Elizabeth Catlos

One does not simply become a master of karate. First, you must accidentally walk into a spider web.

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100 million dollar fire aid - it’s time for some detailed accounting where every dollar went !

this is the new version of hell victims in the Palisades Fire have to deal with

Disabled Veteran survived after the flood washed him away down stream. He survived in his vehicle. His car stopped and he was alive. A miracle. He then passed away because he had a bad hip and could not hike out from the middle of nowhere. He went by Gus according to his…

How do subduction zones begin? What triggers their formation? How do they evolve? Join our @theAGU 2025 session: "Onset and Evolution of Subduction Zones." We welcome work on: 🔹 Subduction initiation 🔹 Reactivated zones 🔹 Early magmatism & deformation 🔹 Geophysics,…

Watch the moment the floodgates at Buchanan Dam open for the first time since 2019! Credit: LCRA

Austin will also spend $18.5 million next year on a new Cultural Arts program. $17.2 million of it goes to artists, festivals, and “UNESCO Media Arts” branding. And $2.4 million covers the 19 full-time staff handing it out. This one program gets nearly twice what Council cut…

Guadalupe River search. Belgian Malinois are born to work, they need to work, they crave to work, they’re like a machine. Doesn’t matter the job, search & rescue, drug search, protection, tool fetcher, whatever. That dog is laser focused & working so hard. Much RESPECT.

Travis County has some serious questions to answer. Here is the Leander Mayors statement. Travis county refused to let any other departments or agencies help us in Sandy Creek. We were completely on our own. Because of this we conducted Search and Rescue with Pedernales…

If you’re an Austin or Central Texas influencer use your platform today to share these ways to help flood victims.

July 2, 2025 the State of Texas issued deployment orders ahead of rising floodwaters. 2 Austin Fire Dept boats & six swiftwater technicians were ready to deploy,but were denied permission to respond.A 2nd request was received on July 4 & it was also denied fireengineering.com/technical-resc…

Austin police seek help identifying suspect in CapMetro bus assault. Police say a Good Samaritan intervened during the attack and removed the suspect from the bus. Officials say the suspect appeared to be under the influence of narcotics before the assault cbsaustin.com/news/local/aus…

LCRA is strongly encouraging everyone to stay off lakes Travis, LBJ and Marble Falls for the next few days to avoid flood debris, fast-moving flows and bacteria levels that traditionally increase after a flood event. This is especially important at night. bit.ly/44yAUhW

For those who don't understand how quickly flash floods occur.

DO YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK/STREAM/RIVER? Please use this resource and become familiar with it. You can track nearby rainfall totals, flowrate/height of water in nearby waterways that could impact your neighborhood. Flooding ongoing in Austin as we speak

⚠️Alright, time to perk up and pay attention in Austin. Storms are stalling over Travis county and becoming more expansive with 3-6"/hr rainfall rates. Significant flooding possible soon. Backbuilding occurring to the northwest. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADS

Five floodgates are open at Wirtz Dam and all 10 floodgates are open at Starcke Dam to move floodwaters downstream. Flows are high and very fast. Use extreme caution if you’re anywhere near the lakes. More info: hydromet.lcra.org/floodstatus

The entire I-35 corridor from Austin to New Braunfels is now under a FLASH FLOOD WARNING. Austin being the newest warning, in effect until 2 PM. Heavy rain moving in now from the northwest could quickly cause flash flooding #atxwx #txwx

Pedernales River this morning at Pedernales Falls State Park, courtesy of @TPWDnews This area as been totally dry more often than not over the last half decade. It's now sending 8-10k CFS down to Lake Travis #atxwx #txwx