Popular waterfall in Texas froze and collapsed due to winter storm

A popular waterfall on Lake Georgetown, Texas, has captivated people as it flows over a huge, moss-covered rock ledge. But it was badly damaged during a recent winter storm. Austin American Statesman.

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Part of the rock wall ledge has collapsed, said Scott Blank, a member of the US Army Corps of Engineers that controls the lake.

“I think it cracked and fell because of the frost,” Blank suggested.

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“Mother Nature does whatever she wants,” he remarked. “It’s just a coincidence that the cold front came in so quickly after the rains, which oversaturated the area, which is why it froze more.”

According to him, the springs still flow over the rest of the cliff.

Authorities did not see the rock fall, but did when one of the bystanders noticed it had collapsed and contacted them.

“We are very upset by the collapse,” said Sean Connolly, an Austin hiker who frequented the falls with his wife Marghita. “I wonder how many thousands of years this rock has stood there.”

Connolly said he and his wife saw the falls for the first time in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

According to him, they walked or kayaked more than 20 times in different seasons. Before the frost, people could stand under the mossy rock ledge and see the water flowing in front of them.

“It was a peaceful, special place,” Connolly remarked. It's always full of birds and it's very fresh. In addition, the place allows you to stay in solitude. Cold spring water is always refreshing in the middle of a long hike on a hot Texas day.”

Sean Connolly stressed that the place "sounds different now."

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“I am very glad that I was lucky to see him the way he was,” he admitted. “But it’s immensely sad that it won’t happen again.”

The falls were a popular destination for many hikers, Blanc said, who could get to it by walking a little over two miles (3 km) along the Good Water Trail, which starts at Cedar Breaks Park.

Blank suggested that the springs would continue to flow over the rocks at Georgetown Lake and the moss would grow back to its full potential to make the place "look intriguing enough" in about five to ten years.

Sean Connolly assured that he and his wife would still return to this place.

“It will be interesting to see how the waterfall grows and changes,” he explained.

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