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My house and office are in spots that would be dry if'n the dam above me cut loose. Parents and one brother would lose their houses. If it was going that direction, they would pack up and head to my sister's place in the hills. I was talking to my son in law tonight, and the subject of rivers running high comes up, because of the current situation. I did not realize exactly where their place is relative to the river, , and it is not a great spot if Folsom Dam were to cut loose. They are like 5 houses from the end of the street. I would expect that 2-3 at the end would end up with pieces of them floating past Stockton. There is a bend in the river near San Juan Rapids, and they are on the wrong side of the curve, but the right side of the river. Houses on the other side would all be underwater at least over to I 80.

Place in Texas was above the dam. Water would go over the top before it would touch my patio, and I would have a great view of it. Floods down there you get fire ant balls floating around though, and that is bad. You don't want to know how it is if they bump up against something swimming.
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