Cleanup volunteers needed at Whitewater Amphitheater!

photo source: Whitewater's Facebook

Among the many hit hard by this storm, Whitewater Amphitheater took some pretty extensive damage today when the Sattler exit gauge hit well over 7000cfs. The video below is after the flooding in May when the exit gauge was at 5300cfs and there was water over the road in a few places on River Road. They are going to begin cleanup efforts in the morning and could use some volunteer help!

If you're able to safely make it to Whitewater and help them begin the cleanup, please direct message me on Twitter or Facebook or contact me via my contact tab on this website.

If it's Saturday morning after about 10 and you want to come help, just show up and Whitewater and ask for Angie or Brian (me) because I'll probably be in the muck for awhile with no phone.

Thank you!

Do Good Texas Flood Relief BLOWOUT

When: July 25th and 26th
Where: Billy's Ice
Why: Raise large amounts of money to go directly to flood victims
What else: Hosted by Chad Prather, host of RIDE TV's show "It's My Backyard"

Every penny raised will go to flood relief. You can find out more here....
www.adrntx.org/.../central-tx-floods-relief-fund/

Here's the line up!!!

Saturday July 25th:
12:00-12:50: Scoot Drescher, Skylar Hamilton, Andrew Mahan
1:00-1:50: Luke Huggins, Joel Hofmann, Matt Kersh
2:00-2:50: Austin Gilliam, Clay McClinton, Jackson Parten
3:00-3:50: Noel McKay, Brennen Leigh, John Evans
4:00-4:50: Owen Temple, Mark Jungers, Lisa Morales
5:00-6:00: Poor J Brown (Full Band)
6:30-8:30: Backwater Blvd. (Full Band)
9:00-12:30: Whiskey Rodeo (Full Band)

Sunday July 26th:
12:00-12:50: Court Nance, Nate Rodriguez, Jordan York
1:00-1:50: Haley Cole, Bo Brumble, Scott Wiggins
2:00-2:50: Tommy Elskes, Tom Robinson, Zack Walther
3:00-3:50: Shad Blair, Tony Taylor, Jordan Minor
4:00-4:50: Walt Wilkins, Tina Wilkins
5:00-5:50: Texas Renegade (Broke Down)
6:00-6:50: Adam Carroll, Chris Carroll
7:10-8:00: Kevin Welch, Dustin Welch
8:10-9:00: Jamie Wilson, Drew Kennedy, Courtney Patton
9:10-10:00: Adam Hood, TBA
10:00-11:00: Pardo N Reed (Full Band)

YOU READY? GET READY!!

links:
DoGoodTexas.com
facebook.com/dogoodtexas
Meet Chad Prather

Benefit: Flood of Love for Wimberley

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WIMBERLEY - Musicians with a heart for Wimberley will come together August 9th for a concert to benefit residents of the flood ravaged community.  Lufkin-based Brookshire Brothers reached out to Wimberley-based singer-songwriter Robyn Ludwick about sponsoring a concert to raise funds for the victims of the Memorial Day floods. Ludwick marshalled the forces and with Judy Hubbard, fellow Wimberley resident and manager/wife of Texas music legend Ray Wylie Hubbard, have put together a stunning line-up sure to strum up significant support. Austin’s Nutty Brown Café is the venue and owner Mike Farr is offering his amphitheater for the event.  The name, Texas Flood of Love, was inspired by a pencil sketch by Wimberley-based artist David Richardson.

Confirmed performing artists include Ray Wylie Hubbard, Hayes Carll, William Clark Green, Bob Schneider, John Fullbright, Jimmie Vaughan, Wade Bowen, Jason Boland, and Robyn Ludwick.  The musical line up (with more to come) will be a huge draw as will an auction that will feature guitars signed by The Eagles, Willie Nelson, Dixie Chicks, Robert Earl Keen as well as house concerts by Sarah Jarosz and Alejandro Escovedo.  For those unable to attend the benefit concert, there will be on-line bidding opportunities. Tickets for the August 9th event can be purchased on line at www.nuttybrown.com or on the day of the event at Nutty Brown Café’ in Austin.

Brookshire Brothers  and its Wimberley-based store team began delivering food, water, baby formula and flashlights as soon as the water began to recede. Their vendors have enhanced the ongoing effort by donating tons of food and other products for those impacted by the disaster.  More vendors have stepped up to support The Texas Flood of Love including Louisiana Fish Fry, Brown Distributing, DiLusso Meats, Angus Pride, Swift Premium, Hormel and a host of others.
Brookshire Brothers encourages folks to give to the relief effort.  Funds from the concert will go to Barnabas Connection Flood Relief – barnabasconnects.org/wimberley-flood-2015

Founded in 1921, Brookshire Brothers is 100% employee-owned. Its assets include 150 retail outlets incorporating grocery stores, convenience stores, as well as free standing pharmacy, tobacco and petro locations. New stores will open this year in Pilot Point, Hamilton and Canyon Lake.  For more information on Brookshire Brothers and its family of brands please visit brookshirebrothers.com.

#FloodRelief 2015 Benefits

I'm going to compile a list of all the various #FloodRelief benefits that pop up here and there. I know there will be lots of them, which is a huge help to all those who have been left without some of all of their belongings, or sadly even those who have lost loved ones. I am involved in the planning of a benefit by Do Good Texas (Amy Painter) that will be held at Billy's Ice on July 25 and July 26. That's right, TWO DAYS of raising money for #FloodRelief! I hope it and all the others are a huge success, and I hope all of them are being well managed so that a majority or hopefully ALL of the proceeds (like ours) will go straight to the victims that need it.

The list so far:
May 30 at Strange Brew: SIMS Foundation
June 6 at 2pm at Taxi's: Concerts for a Cause
June 7 at The Marc: #BandTogetherTX [SOLD OUT]
June 13/14 Stone Valley Texas Music Park: Blanco River Flood Relief
July 25/26 at Billy's Ice: Do Good Texas

CR 1492 at Blanco River in Wimberley - Before and After Flood

I found some video on YouTube of County Road 1492 and the Blanco River by the 7A Resort/Pioneer Town area. The first video was filmed on Sunday, May 17, 2015 which was one week before the major flooding in Wimberley. The second was filmed on Thursday, May 28, 2015 from the same location. I also included a shot from Google Images of the same location where you can see what a "normal" day would be considered with a passable bridge. The power of rushing water is an amazing thing, and it's absolutely necessary to have proper warning systems in place to alert citizens when this sort of event occurs.

May 17, 2015 from YouTube video by Shannon Marlow du Plessis:

May 28, 2015 from YouTube video by Joanne Hall:

VIDEO: Shannon Marlow du Plessis: Blanco River Flood May 17, 2015


VIDEO: Joanne Hall: County Road 1492 at Blanco River