Boyntonstu
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I had just been discharged from the Navy in Pensacola, FL.
A few day later, we were in our 1963 VW Bug traveling through TX on our journey around the U.S.
We were just past Sanderson, TX and got caught in a huge rain and hail stone storm.
Many cars were pulled off to the side of the road.
I could barely see a few feet in front of the car.
I saw the gullies and I knew that they would soon fill up.
I told my wife that no matter what, we would go to higher ground.
We made it to a motel up a hill at about 10 MPH.
There was a sign that said "Alpine Texas".
In the morning we awoke to a horrific story on the TV.
Apparently some of the people who pulled to the side of the road were drowned.
These are the gruesome details and photos.
The lesson: Don't underestimate the power of Mother Nature, take weather with the utmost seriousness.
Sometimes communities go through terrible times of great danger, death and destruction. Such it was for Sanderson on June 11, 1965. After a night of intense rain, at 7:00 a.m. a wall of water came surging down Sanderson Canyon, engulfing our community and causing massive destruction and the loss of twenty-six lives.
http://terrellmuseum.info/flood/
A few day later, we were in our 1963 VW Bug traveling through TX on our journey around the U.S.
We were just past Sanderson, TX and got caught in a huge rain and hail stone storm.
Many cars were pulled off to the side of the road.
I could barely see a few feet in front of the car.
I saw the gullies and I knew that they would soon fill up.
I told my wife that no matter what, we would go to higher ground.
We made it to a motel up a hill at about 10 MPH.
There was a sign that said "Alpine Texas".
In the morning we awoke to a horrific story on the TV.
Apparently some of the people who pulled to the side of the road were drowned.
These are the gruesome details and photos.
The lesson: Don't underestimate the power of Mother Nature, take weather with the utmost seriousness.
The Flood of 1965
A community in turmoil
Sometimes communities go through terrible times of great danger, death and destruction. Such it was for Sanderson on June 11, 1965. After a night of intense rain, at 7:00 a.m. a wall of water came surging down Sanderson Canyon, engulfing our community and causing massive destruction and the loss of twenty-six lives.
http://terrellmuseum.info/flood/
