Severe flash flooding in Texas with multiple fatalities

Thoughts and measles.

Flash, flash for fantasy!

“Some reports over 10 inches”.

orange jesus says no $$$ for you.

$$$ is for the rich who will trickle it down to you

[quote] Two Camp Mystic directors, Britt and Catie Eastland, pleaded for help and said that some children are not accounted for and that some cabins appear to have been flooded and possibly washed away. They also said the roads have been washed out and that they need urgent air assistance. Camp Mystic is a Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt.

Oh...a Jesus Camp. Quelle surprise.

[quote] Asked whether the county had a warning system that might have sounded an alert as the Guadalupe rose, he said: “We do not have a warning system.”

[quote] Rest assured, no one knew this flood was coming,” Kelly said. “This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. We deal with floods on a regular basis. When it rains, we have water. We had no reason to believe this was going to be anything like what happened here, none whatsoever.”

Most dangerous valley in the whole country, but they put summer camps there and have no monitoring in place?

Oh well...I'm sure they will get along just fine and not ask for any federal handouts, right?

True Christians would have built an ark and been saved.

An Ark, fuck yea!

[quote]Camp Mystic is a Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt.

So, Jesus wasn't protecting them? Oh wait, they're girls, so it must be divinely inspired flooding or something.

Mystic Hunt is my drag name

It’s pronounced Misty Cunt.

Where's your Messiah nooooooooww?

The should have paid attention to that forecast from NOAA. But anyway FEMA will be available to help with the aftermath of this disaster. Oh, wait…

A disaster! We're on our way to sort things out and provide both immediate and longterm assistance.

Thank goodness Trump is doing away with FEMA!

Jesus wanted those girls to end up in wet t-shirts.

Kerrville is a beautiful town - whatever you think of Texans, this is a wonderful part of the state.

…that’s prone to murderous weather events.

It is truly the nicest part of the state. We go to that area every couple of months.

God is punishing America for dump’s Big, Beautiful Bill.

A high school friend of mine posted this earlier today:

💧💧💧💧💧💧

Well Folks, Happy 4th of July from Hunt, Texas, the magical source of the Guadalupe River 😎😎

Many of you know we have been under a pretty severe drought the last few years and we’ve been waiting patiently for a decent rain event to potentially clean up our river with a flood. It appears that day has finally arrived. It’s been raining here for over 2 hours and the forecast shows the potential for up to an additional 5-8 hrs of rain. These are not ordinary rains, and appear to be 1 inch plus per hour. This tropical system which moved in overnight from deep S Texas and Mexco is training on top of the heart of the hill country in a dangerous pattern.

The potential for flash flooding is extremely high and especially dangerous since this tropical rain has come during the middle of the night while many people are asleep and possibly unaware of the potential danger.

Please be careful and stay off the rd if possible. Do not try to cross a low water crossing in this area. It’s a very serious situation and we appear to have a chance at much more rain in a short period of time.

I will report back when I know more later this morning.

💧💧💧💧💧💧💧

Sweepaway Camp

Lots of rain in Austin today

13 people died in a flash flood in San Antonio about a month ago. Things are poppin’.

This is crazy.

C’mon, let’s not joke about little girls dying.

Terrifying r24

Everything is booger in Texas.

Some of them were obviously lesbionic.

The scary thing is, no matter where you live, we're all subject to extreme weather due to global warming. But yes, thank heavens we got rid of FEMA and those pesky weather nerds at NOAA. Well played, DOGE!

I suppose Cruz is on his way to Cancun.

[quote]The Llano River in Llano, TX might be nearing its crest as the flow has leveled off at a whopping 125,000 cubic feet per second. It was flowing near 500 cubic feet per second only hours ago.

Don't tell him it's almost hurricane season r30

I looked at the camp's website. You know how even if something like that is lily-white they'll get the black and Hispanic kids prominent in the photos?

So white they couldn't even do that.

Jesus camp couldn’t spring for a weather radio with an alarm?? They should be sued into oblivion.

Couldn’t care less.

News Flash: Greg Abbot and Trump will do absolutely nothing to help.

R35

You can read this headline and still feel that way? If yes, what the fuck is wrong with you? These are children.

