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 Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/16/18 11:11 PM
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Will.i.am
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This reminds me of Canyon back in 2002 when it went over the spillway but this one might have a bit more water along with a greater impact on the towns along the river.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/16/18 11:16 PM
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mikereils5er
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This may sound dumb, does Travis immediately go into flood pool if it exceeds capacity or is there a "flood pool" like on lake texoma?
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: mikereils5er]
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10/16/18 11:24 PM
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bigbass94
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This may sound dumb, does Travis immediately go into flood pool if it exceeds capacity or is there a "flood pool" like on lake texoma? I don't think it immediately goes into flood pool, but I could be wrong.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: OldChamp]
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10/16/18 11:25 PM
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herbsteiner
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Mansfield Dam spillway is at 714 ft. Flood waters have never to date gone over the Mansfield spillway. Currently the plan is for 4 floodgates to be opened by this evening. Note that Mansfield Dam has a total of 24 floodgates that could be opened if needed. https://www.lcra.org/water/water-supply/...nsfield-dam.pdf Which could flood out many, many million-plus dollar homes on Lake Austin that are built on lots that rely on LA being a constant-level lake. Of course, these are the folks who wanted and paid for the 50K grass carp that destroyed the underwater environment of Lake Austin and will now take years to rebuild once the carp are gone. So what goes around, comes around... in a way, possibly.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/16/18 11:27 PM
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Will.i.am
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I think it all depends on whats in the pipeline along with what happening below the dam 
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 12:08 AM
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TR176
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LCRA reports 350000 cubic feet per second at LBJ. The rice farmers are now free to steal all the water they want.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 12:25 AM
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Douglas J
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Previous Day Releases
Lake (dam)
Approximate
Time of Release Average Discharge
(cfs) Discharge
Volume(a-f)
Buchanan (Buchanan) Oct 13 2018: No releases 0 0
Inks (Inks) Oct 13 2018: No releases 0 0
LBJ (Wirtz) Oct 13 2018: 6 am-11 am; 5 pm-8 pm 1,352 2,682
Marble Falls (Starcke) Oct 13 2018: 7 am-Noon; 6 pm-9 pm 1,346 2,670
Travis (Mansfield) Oct 13 2018: 7 am- 5 pm 1,084 2,150
Austin (Miller) Oct 13 2018: 6 am-10 pm 1,157 2,202
Releasing this much water when we're still down almost 15 feet??? What the what???
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 12:25 AM
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fivebites
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Wow...Travis has risen 16' since midnight, is 4 feet over pool, and rising quickly. This is really, really bad for those folks out north and west of us. And hoping the rain slows down enough to let them release with no harm.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 12:30 AM
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grout-scout
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And the news said that there was another 40 crest on the llano coming.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 01:34 AM
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Jobie99
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Based on the LCRA report at Wirtz Dam it looks like the lake was 3 over pool. Am I interpreting that correctly?
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 01:44 AM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Lol ya its very ironic guys! Prayers to all affected
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 01:52 AM
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Chris B
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688.91 that's 22' today. That's crazy considering most of that was after noon.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 04:01 AM
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RedRaider3933
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This is going to be a disaster. I dont see how Austin isnt going to be under some amount of water.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 04:54 AM
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oldsaltyone
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Prayers for all you folks up river. I guess the trout and redfish in the Colorado near Matagorda will be headed for the Port O jetties soon.
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Re: Lake Travis...why???
[Re: fivebites]
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10/17/18 05:32 AM
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Jaden Oberkrom
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I saw a video from the spillway today. I would release water too
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