San Saba faces its fourth-largest flood, leaving thousands in crisis and some homeless.
SAN SABA, Texas — San Saba was hit with historic records on Friday. This rainfall indicated the fourth-largest flood in San Saba’s history. Thousands are now dealing with the aftermath and many residents have lost their homes.
Jody Fauley, County Judge said there is a lot of damage throughout the northeast side of the city. The San Saba River reached 34 feet as of Saturday. On Monday, a burn ban was put into effect for the county, but things took a turn Thursday night with heavy rainfall into Friday morning. Emergency operations began shortly after.
Kynda Edmonson, a San Saba resident, said her home is completely destroyed.
“My furniture, my cabinets, everything in the outside, I have my pool is full of debris and dirt,” said Edmonson. “Our vehicles, everything is ruined furniture’s turned upside down. My house has about 2 inches of filthy mud through the whole thing.”
Fauly said the civic center in the city has been a safe haven for people like Edmonson who have lost their homes. The civic center is a place where the community can send donations as well.
“The only evacuation location that we had was our civic center, and it was in effect as of yesterday.” said Fauley. “There are still a few staying there. I think most with the water receding people have gone back out to check on their homes and they may be back up there tonight, but our civic center, in the city of San Saba A is where we’ve been evacuating to.”
Fauley said no one was hurt and at this time everyone has been accounted for. Numerous resources came to help including the National Guard, the Texas Department of Emergency Management, the San Saba Sheriff’s Office, police and many other officials. Fauley said at this point the city is waiting for the river to recede.
“Thanks to our community. We’re blessed to be in our area since that was a great location, great people, this community, the churches, the people in it all,” said Fauley. “These kind of things happen everybody comes together. They all are ready to provide food, shelter, help any way they can. And so it’s just, we’re very blessed to be where we’re at. We’re very thankful that, we don’t have any loss of life or any injuries along that line. And we know a lot of our fellow counties have gone through much worse than we have, so our hearts and prayers are with them. “