Lance Parisher, a Fourth of July flood survivor, was one of six people who spoke at the Upper Guadalupe River Authority board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Parisher described the night of the flood while he was at a family home in Ingram.

“The house was lifted off the foundation with us in it,” Parisher said. “We survived an unsurvivable event, but in that, I lost my 20-month-old son, Clay Parisher.”

Parisher continued by advocating for better flood warning systems to prevent a tragedy like what happened to his family, and so many others, from ever happening again.

Since the flood, the City of Ingram has approved a new flood warning system for its section of the river. Ingram City Councilman Ray Howard, who led the effort, also spoke at the UGRA.

“I’ve been an advocate from that morni

See Full Page