KERR COUNTY, Texas — James Tolliver's home is more than 140 yards away from the Guadalupe River and it's not in the 100-year floodplain. On July 4th, the Guadalupe River didn't care.

Tolliver awoke at 4 a.m. to the sound of water pounding on his bedroom door. He and his wife realized what was happening and made a dash for hallway, which had a ladder to the attic.

"I didn't even have time to get my shorts off of a bench and put them on," Tolliver said.

His wife climbed the ladder first. Tolliver then climbed the ladder just seconds before several feet of water burst into the living room and rushed down the hallway below him.

"The sliding glass door shot off in the living room and water came through here. As I climbed up, this (ladder) was floating behind me." Tolliver said.

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