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.
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.
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
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
@@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
+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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Question : If someone else's dock lands in your area or yard , can you then take ownership of it ? Here in Florida during natural disasters / acts of nature if another persons property ends up in your yard you can keep it except for things that have a title like cars , boats ect. but everything else is fare game.....same where you are at ?
@@pastpresent2223 i get it, but if you’re not from here, then try to be more understanding. seen so many ignorant comments about a place they don’t even live.
I guess you be fixin' to build you another dock buddy. 🤗🤗🤗 That's a lake? Looks like a CRICK. But then I'm jus a Missourah gal. What do I know??? ☺️☺️☺️
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?
“History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men Godzilla” Lyrics from Godzilla, Blue Oyster Cult Nature doesn’t give a crap about what we do or build. That was some beautiful land then man built all that crappie shacks, glad they are gone.
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.
Jonestown, North Lake travis
Thank you ,! Yours is the answer I was seeking
Maybe when a new dock, shed or another building is needed, build it way up stream, since the people downstream get new stuff every couple years.
or just wait downstream & pick up one of your neighbors docks & call it your own?
@@discmotoslots ALWAYS have a gallon of $hit cheep paint and a power painter!
@@robertl.fallin7062 lol
But if ur property is down stream, it might be a little hard to build some where else! lol
Dock on wheels and winch it onto higher ground when heavy rains predicted.
did you have the camera set on blur?
Our old friend 240p!
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.
Water is powerful so are old growth trees on river banks. The amount of stabilization they provide should not be underestimated.
Oh the power of booze and a cell phone camera.
The only thing predictable in Texas is how unpredictable the weather is.
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
Like a cow pissin' on a flat rock. Wait 10 minutes, it'll change.
That goes just about everywhere nowadays!!
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...
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.
Doesn't explain why they aren't cabled in place.
"I didn't think Lake Travis could get so low."
down here in Texas there's a sayin' -
"there ya go, thinkin' again!"
Or..there You go with that "stinkin thinkin" again..lol
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
my ex used to say that.....
Beautiful area in Texas. Loved living there as a teen.
You graduate from LT? Curious which year...
Why would people ever build docks on this river if it does this? Is it a really rich area?
Is that a river or a lake?
Amazing footage! Thank you Very Much
I grew up on Caddo Lake. That lake could rise or fall by as much as 14'. At least once a year, my brother and I would go in search of our pier.
Why weren't any of these boat docks anchored to the shore?
@@chrismerkel9604 they were all anchored to land. Flash floods will move buildings and large rocks. Very powerful!
@@private15 You are correct water is very powerful.
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.
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.
I build docks for a living. Not much you can do when that much water comes through.
Docktor Jim I don't think I would be a customer.
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.
@Gregory Pelc they only come in blue
This video is a couple of years old, but the Memorial Day flooding of 2015 has raised Lake Travis over forty feet...Still about 12 feet low.
It is so pleasing to see human garbage being destroyed
Your dock wasn’t any damn good sitting in 2” of water anyway
I was wondering WTF....why are there boat docks where there is no water
you do know that water levels were probably higher right? and those docks got to go somewhere when the water level drops right?
@@mrexists5400 yeah but a boat dock done right will fluctuate WITH the water. They could’ve built the docks to fluctuate 700’ if they wanted to
I was waiting for some yayhoo riding one of the docks down stream.
Neeh whats up dock:)
Me too
He probably fell off the blue slide.
Yea
@@icuabc1235 He woulda been fine if he didn’t have a beer in his hand as he was sliding down.
The same drought they said would take 20 years to recover from and the next year it completely filled the lake!
A great day for dock sales across the area :)
Be happy there is water coming to a dry flippin lake that no one could use.
I guess I shouldn’t need to remind these folks that Floating Docks can float away whenever.
Did the lake keep filling after this? It would have been interesting to see the final result of the flood.
Yes, it went from 2/3rds empty to over flowing in days.
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.
It's a riverbed with a dam.
Usually the left bank inward is under water?
It’s either sandy creek or the perdanales
Where I come from you need water to call it a dock, those are just mobile sunshades.
That handful of gray pixels covered the handful of green pixels. It was amazing!
I am assuming this was not a planned release from a dam further upstream? Just rainfall in the mountains?
Did you record this with a potato?
When you're so rich you put your house on a volcano and then complain when something changes😂🤣
This isn’t a volcano....
Ass. That is not at ALL the events here.
Being a dick is best left to breeders of horses and jackasses.
M. IL.
@@mwatts-riley2688 all right, you figured out the meaning of life now I can finally rest
@@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
Who on earth puts those infrastructures inside the river bed....?????.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
You can see a few docks up on the high shoreline. Obvious a few people knew this was going to happen. Why didn't anyone else?
+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.
ut000bs ... Yea, that's possible I suppose
+Concrete Builder Oh dear...LOL
We use to go to hippy hollow on Lake Travis on the weekends when I was assigned at Fort Hood. Man did I get a sunburned butt. 1975
Lee Galizeit what do you mean by that?
Wow. How much excitement can be generated? What? I don't snore.
Der went mya dawk...dah one wid da blue sliiide. FAWK! We gawt another one commin!
Was this recorded with a potato?
No, Celery.
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.
So securing them in some way so they don't float away is impossible?
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.
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
It is very very very rare for our lakes to be this dry.
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.
Sign seen downriver: "17 Docks for sale some in rough condition... make offer."
08.2024 and still the same feeling.... amazing
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 !
It's more likely aluminum! Steel's too heavy! Sounded more like aluminum.
What lake? All I see is a river with dirty water in it..
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.