Twenty children are still missing. I don't care who their parents voted for or who the state's governor is, these are kids that should have a chance to grow up and make their own decisions. I hope they are able to find them and that all or most are alive.

Wishing the best for everyone missing.

Will Gerg Abbott have to beg King Dump for some cash like his old slam piece Sarah Hucklebees did when Arkansas had wildfires?

Better get down on your knees, Gerg. Oh wait....

That river rising like that is terrifying. I imagine the dam behind that bridge is going to be severely compromised as well. Some years back, there was a regular column in our newspaper dedicated to real estate news, and one week, the columnist had written a letter condemning the mandatory set back from waterways handed down by our state legislators as being grossly unfair to landowners and preventing a lot of valuable real estate from being developed. Bad luck for his timing, because the day his column ran, the front page of the paper was dominated by the picture of a full-sized house FLOATING down what is normally a small creek in my town. We are in a semi-arid area and we cannot possibly get the rains that Texas can get, but for us all it takes is a deep snowpack, a sudden thaw accompanied by a generous normal rain, and small creeks even here can become raging torrents. Looking at those pictures, it's obvious that NOTHING should be built within 200 yards on either side of that creek, no matter how low it usually flows.

Q: What's the name of a man floating away in a Texas flash flood?

A: Bob

It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

Worry about disasters in blue states.

Still 20 kids missing r43. Was the alerting system compromised?

[quote]It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

R43, Mississippi, North Carolina, and West Virginia were denied aid from FEMA. Arkansas was finally approved last month after being repeatedly denied.

The Huckabeast supported DeSantis early in the election. Trump enjoyed making her and her state suffer.

Without Jesus camp, where will these girls go to get abused???

If it were Ptown or Fire Island, what would these Texans be saying?

What a Trump done to America that I just don’t give a shit about these people?

They should learn from this. It's been in the news for decades. A family was swept away outside Wimberly a few years back. These rivers always flood in the hill country.

Maybe check the fucking weather forecast a week out before you have your campouts and vacations and cancel it if there's any sign of rain. Maybe build the fucking houses by the river banks higher on stilts like they do near beaches.

This shit needs to fucking stop happening. Ought to be a law.

[quote] Maybe check the fucking weather forecast a week out before you have your campouts and vacations and cancel it if there's any sign of rain.

The county doesn't have an alert system, but recent cuts to NOAA & NWS also contributed to the lack of preparedness, R50.

[quote]NewsNation national security contributor Tracy Walder, whose daughter is friends with some of the missing campers, said the relay of information has been a challenge because campers did not have access to technology during their stay at camp.

[quote]“Technology is actually not allowed there,” Walder said. “That’s why communication and information is kind of a bit difficult to come by at this point in time.”

[quote]President Donald Trump has been in touch multiple times, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said, with offers to provide whatever assistance is needed.

[...]

[quote]Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly told media outlets that there was no warning regarding the severity of the flood and said the county doesn’t have a warning system.

It was surprising to read that Trump reached out, considering he hasn't done that for any other recent disaster or the recent assassinations, until I read that historically, campers and their parents have had political ties.

^

Well hopefully the political elite make sure measures are put in place to stop this.

Well, if they are Christians, then they understand it's god's plan, so they shouldn't be too sad

pity, but they can pray it away

24 people now confirmed dead, 20 kids still missing.

Kerr County got 12 inches of rain in three to four hours.

This certainly will be the end of the organization that sponsored the camp. Some might end up in jail.

[quote]The camp was evacuated overnight after the area was hit with up to 10 inches of rain, but some of the campers were left behind. Several of the cabins were reportedly flooded, while others washed away. The roads surrounding the cabins were washed out.

Poor kids. They must have been terrified last night. I hope they’re hiding somewhere safe and dry and are found but their parents must be frantic.

The camp, Mystic, only became “Christian” when it became Texas-trendy to be so. My sisters went in the 60s. It’s always been elite, expensive, and important to Texas female status. LBJ’s daughters went there. Possibly the Bush twins. If these parents can’t get special treatment in a flood, nobody can.

So possibly over 40 dead.

Life seems so cheap to those who could do more.

[quote] Don't tell him it's almost hurricane season

What, hurricane season? Is that even a thing, who knew?

At least it's not 20 fetuses that are missing!!

We should start a rumor that all those girls were pregnant. Maybe then Republicans would care.

