Caution: HEAVY LOAD *picture-wise and water-wise

I was walking and got caught in a downpour! This year....especially the last couple of months, Corpus Christi has broken average records both in high temperature and rainfall!! We now are sitting on a year's total of 40+ inches of rain [average is 30"], and it's just October. It continues to look gray and bleak most days. In fact this month we've had only two days with sun for 4 hours or more. Bud and I, if we stand too still outdoors for too long, moss grows on our north sides. And these funny things are growing on our necks and shoulders...what is this? Gills?!!! [just kidding of course]

We've had so much rain lately, that the water sheds [where water is stored in reservoirs for our city's water supply] are 100% full and they are releasing water from the dams to avoid any collapse or catastrophic break. But, where does this water go? In our rivers of course. The nearest river that runs through part of the city, the Nueces River, is passed flood stage. So far, it's not that bad, but much much more water is heading our way with the release at the reservoirs. Last week, on a walk in the park along the river, I took some photos to show that the water is out of it's banks...about 8-10 feet beyond normal [in the low lying areas]....


This river is usually a very slow moving river....think Up the Lazy River....but on this day, the current was quite swift moving and very deep. As I said, it's out of its banks...the bank is just behind the tree line in the foregoround. The park road is just feet away from the river flow.







Then, curiosity got the better of me. I was wondering what the dam in a nearby park was like. On any 'regular' day, the dam is unusually quite 'dry' with a trickle of water flow. So, I got back in the car and left park number one, and headed a few miles up the interstate toward San Antonio....to the Houston Texas exit where we cross the Nueces River....this park is along the riverside. The dam: