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Originally Posted by wakebordr11
It's wild to see, but even more wild to see it has happened quite a few times in the past 5 years... Are there any other options than boat lifts on this lake? Tether your boat to shore or a large anchor?
How much does the water rise in these situations? Does insurance really cover you if you lose a boat more than once over the dam?
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These people need to remove their boats when weather calls for lots of rain as in this case. Also they should remove their boats when not at their lake house. This is a small size river that is very well known for flash flooding. Between Lake Dunlap (which is hardly a lake, it's just a small concrete dam on the river that backs up the river) and the real lake above it (Canyon Lake) is about 25 miles give or take. All this flash flood water collects in that 25 miles due to the terrain/geography of the area which is steep hills and valleys made up of granite, limestone, with little topsoil. A lot of rain just runs off causing these floods. Some of these floods can raise the the river 15-20ft. Doubt anchors would work, tethers might just get the boat swamped with all the large debris that comes with the floods. This particular flash flood removed quite a few RV's from one of the riverside RV parks. There's video of 3 fifth wheels floating down the river at the same spot where the yellow Nautique was. I also wonder if insurance would now drop a 2nd time boat owner that is not smart enough to remove his/her boat off a river with known multiple days of rain predicted at 100% chance or right at 100% chance over the entire rain event.