Working Together for Flash Flood Safety on Our Lakes
A joint effort by PLDA, FOLM, and CULP:
Keeping everyone who lives on (or recreates on) our lakes safe is something all of us share. Today the Preserve Lake Dunlap Association, Friends of Lake McQueeney, and Citizens United for Lake Placid have submitted a joint letter to Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher, Comal County Judge Kristen Hoyt, and the Commissioners Courts of both counties to thank them for their service and offer our combined help to ensure every resident and visitor knows what a flash flood siren means and what to do if they hear one.
As many of you know PLDA has been in direct communication with the Emergency Management departments of both counties since the deadly floods in July-2025 regarding the need for more public-facing information on the emergency alert sirens along our lake. Last week PLDA met with Comal County Emergency Management Coordinator Sammy Sikes and County Engineer Robert Boyd, and we came away very encouraged. They shared how Comal County is putting the legislation from TX Senate Bills 2 & 3 into practice, including more advanced upstream flood warning systems that aim to give residents more advance notice. They also described a close working relationship with the City of New Braunfels and a real intention of collaborating with their Guadalupe County Emergency Management peers.
We learned that how the emergency sirens along Lake Dunlap are just one part of a larger, layered notification system designed as an outdoor warning system to move people out of harms way. They also explained their plans for giving area residents one clear place to find emergency information, and they kindly asked for our support.
The goal of our submission is to respectfully encourage Comal County, the City of New Braunfels, and Guadalupe County to keep working together, and to unify their processes/practices of their flood warning systems as much as possible to help our communities have a unified standard. It also offers our three associations' help in carrying the message to our members and lakeside neighbors, through our websites, newsletters, and community contacts.
We are grateful to the county and city officials for their time and openness, and we will share updates here as we hear back. The full letter is ATTACHED BELOW.