FM 1485 is closed at the East Fork of the San Jacinto River due to high water. It is following a pretty typical pattern - a day or so after heavy rains, the river comes out of its banks and crosses the road. It seems counterintuitive that the road doesn't flood until the rains are gone and the sky is blue, but it takes 24 hours for all the water upstream to make it to this point.
I've watched this happen for over 40 years, and every time it happens I wonder why they don't just build the road a foot and a half higher - maybe add a couple sets of culverts.
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