General Discussion

LeftInTX

(32,898 posts)

15. What? There aren't "forests" on the Edward's Plateau. It's a "savanna"

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 02:49 PM

Jul 8

The trees huddle along the banks of river. Bald cypress is a beautiful aquatic tree, which is preserved in the area. However, if you try to grow bald cypress several hundred yards from water it won't survive. Away from water there are junipers, mountain laurels, mesquite, and oaks.

Closer to water and in irrigated areas, there are cedar elm and hackberry.

Oak wilt is killing our oaks. It is devastating. There isn't much that can be done, except using expensive chemicals. Maybe you saw devastating oak wilt centers?

The area that was hit hardest (children's camps) is undeveloped. The torrents that killed the campers began in an undeveloped area. They didn't begin in Kerrville.

They began up in this area here. The area west of Kerrville is transitions to semi-arid.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

love_katz kcoates Trailrider1951 susanr516

39 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn't: A wailing warning siren [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 8 OP

"because some local officials felt it was too expensive to install" DBoon Jul 8 #1

They will discover how expensive it is with all the lawsuits that will be filed. mwmisses4289 Jul 8 #13

Might not Old Crank Jul 8 #24

The following is from Wikipedia regarding the phrase "Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face." John1956PA Jul 8 #22

it should say barbtries Jul 8 #23

Many/most small Texas towns have an alarm system used by the fire department to warm of tornadoes. efhmc Jul 8 #2

Not in this part of Texas. LeftInTX Jul 8 #14

Austin does not have them either. pinkstarburst Jul 8 #17

I'm not saying I have $10k floating around to buy one but... cadoman Jul 8 #21

More involved than the cost of a siren. Old Crank Jul 8 #25

I'm not saying it's $0, but I think this gives us a scale of the cost we're talking here cadoman Jul 8 #27

Most of the cities around here do not have them pinkstarburst Jul 8 #29

The Texas Hill Country's Balcones Fault line makes tornados rare and usually cause limited damage. summer_in_TX Jul 9 #36

Austin does not have sirens pinkstarburst Jul 8 #16

Air raid siren. efhmc Jul 8 #32

1,800 people in our small borough, gab13by13 Jul 8 #3

They have them in Tsunami zones and the Hill Country has more flash floods. The cost can't be too prohibitive. surfered Jul 8 #4

Yes I know Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 8 #6

They also have lahar warning sirens here in the Mt. Rainier river valleys Trailrider1951 Jul 8 #11

exactly gopiscrap Jul 8 #20

K&R spanone Jul 8 #5

Re short-sighted, selfish people who don't want to pay taxes for what communities need: Attilatheblond Jul 8 #7

Even TX Lt. Gov. gets it. Now. moondust Jul 8 #8

te same kind of siren that every town had whem we were ducking and covering under our desks rampartd Jul 8 #9

Where I grew up they tested air raid sirens every Saturday at noon. No matter where you were you could hear them. flashman13 Jul 8 #19

Wow - how much would it cost to install a few sirens and perhaps warning lights? waterwatcher123 Jul 8 #10

What? There aren't "forests" on the Edward's Plateau. It's a "savanna" LeftInTX Jul 8 #15

The imagery certainly makes it look like lots of the upland areas have been cleared. waterwatcher123 Jul 8 #35

No. Upland areas have never been cleared. As a matter of fact, trees have increased due to human settlement. LeftInTX Jul 9 #37

Thanks for the nice pictures, imagery and explanations (appreciate it). waterwatcher123 Jul 9 #39

Flood alarms are for fancy book learnin' librul smarty pants. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 8 #12

A warning siren in a flood plain town? Gimpyknee Jul 8 #18

Not the good idea you think it is. Jirel Jul 8 #33

My small town has several sirens, and they get tested once a month at 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Sogo Jul 8 #26

Ours are tested Littlered Jul 8 #28

What a ridiculous article. Jirel Jul 8 #30

You know what's prohibitive to me? The cost of losing a loved one. Buddyzbuddy Jul 8 #31

A siren/water depth gauge systm on the river bank is not that expensive. The governor and Sen. Cruz... brush Jul 8 #34

Sirens might help to a degree pinkstarburst Jul 9 #38