[quote]R38 Twenty children are still missing… these are kids that should have a chance to grow up and make their own decisions.

But lately each generation seems worse than the one before - so it would at least be more manageable with fewer of them (?)

There's a couple on SM stuck in Nice, France on vacation and frantic that their two daughters are unaccounted for at this Camp. They are asking if anyone with a private jet can give them a lift back to Texas...

[italic]Waaaaa![/italic]

I really don’t care. Do U?

[quote]R65 There's a couple on SM - -

A couple on smack?

[quote] At a press conference late on Friday evening, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the floods had been devastating, and declared that 'we need God more than ever.'

[quote]'It needs God, but it also needs a robust response... searches will continue in the darkness of night, and they will continue' into the early hours of Saturday, Abbott said.

Wasn't the flooding an act of God? Just pray harder and that'll solve everything, eh?

[quote]It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

Red state or blue state, if the machine FEMA is severely hobbled or completely broken (as it likely is), the other can't respond quickly or can't reach some people at all.

The Huckabeast had to beg Trump for FEMA aid for tornado damage in AR after the first request was denied.

Flasha Floodine AKA Flasha Fierce is my drag name.

i really don't care.

do you?

Where are the Cruz girls right now?

🐆🍽️

[quote]Flasha Floodine AKA Flasha Fierce is my drag name

Personally, I'm sticking with Musty Stables.

Fuck the whole of Texas. Let the floods wash it away

R73

20 young girls are missing - there is a strong possibility that they were literally swept away from their summer camp . 20 families desperately waiting to hear the news that their seven-year old is OK. These little girls can’t vote and yet you still don’t care.

TF.

ETA: a nine-year old girl was found dead. But her parents MIGHT have voted for Trump so who cares, right?

Thanks for being the voice of reason on this thread, r78

R79

Thank you - I’ll admit I’m not feeling very reasonable right now and trust me, all who know me here and in real life know much I despise Abbott, Patrick, Trump, Cruz, et al…

But these are just children. Really young kids. And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for. We have lost the moral high ground when we can’t show compassion during a horrific tragedy like this.

By the way, the little nine-year old girl who was found dead was named Renee. I can’t bear thinking about her last moments.

[quote]20 young girls are missing - there is a strong possibility that they were literally swept away from their summer camp . 20 families desperately waiting to hear the news that their seven-year old is OK

Crisis actors!

2 Camp La Junta campers share how they survived Kerr County floodwaters

I don't think people are mocking the potential deaths of 20 politically-connected little girls. They are mocking a foreseeable disaster exacerbated by no technology (Trump cuts and a Fascist-Christian concept of God), historically and frequently floodplain campsite, and ridiculous entitled reaction (prayer, private jets, deflection). After FAFO we are fully embracing this FO phase.

Exactly!

RED PATRIOTIC TEXANS DON'T NEED NO GODDAMN FEMA. WE'LL PULL OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS. YOU

Red and patriotic Texans don't need no goddamn FEMA. Will pull ourselves up by our boot straps. You watch. We won't be sticking our hands out to Washington. Promise

R80, I appreciate your compassion. However, if these people support and vote for the party of Sandy Hook deniers, at some point do they not deserve what they vote for?

It is possible to feel saddened by the horrific loss of young lives (which I do); and still give stink eye to the parents of those children, who voted to elect people who [italic] told them [/italic] they were going to cut the safety nets on which we all rely.

Wealthy families send their daughters to this prestigious camp. It costs over $4000 to attend. That's why it's so surprising for something like this to happen there.

The owners of the camp will be buried under lawsuits. The families can afford to hire the best lawyers.

A quick bankruptcy filing, and leave the rest to the insurer. No fingerprints left behind. It’s the American way.

[quote]A quick bankruptcy filing, and leave the rest to the insurer. No fingerprints left behind. It’s the American way.

It worked for me and look where I am now!

Used camp for sale!

The fact that they evacuated before checking to see if all the kids were safe is disturbing on a few levels. First for the obvious reasons that kids were left behind and second which would indicate it was all happening so fast that everybody was most likely frantic and terrified.

Right, that was a HUGE administrative error

Wikipedia: Kerville County 2024 vote: 75% MAGA; 25% Democrat.

