http://www.crisbolivia.net/where-exactly-does-the-flooding-occurs-in-san-antonio-texas/ The Heart of San Antonio Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crisbolivia.net/where-exactly-does-the-flooding-occurs-in-san-antonio-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-21 leelee Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:19:19 +0000 http://www.crisbolivia.net/where-exactly-does-the-flooding-occurs-in-san-antonio-texas/#comment-21 The flooding happens because San Antonio lies on a bed of lime stone. The top soil is probably only about a foot and then you hit limestone. The limestone is also why we have such delicious water as it acts as a natural cleanser of the water that washes down toward the aquifer (the giant lake below the Hill country corridor that includes Austin and San Antonio). If you live near a creek or the river, expect occasional flooding. I live near a large park that is near a creek. Normally it is dry, but when it rains and we usually have a lot of rain at one time when it does finally rain, it floods and I have to find another way out of my neighborhood area to go to work and get the kids to school. I know the low lying areas and never attempt to cross those in a storm. Many people have died from stupidity, not the rain itself. The flooding happens because San Antonio lies on a bed of lime stone. The top soil is probably only about a foot and then you hit limestone. The limestone is also why we have such delicious water as it acts as a natural cleanser of the water that washes down toward the aquifer (the giant lake below the Hill country corridor that includes Austin and San Antonio). If you live near a creek or the river, expect occasional flooding. I live near a large park that is near a creek. Normally it is dry, but when it rains and we usually have a lot of rain at one time when it does finally rain, it floods and I have to find another way out of my neighborhood area to go to work and get the kids to school. I know the low lying areas and never attempt to cross those in a storm. Many people have died from stupidity, not the rain itself.

]]> http://www.crisbolivia.net/where-exactly-does-the-flooding-occurs-in-san-antonio-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-20 techie_girl Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:04:48 +0000 http://www.crisbolivia.net/where-exactly-does-the-flooding-occurs-in-san-antonio-texas/#comment-20 Keep an eye out for the high water markers, usually an indication that flooding has occurred in that area several times. Try to make sure that the property you buy is somewhat elevated. I did not have any flooding on the north side of town - by the airport. Keep an eye out for the high water markers, usually an indication that flooding has occurred in that area several times. Try to make sure that the property you buy is somewhat elevated. I did not have any flooding on the north side of town – by the airport.

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