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Vanishing peace in Flash Flood Alley


People watching the swollen Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. — Loren Elliott/The New York Times

SLIGHTLY downstream from where the San Marcos and Blanco rivers meet in central Texas, Tom Goynes likes to show his visitors the “symphony of birds” in the morning – woodpeckers, cardinals and the occasional deer, bobcat or coyote.

“You’re surrounded by God and every­thing that he’s created,” said Goynes, 74, who has run campgrounds on the San Marcos River since 1972.

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