Gates open at Dam B

[Blue Tick]

I grew up in Woodville. We knew people down in Barlow Lakes and they always flooded with heavy rains or when the locks were really opened. Hopefully they have been evacuated or chose to leave the area. The Spurger and Fred areas are going to have some real problems and others further downstream. When Rayburn opens up, it will get much worse.

[justincorbell]

best of luck jeepntx, im right down the road if I can help ya in any way.

[DCT]

I grew up in Woodville. We knew people down in Barlow Lakes and they always flooded with heavy rains or when the locks were really opened. Hopefully they have been evacuated or chose to leave the area. The Spurger and Fred areas are going to have some real problems and others further downstream. When Rayburn opens up, it will get much worse.

Most of the camps in Barlow are run down now. Our lease is right by there. The meth is so bad down in there the cops want go down there.

[Blue Tick]

Most of the camps in Barlow are run down now. Our lease is right by there. The meth is so bad down in there the cops want go down there.

You are correct. It's gotten way out of hand and the current TCSO admin is a complete joke.

[jeepntx]

best of luck jeepntx, im right down the road if I can help ya in any way.

Thanks. Hopefully yall don't end up with issues down China way.

I bet Old Sour Lake Rd is under probably 5 ft of water by now. It floods quick and holds water for a long time.

[d_e_smith]

Buddy is down at his lease down along the Neches East of Spurger and said the sloughs and oxbows (and old river cut through) are getting fed well. And there are gators laying along the lease roads.

[Tex21]

Talked to the Jasper County Sheriffs yesterday while we were getting trespassers off my cousins place and they said they are releasing Dam B because Ray Burn is about to open up so they are trying to compensate the difference. Ray Burn had either a .5 foot or 1.5 feet to go before the dam there was opened some according to them.

[justincorbell]

Thanks. Hopefully yall don't end up with issues down China way.

I bet Old Sour Lake Rd is under probably 5 ft of water by now. It floods quick and holds water for a long time.

no doubt old sour lake road is swamped.........hell it stays that way 4-5 months outta the year!

[xman59]

That's what I'm concerned about. Pine Island Bayou branches off the Neches just north of Beaumont and I'm only 2-300 yards from PIB. When the Neches is up, the Bayou is up, and it's already pretty high.

you might want to pack up some stuff,,,, the flood of 94 was historic for sure,, and i pray it never gets there again,,, but the lnva opened the locks on the salt water barrier and the closed part of bigner road which goes through the gate to the locks,, they already new it was going under water,,,, also back in 94 the old steel wall was still up in the bayou below the pump station, it really reduced the water flow going down the bayou which caused problems up stream,,, my bil lost his house in that one.... if it does quit raining you may be ok, but if they open rayburn very much with everything else so high already you may be worse than 94

[xman59]

jeepntx i sent you a pm

[Truckville]

Rayburn is not letting out any water due to the downstream flooding issues. Rayburn is at 172.48' at this typing and pool level is 164.4' or 8.08' above pool. Hard to believe a couple of years ago it was 14' below pool. Stay safe out there.

Doug

I was at Rayburn last weekend and the marina said it will hit the spillway at 175'. So if its over 172' now I would call that danger zone. You know they will have to open up to protect the dam. If that big joker starts free flowing that's a lotta watta.

[DCT]

I remember Fishing Rayburn one time it was 12' or 13' high. We were catching bass off of picnic tables in Mill creek park.

[JW]

Gates open at Dam B

Lort!!! I've caught piles of goo and white bass right were I have the circles red X marked. It's **** sure flooding there.