Should I send a quarter of a prayer and thought?

And I thought Camp Crystal Lake was bad.

[quote] Should I send a quarter of a prayer and thought?

I think you should adjust your quarter of a prayer by a margin of error.

Some hick official said that this happened in the most dangerous river valley in the US. Why the fuck would you build a camp there?

R96 = pollster Queen Harry Enten or the closeted Steve Kornacki.

R82. Poor kids. It’s all just heartbreaking

It's God's will.

[Quote] And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for.

Are you for real? Their parents voted for, and cackle with delight over, children being torn screaming from their parents. They LOVE that.

The parents claim global warming is a demoncrat hoax and chant DRILL BABY DRILL.

You don’t see how someone might see this as a measure of karma?

R20, I hope your friend made it through ok.

No such thing as climate change due to humans and who needs FEMA. Drill baby drill and continue to self destruct putting the GOP in power. After all: Hilary’s emails and the Biden crime family and the pizza parlor pedo ring (Hilary again).

Dump already promising aid to RED Texas no questions asked but Ca. is threatened with withholding funds for firestorm relief because we hate that convicted felon.

[quote]But these are just children. Really young kids. And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for. We have lost the moral high ground when we can’t show compassion during a horrific tragedy like this.

Apply this reasoning to ICE raids, please.

^I had more to say about this, but Muriel will not accept my post.

Texas! Yeah, YOU!

You WILL get the government YOU voted for.

Texas is blaming The National Weather Service, which they voted, through Trump, to cut funding for

Meanwhile, in Florida:

Trump: "Let's build a concentration camp in a swamp!"

DeSantis: "And surround it with a moat filled with alligators! What could possibly go wrong?"

It's weird that the storm is just hanging out there and not moving on, similar to the devastating hurricane Harvey 8 years ago.

The storm is just hanging around.

That sure sucks for them

The storm is confused about where to head... into America, or into the Gulf of America.

[quote]The storm is just hanging around.

Tell it to get a job.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this ... this is working very well for them."

If we celebrate the death of innocent kids then I think that we are just as bad as these MAGA fuckers.

Yes, us giving them what they give us X10 is great and likely necessary in certain areas. (Democrats have become utter pussies)

But I don't think this is one of them. I don't want to celebrate the deaths of these girls. One or two or ten of them could have grown up and become a great person.

Given that this is a Christian girl's camp in Texas, I'm going to guess that 100% of the parents voted for Trump and thus voted for DOGE and the drastic, life-threatening cuts to government that they promised throughout the campaign and even committed to — in writing via Project 2025 — prior to the election with ample notice and literally decades of evidence of the potential outcomes when meteorologists don't have access to the tools that allow them to accurately and reliably predict the weather. And so, when a predictable and easily preventable tragedy like this comes to its inevitable conclusion, we are correct in assuming that this is the outcome that these parents voted for.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

And now, the only question is whether a single one of the parents will speak the truth and say out loud that their vote for Trump cost them their child's life.

Who the fuck is "celebrating", R116?

Exactly, R117. These parents voted for Trump. They just never thought that his policies would negatively affect them.

What's strange to me is that the Camp hasn't issued any statements. The Camp Director and owner died, and the only notice is some click-bait news notice on facebook. My sister's friend confirmed because her daughter is a camp rep (the person who insures all the best girls in her town pick Mystic.) Supposedly he died trying to rescue the 7-8 year olds who were in the cabin that was washed away. But only heard through my sister. Sister also said that the parents are only getting word from TV and local authorities, hit or miss. Nothing from Mystic. You'd think they'd have a PR firm handling things at this point. But in the end, as exclusive as Mystic is, it's a fucking weird secretive club where Christianity is now forced on the campers as part of their purity rituals.

[Quote] R120 : The Camp Director and owner died...

I think you answered the question in your comment's first sentence. I'm sure the remaining staff left are trying to figure out wtf to do in this disastrous situation and who has the authority to take action on behalf of the camp.

R118- Semantics-

This thread is certainly not mourning.

Don't start being like these MAGA asshats who you cannot even have a basic conversation with- We are better than these morons.

I have a client who is one- and they are a cult. You cannot reason with them.

[quote]The owners of the camp will be buried under lawsuits. The families can afford to hire the best lawyers.

