used to be in Round Rock and I'm not standing in the line at Franklin's. So I avoid Austin

Craziest "drawn out" weather event I have EVER witnessed. Went to actually see the release of water behind Mansfield dam yesterday (Lake Travis's dam) and was told by a reporter there that with only 4 gates open they are releasing 2 millions gallons...PER MINUTE! Let that sink in for a few seconds.

Now imagine what toledo released with 11 or 14 gates open. How much water can go thru a lake is crazy when the rain hits the watershed right. Mother nature is amazing and dangerous at the same time

Lbj was releasing about 350,000 cfs at it's peak. Toledo peaked about 206,000 cfs. That's how Travis caught 47ft in the past 30 days.

wow! That is crazy.

In the spring of 2015 Richland Chambers had 24 gates open. That was a lot of water.

https://www.facebook.com/KVUEinsider/vid...zEzMTY4OTk1OTE/

Here's a drone video of Briarcliff TX, where I reside, showing the marina area out to the mouth of Cat Cove. Across the lake is Lago Vista. This is what the lake looks like at 704.3 msl, 23 feet over full pool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMam3-R3...fqVqoEsJQNuABP0

Guess I don't understand their way of thinking. Instead of having 4 gates open and waiting several days to open 4 more for a total of 8, why didn't they open 2 more for a total of 6 several days ago to lower the lake and minimize flooding?

If they release it faster then the lakes downstream can release then those areas get flooded as well.

Which is Lake Austin, already full and only 1600 acres, and then Lady Bird Lake, which is downtown Austin. Flooding downtown Austin would be a very bad thing.

Lake Travis was built for flood control downstream which is exactly what they are doing.

Being a fisherman and always looking at lake/river levels I saw all this rain happening 2 weeks ago and wondered where it was gonna go and saw it was the llano river, that made me think all this is headed for LBJ and will end up in Travis. I wonder if they are gonna move water now so when it gets there stuff wont be so bad considering all this water was at historical high levels.

Nope, they waited to the last min!

50 foot change in the water level for Travis in about a month is amazing.

The problem that the LCRA has is that no matter what, someone will complain. If they had released water ahead of all the weather it wouldn't have been enough to make a big difference. Also, had they pre-emptively released, and then the rain not have been very substantial, people would have complained. Its almost like being a tournament director and deciding whether or not to delay a start due to bad weather.