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MagickMuffin

(17,870 posts) Sat Jul 5, 2025, 09:08 PM Jul 5

Texas Flood: link to a video showing the start of surge to the crest of hwy 480 & hwy 27 [View all]

I watched this last night start to finish. The videographer was on the Hwy 480 and shows the start of the surge, and how fast it evolved in a very short span of time.

The whole video last 38ish minutes. From start of the surge to the cresting of the bridge. Incredible footage. I believe the bridge is 30 ft above the riverbed.

I think he Gavin might have recorded directly to fb.

https://www.facebook.com/gavin.walston/videos/737883768645731

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Texas Flood: link to a video showing the start of surge to the crest of hwy 480 & hwy 27 [View all] MagickMuffin Jul 5 OP

My God... within 30 seconds it was a fast moving RIVER from a dry creek bed. WarGamer Jul 5 #1

It definitely was fascinating and frightening MagickMuffin Jul 5 #2

I just found out that technology wasn't allowed at the camp... WarGamer Jul 5 #3

Cell service may be limited LeftInTX Jul 6 #19

Siren system could have done it RockCreek Jul 6 #29

The next town downriver (Comfort) had one. carpetbagger Jul 8 #37

I think you're right. There's no one person or thing to blame for something out of our control even tho we try Deuxcents Jul 5 #9

I have to call B.S. on that... Think. Again. Jul 5 #11

Your point is well taken Deuxcents Jul 5 #14

OMG..a nightmare if there ever was one. Just unbelievable hearing the trees snap and then get swallowed up. Deuxcents Jul 5 #4

It was unbelievable, I kept telling Gavin get off that bridge MagickMuffin Jul 5 #6

wow. terrifying Takket Jul 5 #5

I used google maps and "drove" around the area. MagickMuffin Jul 5 #7

What a valuable document of a natural disaster. Frasier Balzov Jul 5 #8

The debris is going to be a mess to clean up MagickMuffin Jul 5 #10

I read that it is a child washing past @ 10:15 in the video in a pink jacket. Melon Jul 5 #12

I doubt it. Who wears a jacket in Texas in July? Mariana Jul 6 #22

True Melon Jul 6 #23

Holy shit it looks like a dam burst! Orrex Jul 5 #13

Incredible! BeneteauBum Jul 5 #15

I was telling the cameraman to get off that bridge. MagickMuffin Jul 6 #24

Kick dalton99a Jul 5 #16

Wow, horrifying. SunSeeker Jul 6 #17

The house had a kitty in it. MagickMuffin Jul 6 #25

Yes, I heard someone on the video say that. Poor thing, it must have been terrified. SunSeeker Jul 6 #33

We are returning from CO to SA. LeftInTX Jul 6 #18

Best of luck getting back safe and sound MagickMuffin Jul 6 #26

I'm home! LeftInTX Jul 6 #35

That's wonderful news MagickMuffin Jul 6 #36

The transformation from calm creek to full-on apocylypse is Maru Kitteh Jul 6 #20

Indeed it was interesting the momentum it gain MagickMuffin Jul 6 #27

I couldn't watch this yesterday, but it is important footage. -kick- Duncan Grant Jul 6 #21

Exactly, not a lot of time to escape from it MagickMuffin Jul 6 #28

That video is wild Renew Deal Jul 6 #30

Fast and Swift MagickMuffin Jul 6 #31

Piers will need inspecting. Unbelievable! ./nt bucolic_frolic Jul 6 #32

Indeed, every bridge in the pathway of these storms MagickMuffin Jul 6 #34