'Beautiful, but It's Also Hazardous' | Family Recounts Decades of Floods Along Guadalupe River

'Beautiful, but it's also hazardous' | Family recounts decades of floods along Guadalupe River

Living along the river can be beautiful. It can also be hazardous, as one longtime resident knows all too well.

Kerrville resident recounts escape from flood waters that overtook his home

Scott Walden and his wife awoke on July 4 to what he described as an "unusual" rise of floodwaters outside their home. They escaped by jumping into the water and getting carried downstream until grabbing onto a branch and phoning for help.