Floods Devastate Texas Hill Country, Dozens Feared Dead

[Webster]

Texas flooding latest: desperate search for girls swept away at summer camp after dozens killed in floods

At least 27 people have died and 27 girls who were at a Christian summer camp are missing

www.theguardian.com

(The Guardian) 6am Summary
--At least 24 people have died and up to 25 people are missing after torrential rain caused flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday.
--Rescue teams are searching for the people who were attending the Christian all-girls Camp Mystic summer camp just outside the town of Kerrville 104km (64 miles) north-west of San Antonio.
--As of Friday night, emergency personnel had rescued or evacuated 237 people, including 167 by helicopter, Reuters reports.
--The Texas Division of Emergency Management had 14 helicopters and hundreds of emergency workers, as well as drones, involved in search-and-rescue operations.
--A month’s worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours. In less than an hour the river rose 26 feet (7.9m) in what Kerr county sheriff’s office called “catastrophic flooding”.
--The flooding swept away mobile homes, vehicles and holiday cabins where people were spending the 4 July weekend, the BBC said.
--A state of emergency has been declared in several counties.
--Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, US President Donald Trump said, “We’ll take care of them,” when asked about federal aid for the disaster.
--Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the top local elected official, said a disaster of such magnitude was unforeseen. “We had no reason to believe this was going to be anything like what’s happened here,” he said. “None whatsoever.”
--More rain is expected in the state, including around Waco, and flooding is anticipated downriver from Kerr county.

 

[KO896]

When you hear the Flash Flood warning so often and it's not that bad, you don't really take action. I think that's what happened and this was an unprecedented amount of rainfall in a very short time. Those poor people who went through it and those waiting to hear about loved ones....I just can't imagine their anguish and pain, especially those who have lost children from the camps I pray there are more survivors found soon.

 

[Webster]

TERROR ON THE GUADALUPE RIVER: A catastrophic July 4th flash flood hit the Texas Hill Country with no warning and no escape. This wasn’t a hurricane. It was worse.

Overnight, a wall of water ripped through campsites along the Guadalupe, sweeping away RVs, homes, and lives as families slept. Concrete slabs were torn from the earth. In this documentary, we investigate the devastation in Hunt and Kerrville, sharing harrowing stories from survivors who were rescued from rooftops and parents still searching for missing loved ones. See the dramatic helicopter rescues and learn how the river could rise so fast without a named storm.

▼ WHAT'S INSIDE THIS DOCUMENTARY ▼
00:00 The Day Before: A Perfect Holiday
01:29 Wall of Water: Tragedy on the Guadalupe
02:13 "It Was Gone": Campers Reunited
03:05 Trapped in Hunt, Texas
04:23 Kerrville Underwater: The Aftermath
05:48 Dramatic Helicopter Rescues
06:43 How Did The Guadalupe River Rise So Fast?

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

Checked CNN and their latest headline is:

Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 43​

 

[DrLeftover]

The county didn't have a way to send emergency notifications to cell phones.

why?

 

[MrDawn]

When you hear the Flash Flood warning so often and it's not that bad, you don't really take action. I think that's what happened and this was an unprecedented amount of rainfall in a very short time. Those poor people who went through it and those waiting to hear about loved ones....I just can't imagine their anguish and pain, especially those who have lost children from the camps I pray there are more survivors found soon.

I can agree with this point of view. When I lived in Florida up until Hurricane Michael, the people that lived there much longer than I did downplayed it to a minor tropical storm, saying that the warnings were over exaggerated. There were warnings to evacuate. I should have left sooner instead of listening to my former employer act like it was nothing.

 

[KO896]

I can agree with this point of view. When I lived in Florida up until Hurricane Michael, the people that lived there much longer than I did downplayed it to a minor tropical storm, saying that the warnings were over exaggerated. There were warnings to evacuate. I should have left sooner instead of listening to my former employer act like it was nothing.

We're supposed to get rain for the next two weeks the forecast is showing Flash flooding alerts have already begun so now I'm trying to figure out in my head where the creeks are and where the low valleys are to avoid those areas when traveling.

 

[KO896]

The county didn't have a way to send emergency notifications to cell phones.

why?

Were they in a dead zone? Parts of my house are a dead zone!

 

[MrDawn]

We're supposed to get rain for the next two weeks the forecast is showing Flash flooding alerts have already begun so now I'm trying to figure out in my head where the creeks are and where the low valleys are to avoid those areas when traveling.

We flooded a few months ago at my place of work. It's in a flood zone. Thankfully they moved all of the cars to non flood areas. It took them a whole month to get the building cleaned out. They're just waiting on the insurance company now for further replacements.

