Sanderson Flood (Texas Country Reporter)

[@charlesb4958]

I taught one year at Terrell County ISD; Now, I teach dual-credit government. You better believe I am going to show this video to my Texas Government Class to remember those who fell on 6/11/1965. Sanderson truly is a unique place, and I am grateful to be one of the few to experience it.

[@Historygeek2.0]

I live here now we had a tornado touch down and it was just two days ago. Why does every bad thing in this town happen in june😢.

[@Historygeek2.0]

One died with 5 injuries

[@erinrichardson-smith3389]

Thanks for sharing this-I never knew my dad had been interviewed for TCR! He passed about two years after this was made and it was amazing to hear him sharing Sanderson history one last time.

[@sandranovakovich688]

I’m the wife. We never know when a tragedy such as this will strike. Going about our lives everything can change in a second. Changes the survivors forever. We need to not take our life for granted.

[@unclebuzz6913]

God Bless All the Souls lost and saved. God Bless Texas

[@lukegeorge7384]

Another good story 👍🙏

[@paulamanohar3814]

We moved there a year after this happened. Our friends moved into a house that had been washed away during the flood and rebuilt. There was a draw behind their house with debris still there a year later.

[@judithcopeland6821]

I have enjoyed hunting trips to Sanderson, sometimes staying at an RV part, sometimes staying at a little motel there. Such a quiet, simple little town, in the middle of nowhere, but the people were always kind and treated us very well. I knew about this flood, and I appreciate this video for reviewing the history of it and bringing attention to a little community that deserves recognition.

[@johnkurttate8978]

Started school off pk-3rd grade around 1980. Seems like yesterday. Kind of miss this place

[@michaelfleming40]

I met a gal named Lynn (Phipps) Lane that came from Sanderson. I met her in 1986 at WNMU. 😊 ❤

[@sisleymichael]

In high school, I did a lot of rounding up livestock out in Sanderson. I was in Uvalde. It is a tough country for sure. Anyone or thing surviving out there is tough.

[@gonzokompadre]

excellent, thanks for this.

[@CC-te5zf]

Is Sanderson still vulnerable to this? I'm wondering if they've built diversions or put the communities out of the way in case, God forbid, it ever happens again.

[@annechappee8825]

Yes. They built dams. There was talk that building the dams cost a lot of money and it would have been cheaper to move the town. 🤷‍♂️

[@magnificentone4686]

Need to turn this story into a movie

[@tammymckinney626]

My dad and my mom and us were there this happened.

[@lancecahill5486]

To Texas Country Reporter, please visit and report from Blanco! ☺

[@tammymckinney626]

My uncle's still lives there

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

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