Thinking cocks everything , when you think your thinking? , the one thing you are not doing is thinking, oddly . Its either indescision or stupidity in my experience
Sarah Rosered well the summer is always hot and spring is always rainy. Other than that it’s very unpredictable but you can count on it beings hot in July and August
A tributary of Lake Travis, this shot on the Pedernales River. A flood control lake, Travis rises and falls according to the amount of rain in its watershed, therefore its a floating dock lake. An upper lake tributary, the Pedernales River often “goes dry” more frequently than inbound waters from other rivers draining into Lake Travis.
My sister lives on Lake Travis. I live in Austin. The lake ain't nowhere near full - won't be until it reaches to the top of the bare line on the banks.
Videos such as this are excellent for insurance evidence/proof, historical footage, use by government agencies for environmental science, economic development, and a host of other reasons. This was a random find for me, but it is as satisfying to watch as any other civilian recording. Water is powerful.
I know I'm waaay late on this, but... Instead of the foam blocks under each dock, use plastic 55 gal drums strapped to the bottoms of the docks. They are tough enough to be walked on when the dry season hits and 2 or 3 of them can float a small car. Awesome video, BTW... Reminds me of watching the tsunami videos...
skoko1945 No dock, made of any material, could have survived that. Even if your dock is wonderful, the next 10 upstream coming down and slamming into it are going to wipe it out.
Rekka Riley Every little boy sets up a peaceful town made of whatever materials are available, then destroys it. Usually while making silly explosion sounds with his mouth, followed by the screams of the residents. Then some of them grow up to be men who are sure the things they build are indestructible. We forget.
This was, once, a great mountain lake resort, just outside Austin, Texas. But, it has fallen on bad times, just like a lot of water reservoirs in Texas. Lake Arrowhead near Wichita Falls is a case of note.
To people asking why not tie the docks down. Most of those docks that you see are floating docks that raise and lower with the water level. The docks are held in place with either weights or sometimes cables. As the water level dropped with the drought the docks dropped with it to the bottom of the lake. When the lake was full the water level was probably at least 20' up the bank and when it started to lower there is no way the owners could get their docks out of the water.
what a crazy way to end your docks life ! you could hear the steel breaking and getting all tangled up, crazy, just crazy ! but that life here in texas, you never know when a flash flood will hit, but you always have to be ready when it rains !
+Gaming With ViperZeroOne Actually, they probably never moved them when the water dropped so low. Maybe they didn't live there or they just hadn't been to the lake.
@@labaccident2010 , it's the stupid man who builds upon the sand , Yeah , Yeah ,Yeah , there ain't no Volcano , 2 minutes ago there wasn't any water either
This was from the Sandy Creek Arm of Lake Travis. It is most definitely a lake. Lake Travis is not a constant level lake and was built for flood control purposes with the ability to hold quite a bit of extra water once it reachs the full mark. So it fluctuates in order to keep the lakes upstream and downstream from flooding. Those docks can't be solidly anchored for that reason. Ive seen water level vary about 60ft in a year. So they are tied to the shore and tied to at least 2 usually 500 to 1000 lb concrete anchors in the water.
I could care less either way. But that's not a little branch of a water way. That's a huge deep lake that was empty.... and yes fuck his dock and the blue slide.
You can tell by the grass color and the erosion along the banks..this is not uncommon...so not sure why yall aren't better prepared..obviously not the first time that much water goes through
All you smart guys, about tying the docks up; how much water is coming in? When is it going to stop. How long should I make the mooring cables? Too short docks gonna sink. Too long its gonna destroy the neighbor's dock. So please be precise.
Man, You got a lot of stupid comments on here. But again. You could post the perfect video of something and some troll will show up. More info on this lake. Lake Travis is just west of Austin Texas. Pretty much the most popular lake in the area. It's also a Flood control lake, in a chain of lakes in the Texas Hill country, so the level of this lake changes, By as much as 80 feet. You can't build a solid dock, It must float to be useful.
Thank you for stating just where this lake is. It isn't a "perfect" video when the person(s) posting it can't be bothered to say WHERE it is. ("Doesn't every one know of Lake Travis?") And not sure that puddle was "filled" by the end of the 8 min. video.
I get the fact the Lake is WAY down. Why didn’t people take their docks out when they knew a torrent might come when the lake fills back up? Thousands of dollars of structures plus now metal hazards in the lake.
If this is indeed a lake, the docks would never have to contend with river currents. They would be secured by the walkway from the shore to the boat house, and this high current would easily pull the connecting cables apart.
Since it a control lake the force of the water could easily take out docs, from what I remember about docs they’re just held on with a little cement and a cable
@@christopherderaps This is on the river above the lake. All of the boat docks on this lake are of the floating variety instead of being fixed on pylons such as Lake Austin which is the lake below this one. The reason for the floating docks that are connected to concrete anchors placed further out in the lake is so as the water rises and falls the boat dock can be adjusted in or out depending on the water level. The docks that break free like the ones you saw on this video are from owners that do not preform maintenance on there cables and they rust through leaving nothing to hold the boat dock in place. This lake is fairly acidic and galvanized guide cables last on average about 7 years. Some folks are switching out to stainless cable as it lasts much longer time wise. The bad thing about switching to stainless cables is obviously the initial price of buying said cable. Just F.Y.I.
Lake Travis is really just a wide spot in the river that runs through Austin, TX. When it's full, it's a nice lake, but with the long drought it's just a wide riverbank.
Im confused. Before the wave, it looks like a tiny creek. Why were there docks on a creek? Is it a perception issue caused by the potato camera? It looks to me that by the time there is enough water to float a boat larger than a raft, the docks are all floating away.
I know old comment to be responding to but I’m going to anyways, those weren’t built down there. Those were all floating docks, then we had a terrible drought that dried up most of the lake.
More like Insurance companies scrambling for the loopholes to avoid paying. I've been there for Snow flattening my Garage full of expensive shop equipment.
Never seen so many boat docks on dry land... well dry before the flash flood at least. Looking at all those docks all I can say is that they sure don't make them like they used to.
Lake Travis, a man made lake made by damming up part of the Colorado river. There was a terrible drought some years ago that nearly dried the whole thing up.
I don't think there were any because no one lives on the lake bed. The lake was at a historic low because of many years of drought. A big rain brought the lake back up again. It is a fairly common occurrence. Notice that none of the marinas had any boats in them because everyone knew days in advance about what was coming. Lake Mead, NV was also at historic lows back then. The water was so low that there was no longer any areas to launch boats because the boat landings were high and dry.
I hate it that for those who lost docks. We have been in same situation on our river/lake.Out of fourteen docks we only lost two. Most everybody here doubled the tie downs and anchors. The ones that were saved was because owners were there to give slack as needed on the mooring lines to keep them floating. But not enough so they could get loose.
Alls kinds of questions. Is that a lake of a river? Never heard of a flash flood going down a lake? Why are there a bunch of docks where there is no water? And if that area would normally be filled with water, why wouldn't every one figure out that rain will fill that area back up and get the docks moved to higher ground?
uhm, is there a reason why all these docks are rogue docks? tie a rope and anchor it, if the water comes, it won't float down stream. Is this the norm for dock owners?