 

[KO896]

We flooded a few months ago at my place of work. It's in a flood zone. Thankfully they moved all of the cars to non flood areas. It took them a whole month to get the building cleaned out. They're just waiting on the insurance company now for further replacements.

Insurance can be a pain!

We had flooding at one of our previous houses, and even though we didn't have flood insurance, the water came in through a different method that WAS covered by insurance.

 

[Grungie]

What’s pretty disgusting to read are comments from extremists who are too busy pushing an agenda, saying stuff like “um, you guys realize there’s a genocide going on in Palestine right now?” or “those children deserved it because they live in a red state”.

 

[Cam's iconCam]

Very tragic news.

What’s pretty disgusting to read are comments from extremists who are too busy pushing an agenda, saying stuff like “um, you guys realize there’s a genocide going on in Palestine right now?” or “those children deserved it because they live in a red state”.

That is sadly the common theme with every disaster that occurs now. I've mainly seen headlines about how the Trump/Elon DOGE cuts somehow contributed to this.

 

[Grungie]

Very tragic news.



That is sadly the common theme with every disaster that occurs now. I've mainly seen headlines about how the Trump/Elon DOGE cuts somehow contributed to this.

Might as well say he controls the weather at this point.

 

[Cam's iconCam]

Might as well say he controls the weather at this point.

I've been seeing the weather manipulation crap a lot lately too. Not with Trump specifically, but there being some secret non-partisan entity that controls it. MTG actually just proposed a bill a couple days ago that is supposed to end "weather modification."

 

[Grungie]

I've been seeing the weather manipulation crap a lot lately too. Not with Trump specifically, but there being some secret non-partisan entity that controls it. MTG actually just proposed a bill a couple days ago that is supposed to end "weather modification."

MTG isn’t known for having a brain.

I do remember after Katrina, people said Bush had a hurricane machine.

 

[Dead2009]

What’s pretty disgusting to read are comments from extremists who are too busy pushing an agenda, saying stuff like “um, you guys realize there’s a genocide going on in Palestine right now?” or “those children deserved it because they live in a red state”.

It's because people seem to think we're supposed to care more about an overseas issue than one at home.

 

[Grungie]

It's because people seem to think we're supposed to care more about an overseas issue than one at home.

I’m sure most of the people saying that don’t actually care either. What are they doing besides complaining about it online?

 

[KO896]

I've been seeing the weather manipulation crap a lot lately too. Not with Trump specifically, but there being some secret non-partisan entity that controls it. MTG actually just proposed a bill a couple days ago that is supposed to end "weather modification."

I believe it's because more people are now hearing about cloud seeding and how back in Vietnam the US actually extended the monsoon season to benefit us somehow. When you're being gaslit as a country with people saying there is no such thing as weather modification, and then finding out it's been happening since the 1940s, it makes you wonder what's going on that we aren't being told about?

Was the Texas flooding a natural occurrence? Probably. But could it also have been a terrorist attack with drones by other countries? That's something we should be thinking about. Biden let in air balloons and then we saw all those mysterious drones for months...what's going on? Is it really just the weather? I'm waiting to see.

 

[passenger]

I believe it's because more people are now hearing about cloud seeding and how back in Vietnam the US actually extended the monsoon season to benefit us somehow. When you're being gaslit as a country with people saying there is no such thing as weather modification, and then finding out it's been happening since the 1940s, it makes you wonder what's going on that we aren't being told about?

Was the Texas flooding a natural occurrence? Probably. But could it also have been a terrorist attack with drones by other countries? That's something we should be thinking about. Biden let in air balloons and then we saw all those mysterious drones for months...what's going on? Is it really just the weather? I'm waiting to see.

Rainmaker CEO Speaks Out About Cloud Seeding in Texas Before Floods​

 

[Grungie]

I believe it's because more people are now hearing about cloud seeding and how back in Vietnam the US actually extended the monsoon season to benefit us somehow. When you're being gaslit as a country with people saying there is no such thing as weather modification, and then finding out it's been happening since the 1940s, it makes you wonder what's going on that we aren't being told about?

Was the Texas flooding a natural occurrence? Probably. But could it also have been a terrorist attack with drones by other countries? That's something we should be thinking about. Biden let in air balloons and then we saw all those mysterious drones for months...what's going on? Is it really just the weather? I'm waiting to see.

The problem is that some of this stuff doesn’t work exactly the way people think it does, and then the crazies take it to 11 and make it sound like tinfoil hat territory.