A bunch of the parents are lawyers themselves. One, a mother of two survivors, spoke to the NYT last night. Paywall-free article at link.

Officials don’t care they’re Trumper’s and they knew this was going to happen. The area is called ‘’Flash Flood Alley’’ Trump and friends wanting to get rid of white trash children-mission accomplished!

finger-pointing at EVERYTHING

• state-emergency agency — at the failure of weather-forecasters

• county judge — dunno...

• alex jones — geo-engineered directed-energy

This was published the day before the flood.

R87

Trust me, I get it. And I am happily ensconced in my reliably blue neighborhood in reliably blue Austin, so it’s extremely painful to vote for people who care about other humans and our planet, only to have these obvious outcomes when the bad people win. FAFO, indeed.

And will conservatives learn? Of course not.

R105

I do because I’m adamantly opposed to them.

[quote]Officials don’t care they’re Trumper’s

That's an outright lie. The officials [italic]only[/italic] care because the dead are Trumpers' children. Let me put it this way: if this were a migrant camp of children, would this even be news? Would Abbot and his dastardly crew be throwing blame? Would Shady JD be tweeting about broken hearts?

No, no and no. [italic]They[/italic] would be celebrating. After all, migrants are criminals — or at least the children of criminals — right?

I was going to add "would we be discussing this on DL", but that goes to R116's projection of "celebration" over the death of these children. We would be discussing it because we're not MAGA and do, in fact, care about these children... just in the context of caring about all children and wanting all children to be safe, secure and not drowned by a predictable and preventable tragedy caused by the hate, cruelty and let-them-eat-cake attitude that MAGA shouts from rooftops daily — and votes into power.

No, R116, we're not the same, and what we're expressing here is no celebration nor game of semantics.

Exactly, r129.

R50 watching the news for weather forecast is for fags. Everyone knows we waste tax payer dollars on Commie weathermen when their entire job can be learned on an app, and even then you must still be doubtful.

look how texas parents are treated when texas parents attempt to move their own kids to safer spaces

BREAKING: Texas Officials Blast Trump for Fatal Error

This is my next American Horror Story...

They are kids don't blame them for their parent politics. Looks like a freak flood occurred. It does seem like Texas has more than its share of disasters of late. Driving through Texas it looks like much of the country has been grazed by cows down to dust. Maybe they need to look at that. Cant be good for the flooding situation.

[quote]They are kids don't blame them for their parent politics

I am neither blaming nor mourning them.

r133 don't worry, they'll be having wild makeup sex by Monday evening.

Those poor kid in camp.

The camp counselors are older teens and college-age girls.

[quote]One counselor got all of her girls out through the window and had them keep hold of a clothesline. She got washed away in the effort and even while that was happening to her, she yelled to her girls to keep holding on. She saved their lives. Do not denigrate those counselors.

[quote]P.S. The Twins counselor was rescued but I don’t know her name.

This girl was swept 12 miles downstream before grabbing a tree.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote]A 27-year-old father, Julian Ryan, died saving his family. As water quickly rose in their home off the river, Ryan punched a window to get his fiancée, children, and his mother out of the home safely and onto the roof. The punch severed an artery in his arm

Trump must be so pissed because his big beautiful bill passage has been pushed out of the headlines.

The MAGAts will twist themselves into pretzels to blame these events on anything except climate change.

R142 Noooo! He’s cute

Side by side footage of the river that rose 22-26 ft in one hour.

They were making love while that young boy drowned!

Good lord, now I’ve read everything.

Some loons are actually posting on insta accounts that the missing children from the floods were taken in child trafficking. 🤦🏻‍♀️

People are nuts, R148.

Source for R149.

So this is "beautiful" Texas "Hill" Country? Those aren't even hills. It looks flat and ugly to me. The rest of Texas must be dreadful.

And the Olympic gold medal for mental gymnastics goes to... Julie!

The flooding is Jesus’ tears for all those lost abortions in Texas.

For those of us not in areas where flash floods ever happen, a question for those who do: just how much advance warning is usually provided and how long until a situation goes from normal/dry to catastrophic?

[quote] AccuWeather said the private forecasting company and the National Weather Service sent warnings about potential flash flooding hours before the devastation.

