After the heavy rains on July 4 through July 6, Lake Georgetown rose 26 ft (8 m) according to The Sun, Williamson County’s newspaper. Eight days after that report, I captured these photos at Overlook Park in Lake Georgetown.
Again, this is a familiar area for me. Whenever I bike along the San Gabriel River Trail, I often stop by this park to take a break before turning around. At the bottom of the image, you see part of the bike trail underwater. What is not very visible in the photo is that the fishing pier is nearly submerged at the end of the trail. That pier is way in the back near the horizon line. Here’s an image showing that.
The bike trail ends at the pier. The photo above was taken from the swimming area, as shown in the older photo below. I was standing beyond where those people were lying on the rocks. I was in the area with the vegetation. The image below was captured from the fishing pier a couple of years ago.
The next photo shows the fishing pier as I approached it on my bike before the flood a couple of years ago. The rooftops in the second photo are from this area! From here, there’s a considerable drop before getting to the water beyond the guard rails.
For a better comparison, here are the two images together before and after the 26-ft (8-m) water level rise. The photos were captured from opposite sides of the pier.
Regarding the topic of floods, I would like to provide an update on my previous post about the San Gabriel River flood. I drove by the Austin Avenue Bridge to see the damage in that area. The view from the bridge was the subject of several videos showing how high the river had risen.
In this view, the water level has receded. You can see the hike and bike trail on the right side and an apartment complex on the left. Now, take a look at the next photo.
I zoomed in closer to the apartments to point out that on July 5, the river waters had reached the bottom level of the ground-floor units.
The two previous photos were captured from this bridge. During the flood, the river was as high as the bridge. The city even closed the bridge for traffic for cautionary purposes on that day.
Here is a short video from the City of Georgetown showcasing the flood and cleanup operations.
That is the story behind the shots. If you liked this post, you may also be interested in others featuring Georgetown, Lake Georgetown, Landscapes, Parks, San Gabriel River, and Texas.
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solaner
Amazing when comparing the images before and after the disaster.
Overall, what a catastrophe for the affected families. I have no words to express my feelings. 😭😭😭🙏
Egidio Leitao
It was really devastating in some areas.
Pamela Zmija ~ Artist & Intuitive
Photography is incredible for this, showing the differences, capturing a moment in time forever. Wow what a difference. This would be extremely emotional seeing it flooded like that.
Egidio Leitao
Pamela, it is very surreal to see the destruction caused by the flood. I had seen videos and photos, but when I walked to that area, I was struck with a profound sense of loss.
norasphotos4u
I hope people in the apartment building are safe
Egidio Leitao
They were safe, but the water got just below the bottom floor patio on the ground floor. It was scary.
Klausbernd
Glad that the water has gone down, dear Egidio.
Your pictures make the risen water level very clear.
Happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Egidio Leitao
Thank you. More importantly, the rains have stopped, too.
Klausbernd
Fortunately, it started here.
Egidio Leitao
I hope it won’t be torrential as it was here.
Rebecca Cuningham
Wow, the little roofs mostly underwater in the Lake Georgetown photos says it all! So much water.
Egidio Leitao
Yes, the lake rose about 26 feet that weekend.
Rebecca Cuningham
Holy smoke.
shoreacres
I saw footage of the Two Rivers apartments at the height of the flood. It’s interesting to see it now. I saw some before and after photos of Lake Travis today that are equally astonishing.
Egidio Leitao
It’s interesting how Lake Travis has changed. The last footage I saw had only one island. As for the Two Rivers Apartments, I bet it was scary for those residents on the ground floor.
Pepper
That is incredible! Thanks for sharing your perspective with us. 😊
Egidio Leitao
Thank you for the comment, Pepper. I appreciate that.
Pepper
My pleasure. 😊
Steve Schwartzman
That’s good documentation of the flooding in Georgetown. I saw some video on television but it’s better that you got to see it for yourself.
Egidio Leitao
Since it is a place I bike regularly, I wanted to see the transformation in person. Thanks for your words.
Anne Sandler
Wow, seeing is believing! Thank you for putting this together Egidio.
Egidio Leitao
Thanks, Anne. I wanted to check it out and see a familiar area transformed by the weather.
philosophy through photography
Egidio, those photos really say a lot—powerful and a little heavy too. Nature’s calm and chaos side by side. Glad the water’s receding, but seeing familiar places like that underwater hits different.
Egidio Leitao
That is what compelled me to go look at those places. I visit them often. To see a different scenery was shocking. Thanks for your words.
philosophy through photography
The photographer in you did the best, Egidio.
Egidio Leitao
Thank you
philosophy through photography
Welcome, Egidio.