Flood Photos

 

Sara Ewing welcomes Bishop Joel Martinez to the flood relief center at Medina Valley UMC, Castroville, July 9. The 261-member congregation opened the community's only relief center July 8 with help from members of Alamo Heights UMC, San Antonio, and the Medina County Food Bank. The center in the church's fellowship hall distributes food and cleaning supplies to victims of flooding along the Medina River. High water affected more than 270 households in Castroville and nearby areas along the river from July 3 through 6. Debris lines the street outside the home of Watt and Jackie Murah in Castroville. Bishop Joel Martinez and disaster-response representatives from the Rio Grande and Southwest Texas conferences visited the Murah family July 9. "It's a tragic mess," Mrs. Murah told Martinez with tears in her eyes as she pointed out flood damage. Several feet of water from the Medina River flooded the Murah home between July 3 and 6. A front-end loader dumps flood debris picked up around the home of Jeff and Elaine Quinn at Canyon Lake July 11. The Guadalupe River flooded the Quinn home when water began spilling over the Canyon Lake Dam July 4. The Quinns are members of Canyon Lake UMC. Towels and clothes dry outside a home in the Horseshoe Falls area of Canyon Lake July 11. High water damaged the house when the Guadalupe River began spilling over the Canyon Lake Dam July 4. Rushing water changed the course of the river at Horseshoe Falls. The Rev. Jim Roberts, pastor of Canyon Lake UMC, points out flood damage to Bishop JoelMartinez July 11, at the home of Jeff and Elaine Quinn, members of his congregation. Water spilled over the Canyon Lake Dam for the first time and reached several feet into the second floor of the Quinns' split-level home along the Guadalupe River. The flow over the dam, which began July 4, continued at a slower rate as Martinez visited homes in the area seven days later. Bishop Joel Martinez (right) talks to Elaine Quinn of Canyon Lake July 11 about flood damage to her home. The Rev. Jim Roberts, pastor of Canyon Lake UMC, listens. The Guadalupe River flooded the home when waters began spilling over Canyon Lake Dam July 4. Quinn, who has lived in the home since February 1979, is a member of Canyon Lake UMC. Bishop Joel Martinez (in suit) prays with members of a volunteer cleanup crew July 9 in New Braunfels. They were removing flood-damaged contents from th home of Bobbie Allen, a member of First UMC, New Braunfels. The Guadalupe River flooded her home July 4 to 7 for the second time in four years. She has lived near the river for 26 years. . The Rev. Lonnie B. Phillips, senior pastor of First UMC, Seguin, adds to a debris pile outside the home of a church member July 9. The Guadalupe River damaged some 800 homes in Seguin and Guadalupe County between July 4 and 7. The Rev. Eduardo Morales (left), pastor of the Roman Catholic parish in Comfort, shows Bishop Joel Martinez where waters from Cypress Creek had flooded his church building. The church is home to the community food pantry. The neighboring Episcopal Church was also flooded. Martinez visited Comfort July 5. Jacobi Caldwell of First UMC, Kerrville, shows Bishop Joel Martinez (center right) where she took refuge when Quinlan Creek flooded her home. Looking on are the Rev. Carl Westbrook (left), pastor of St. Paul’s UMC, Kerrville, and the Rev. Virgilio Vazquez-Garza, San Antonio District superintendent. Caldwell said she climbed on to her carport roof with her dog July 2 when the rain-swollen creek behind her house on Lytle Street left its banks. Two feet of water flowed into the structure. Some 160 homes in her neighborhood were damaged. Martinez visited flood sites in Comfort, Kerrville and San Antonio July 5 as rains continued to fall. Rising water prevented him from getting to Bandera and Utopia that day.