Brushy Creek in Round Rock is raging. The water flows well beyond its banks. It rose quickly Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The force of the current knocked down fencing, tore through yards and nearly washed a hot tub off a balcony.
Seeing the damage left in Hermine's path brought some to tears.
“It's okay honey, it's okay. It's just stuff,” one man said as he consoled his wife Wednesday morning.
In the retirement community of Sun City in Georgetown the water at Berry Creek rose above the bank and into homes. By daylight Wednesday morning the water began to recede. Instead of flowing out of the river banks, the water flowed out of homes.
“It was just incredible. We opened the garage door and water just poured out,” said Jeannie Ferrier, “We have a lot of people coming to help. We had about two feet of water in the whole house and it's still flowing out.”
Ferrier’s parents live in Sun City. They were out of town Tuesday night, but a neighbor called to warn her that the creek was flooding. Ferrier and her husband turned to the rescue of others as the waters rose beyond ankle deep to knee-high depths.
“We had to help a lot of people, knock on doors and get them out safely,” said Ferrier,”It was sad. They had nobody to help them.”
Georgetown officials say fire fighters rescued at least 10 people from flooded homes and another 10 from vehicles in flood waters.
In Round rock, 18 people evacuated their homes. Emergency offices placed reverse 911 calls to warn residents along Brushy Creek of the rapidly rising water.
“It sounded like the ocean, like being out at the ocean-side,” said Bryan Dockery who lives along Brushy Creek.
The water broke up the pavement on the road and lodged chunks of trees between the concrete and the guardrail. It blew debris out of one yard and into another, tearing apart much of what it came across.
“You had to basically just wait and see if the water was going to continue to rise and take care of the safety of your family,” said Dockery.
Dockery lost part of his fence in the rising water. As the water levels fell back, he started gathering up the family’s belongings scattered across the yard mixed in with chairs and grills that flowed over from other yards.
“Right now we just have to assess all of the damages and take the next step,” said Dockery.
Round Rock officials say 18 people who live along Brushy Creek near Dockery evacuated their homes overnight.
