What happened here? Tornadoes in the area - Mon., Nov. 2, 2015

The National Weather Service has confirmed early Friday a.m., October 30, four tornadoes touched down around San Antonio causing substantial damage. None were in San Antonio itself, but they were to the north (Zorn, TX), east (D'Hanis, TX), south (Floresville, TX) and west (Geronimo, TX) of us. Read the full article here: NWS-confirms-October-30-tornadoes. In the story is a photo of the 5th wheel that was lifted and dropped on the third floor roof of a Holiday Inn. Thankfully its owner was thrown clear while the 5th wheel was on the ground.

In addition to the tornadoes, there was torrential rainfall to the north of us. New Braunfels and San Marcos had 17" of rain in six hours causing rivers to rise rapidly to flash flood stage. River Ranch RV Resort on the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels, which sits under the I-35 bridges, was hit hard. Check out this blog for before and after photos of that RV park: http://ourrvadventures.com/2015/10/well-that-was-fun-2/

We had some people check in to Travelers World who had been staying at Pecan Grove RV Park in San Marcos. When they checked in they told me that RV park lost 35 RVs to the flash flood. Very sad.

We didn't have quite this much standing water this time. The photo is from May 2015.

Less rain than this in October
(only 2-4"), this photo from May has about 6".

Our hearts go out to all those affected. It could happen to any of us.

Parts of Austin and Houston were also effected by flooding. We were very lucky in San Antonio!