[quote]“These warnings should have provided officials with ample time to evacuate camps such as Camp Mystic and get people to safety,” AccuWeather said in a statement that called the Hill Country one of the most flash-flood-prone areas of the U.S. because of its terrain and many water crossings.

Drag those science-denying bumpkins for filth, AccuWeather!

R147 wins.

Particularly mind boggling is that these camps are allowed to operate in this area at all, considering that a similar flash flood incident happened in July 1987 when ten teenagers drowned at a Christian camp at the "Pot O' Gold" Ranch . And the parents continue to send them to this area every summer.

What demented reasoning will Trump use to blame this on the Biden administration? Failure to rake the dry river beds?

[quote]And the parents continue to send them to this area every summer.

I have to admire their perseverance.

Summer camps have always given me the creeps. There's so much that can go wrong. Maybe I've seen too many horror films.

Tough shit. You voted for this.

[quote]For those of us not in areas where flash floods ever happen, a question for those who do: just how much advance warning is usually provided and how long until a situation goes from normal/dry to catastrophic?

Sometimes you're warned days in advance that if the forecast holds up, there's a possibility of flash flooding on a particular day. Things can also change so quickly that you might only have a few hours notice at best. And sometimes there are unpredictable variables involved like blocked culverts or sewer system malfunctions, that cause flooding in areas that are usually spared.

Flash flood warnings are usually intended to keep people off the roads; evacuations are rarer. Once the event is underway and you're getting the insane amount of rainfall per hour that happened in Texas, evacuation orders can claim more lives than they save. This was a terribly tragic situation and intense rain events like this are becoming more common, which makes it all the more important to beef up our weather services and warning and response systems, rather than eviscerate them.

My friend Julie is a cunt R149!

Trump Admin Visibly Panicked as Officials BLAME THEM

Even with the best warning systems, there will sometimes still be fatalities from natural disasters. But we should want to lower the numbers as much as we can by having those systems and keeping the as modern as is reasonable.. Learn from the past to better the future. It's pretty simple and it's frustrating that many don't get that. The ones that do get it but don't care are another matter.

It's very sad that these girls lost their lives. And the adults too. There is no joy to be found in this. RIP.

Mix - Cyndi Lauper - The World Is Stone

BREAKING: TRUMP MAKES IT WORSE

R149 I hate people like the woman you posted. They never take ownership of anything. It’s always someone else’s fault. Always some conspiracy. No you stupid ass bad 80s hair bitch. You voted for a man, who set up policy creating the perfect storm, pun intended, for a scenario like this to happen.

They aren’t nuts, just stubborn and indignant. They will lie to save face. Just like dysfunctional libs who won’t contend that Biden severely hurt the party, maybe irrevocably, with his refusal to step down.

Why does everyone assume that the parents are Trump-loving MAGA voters? Almost 5M Texans voted for Harris in 2024. Not everyone in Texas is a MAGAt. And I've seen no indication that this camp was some sort of fundy Christian camp. Not all Christians are MAGAts. What I've seen leads me to think it's foremost a camp for the children of the wealthy and elite. Not all rich people are MAGAts.

There are a lot of assumptions being made in this thread simply to justify hatred for Texans and Christians (but oddly not much hatred being directed towards the wealthy.)

The wealthy are perfect in every way.

Interesting posting history, r168.

Which one of you DLers is responsible for this?

(and how did you do it?)

R140: I saw a lengthy report about that gal's rescue on one of the San Antonio news stations last night (on YouTube). Really heartbreaking story. She was with her parents at a campground for the holiday weekend. They were awakened around 4:00 am by the flooding.

Initially, the three of them clung onto a tree together, but the force of the water was so great, her father was swept away after a few minutes. Shortly thereafter, she & her mother also lost their grip on each other, and the tree. She told rescuers that for a minute or two as they traveled downstream (she wasn't really sure how long), her mother was close enough that she could hear her -- they were yelling back & forth at each other -- but then she didn't hear her anymore. She had no idea how long it was until she grabbed onto that tree where she was found. She recalled going over a few dams, and at one point, passing under bridge where she could see some LEO/Rescue crews on it (flashing lights) as she approached. She screamed & waved, but it was so dark & so loud they didn't see or hear her.

