I know thus isn't airgun related, but just checking in on central Texas folks with rain and flooding.
Texas folks
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I'm in Dallas and not affected, but there's a lot of incredible flooding and some missing children down in the central area. Please pray for them.
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We got some of that wet stuff here in Odessa , Stopped my shooting for three days,,,
It can sprinkle real hard here and it floods ,
Mike
It can sprinkle real hard here and it floods ,
Mike
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Georgetown here...14 inches in the last week...so far no flooding, seems like almost half an annual rainfall!
Thanks for asking......
Thanks for asking......
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I live at Canyon Lake - right where the Guadalupe River goes into the lake. We are safe but as you may know, there have been numerous fatalities up river. Canyon Lake has been at a historic low - over 30 feet below normal - so it has more than enough capacity to take in the flood waters.
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I'm in San Antonio and we didn't get much here. Kerrville is an hour north and like Mike says the Guadalupe forms up there and makes it way to Canyon Lake which wasn't full so should be able to take the water without needing the discharge channels.
Unfortunately two of my daughters good friends were at Camp Mystic. One was returned to her parents last night and safe but Kelly is still unaccounted for. Hoping she and the other girls were able to get downstream and to some high ground and are just isolated. Hopefully the ppl in the RV parks off the Guadalupe got out as well. I bike and fish out there often and there are a few RV parks right off the river south of Kerrville.
Unfortunately two of my daughters good friends were at Camp Mystic. One was returned to her parents last night and safe but Kelly is still unaccounted for. Hoping she and the other girls were able to get downstream and to some high ground and are just isolated. Hopefully the ppl in the RV parks off the Guadalupe got out as well. I bike and fish out there often and there are a few RV parks right off the river south of Kerrville.
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Officials in Georgetown are evacuating dwellings along the river. About 50 miles up stream of you the average rainfall rate has been 2-3" an hour for a few hours now with 5 minute rates as high as 5" per hour.
I can't tell from the hydrology data how fast the bubble is heading to Georgetown but it's moving fast.
Be safe.
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You are correct...the bubble hit about 5 miles east of us near downtown...where the convergence of the North and South San Gabriel hit...flooded a small section of downtown, then receded. Expecting more rain today. I have a 5" rain gauge and emptied it over 4 times in 2 days. The creek behind us has not overflowed. Whew!
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TEXtreme being located about 20 miles northwest of Waco, 4 miles from the Lake Whitney dam, we consistently dodge extreme weather events that peter out within 5-10 miles of us. That being the case (again), we had a nice airgun Bench-Rest Silhouette match yesterday/Saturday at the Central Texas Rifle & Pistol club, 11 miles from the TEXtreme venue. The steady, but light rain all match didn't faze us at all.
That CTRPC's bench-rest range being well-covered from rain, our BRS match follows the rimfire BRS matches that shoot the same 1/10 scale silhouette targets at the same distances as we do (60, 75, 90 and 100 yards). Upon hearting the high rimfire score was 35/40, I commented "We'll beat that" (with airguns). We came close; the high scores in both the 100 Foot Pound Pellet and 100 Foot Pound Slug classes being 35/40 in tricky, gusty winds.
FWIW, and as usual, the forecast missed...
By mile.
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That CTRPC's bench-rest range being well-covered from rain, our BRS match follows the rimfire BRS matches that shoot the same 1/10 scale silhouette targets at the same distances as we do (60, 75, 90 and 100 yards). Upon hearting the high rimfire score was 35/40, I commented "We'll beat that" (with airguns). We came close; the high scores in both the 100 Foot Pound Pellet and 100 Foot Pound Slug classes being 35/40 in tricky, gusty winds.
FWIW, and as usual, the forecast missed...
By mile.
.
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