I want Sir David to narrate a segment about the annual migration of the North American Timber Shack
i like the crystal clear 240p shaky cam diesel motor background.
Mother Nature is the ultimate bill collector. You have no choice but to pay up when she comes calling.
Be right back, nature is calling and I don't have Depends on.
Well, you could collect your dock beforehand.
Just sad sometimes to see how devastating it can be, in such a short time. The flash flooding would take some time to get used to.
" if mother nature were a mother, she would be the kind of mother who would take her kids to the bus station and leave them there"
Lol
😆😆
Video just popped up after all these years? Where did all these docks get dislodged from? Of course up stream but why build so close to a dry creek?
Let's see. Why are there no trees below the tree line in the river valley?
Who cares. Let's build something down there. No problem.
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.
Seriously pay attention those are docks high and dry from a drought
@@GueyGueycoyotl Some people are really dense I swear
People put boat docks on a little branch knowing that it is going to flood. Yatahey. A moment of silence for the damn blue slide.
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.
@@franks9621 well said
Oh the humanity !!!!....I only watched the first two minutes....I was so shaken up.....I dread to ask....how many casualties???
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.
Which dock was his??
I know…..the one with the Red slide on it! 😂🤣😂🤟🏼🤟🏼
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.
Most of the lakes in Texas are man made..
I guess somebody up and moved the Colorado River when the rest of us weren't looking...
@@rdgipson 😂😂😂😂
Was this actually lake Travis or was this the river that flows into it upstream of the main body of water? The lake can’t be that damn narrow!
This was lake Travis, looks like the area down near the paleface grocery.
@@GueyGueycoyotl Exactly...up the Pedernalis
Am I mistaken or isn't that just a dry creek bed that flooded. Do you put your dock there for your 4 wheeler?
this guy should’ve put more description. It’s a arm of lake travis that dried up during a drought.
1920's Era video camera...I'm guessing
NICE BLURRY VIDEO !! HOW OLD IS THE CAMERA ?
Was this filmed with a rotten log?
Please start watching at 5:11 to keep your sanity
Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.
Was this overflow from the Battle of Dumbkirk?
Just curious. Who needs a dock on a empty lake?
I was wondering the same thing.
How did you know that flood was coming at that time?
Did day open up da damn? Wherd all dat water come from?
I always thought docks were secured to stop something like this from happening.
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.
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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.
@@gracemansen1430 Lawyers too? Or just docs?
Guess y’all have to go to Home Depot and see if they have a ‘Paradox’ on sale.
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.
Please explain how there are docks on a nearly dry river bed but none of them are secured to anything and they all float tg away.
Was this recorded with a waffle iron?
Mother nature telling people to "Get off my property"
YES !!!
Why are the docks in the river channel?
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.
Question : If someone else's dock lands in your area or yard , can you then take ownership of it ? Here in Florida during natural disasters / acts of nature if another persons property ends up in your yard you can keep it except for things that have a title like cars , boats ect. but everything else is fare game.....same where you are at ?
Wouldn't you want to return their property?
Why aren’t those floating docks anchored ??
I know this might sound daft but why were the floating docks not tethered or were they but the ropes/chaind broke ???
sorry about the dock, but still an interesting video
I hope you all got things fixed up.. would like to see if the lake is full now..
Oh yeah it was filled in 2 weeks of that first inital rain fall...but we had an 6 yr drought we needed it soo bad.
gotta say you took the loss like a champ man. zero fucks given!
+Mitch Bade yes dude insurance pay's out big.
Why would you build houses or buildings in a river bed
There was a drought those were floating docks.
That wasn't a lake
That was more like a creek.
it’s a tributary of the lake
@@seandunn2062
@Sean Dunn. That's not what it said....
It said, "Flash flood lake travis 2012"
@@pastpresent2223 yeah it’s still considered to be lake travis for some people
@@seandunn2062
@Sean Dunn... okay, just telling you what it said,.
@@pastpresent2223 i get it, but if you’re not from here, then try to be more understanding. seen so many ignorant comments about a place they don’t even live.
240p? What is this, the 20th century?
How is the lake now since 8yrs ago???
You hear a lot of metal being moved or torn down.
I guess you be fixin' to build you another dock buddy. 🤗🤗🤗 That's a lake? Looks like a CRICK. But then I'm jus a Missourah gal. What do I know??? ☺️☺️☺️
you’re not from here or else you’d know, you just sound dumb talking about things you know nothing about
nice blurry video
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?
Can LCRA use this clip for an upcoming video on clean up?
Lake? It went from creek to river. Is that flow controlled by a dam?
Hi Jerry, did you try to put up to dry land?
is this intended as a catch basin for this type of flood?
Why didnt you try ropeing any of the bigger docks? It's only neighborly
I could use a dock like that with multiple boats parking. How much ??
What city and state is this in?
“History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla”
Lyrics from Godzilla, Blue Oyster Cult
Nature doesn’t give a crap about what we do or build.
That was some beautiful land then man built all that crappie shacks, glad they are gone.
Blue Oyster Cult?
That was a bad drought..
I was waiting for Bigfoot or a UFO. Whenever the videos are this blurry you get one or the other!
2012.
LOL
Because bigfoot is actually blurry in real life
What's the backstory on this? (Forgive if it's already been explained somewhere in this forum-haven't wade through all these comments.)
There was a lot of water flowing from high to lower elevation.
Any oldsters remember "Hippie Hollow" beach?
Naked people everywhere.... Been a lot of years...Of course, that was on the lake....
Yuppers
And the Oasis!
are you not allowed to secure your dock to the shore ?
What part of Lake Travis/Colorado River in Austin was this? Spicewood?
What does it look like now...the lake?
How did you know that flood came?