She was spotted in the tree about 8:00 am, by a man who'd returned to inspect his house, after moving his family to higher ground (just in case) a couple hours earlier. When he walked around to his back deck to see how high the water level still was, he heard her screams for help & finally picked her out amongst the trees, way out in the middle. She was waving at him. It took close to another hour for swift-water rescue to actually get her out of there.

Incredibly, she sustained no injuries that required immediate treatment (or that she be taken somewhere). She had scrapes & bruises all over, and obviously she was physically exhausted (and traumatized), but no broken bones, or deep lacerations requiring a tetanus shot & stitches, etc. First responders had other rescues to get to, so after the EMTs checked her out, the guy's family brought her into their home instead of responders taking her to an impersonal evacuation shelter. Got her a hot shower, clothes, food, she took a nap, they helped her get in touch with her family members etc. That's the good stuff I like to hear about during natural disasters.

The NYT said that young Pickles Bush was a counselor there!

I am hearing 43 dead now- Wow.

Will Anderson Cooper be out there tonight, tomorrow or Monday night?

Was that when Pickles Bush was a pot dealer R173?

Death toll is now at 51. Yikes.

This reminds me of the movie Little Darlings.

I stopped reading at Texas.

Christ. That is awful.

R175 - you mean Allison Cooper.

It is now R151.

I have to say: I think all rich people in Texas are MAGA. Bar none.

Will David Muir be reporting in a fishing boat and hip boots?

Well, R183, you would be wrong... You asked for one name, we give you Mark Cuban.

Dear Lord in Heaven!!! At least it wasn't the nearby Boys Camp

[quote] The fact that they evacuated before checking to see if all the kids were safe is disturbing on a few levels.

Can someone link to this story? There are several girls from my part of Houston either missing or deceased.

[quote]The fact that they evacuated before checking to see if all the kids were safe is disturbing on a few levels.

Republicans only care about “pre-born” kids.

[quote] Why does everyone assume that the parents are Trump-loving MAGA voters? Almost 5M Texans voted for Harris in 2024. Not everyone in Texas is a MAGAt.

The kind of people who have money and desire to send their kids to camps like these are Republicans.

Anyone remember this?

R151

Yeah, Kerrville is hideous.

R183

I come from a well-off family and have plenty of my own money. If anything, I’ve become even more liberal as I gotten older. Not a single member of my extended family voted for Trump.

But did you go to Christian camp, r192?

Same here, r192, but you have to admit that the majority of wealthy people in Houston are Republicans.

I didn’t sign my daughter up for whitewater rafting!

Great, another camping summer stuck stranded in the house tree-tops with YOU!?!!! Rude.

Buck never would've drowned in a Christian girls' camp!

They basically sent their kids to concentration camps.

How many are placing bets on total number dead? I’m sure the online gambling sites are making a killing.

R199- Sadly I am going to say 60.

Too bad this wasn't a "Christian parents" camp instead!

193

Absolutely not!

I’m a nerd - I went to band camp twice and sports camp. (And equestrian camp, run by two lesbians in Wimberley, TX.)

Did you all see the video with the incapacitated man stuck in a hospital bed and his daughter? He gave serious MAGA vibes- and I still was horrified for them- The daughter showed the house entirely flooded - 3-4 feet of water- We have to keep our souls sympathetic-let's try to be better than these people. Folks cannot be faulted for who they were born to and how they were raised to believe in hatred-Your subconscious is basically formed by 7-8 years old- These MAGA's were all children- they were fucked from day one.

We need to be the change.

'Cause we are born innocent Believe me, Adia We are still innocent It's easy, we all falter Does it matter?

R129 is not wrong. I can’t even remember the name of the TX town that had the school shooting, the cowardly security guard, and the alternative fact spouting LE.

We kept trying to tell MAGA

God KEEPS trying to tell MAGA (well, I don't believe in that shit but my MAGA family in Texas do.)

trump's trying to killus all.

Uvalde, R204.

Yes you can fault people for how they were raised. The word is change. Whether or not they want to.

pro-life "christians" get what they deserve

[quote]Folks cannot be faulted for who they were born to and how they were raised to believe in hatred

At some point people are expected to grow a brain and recognize right from wrong.

[quote]Folks cannot be faulted for who they were born to and how they were raised to believe in hatred

bullshit, yes, they can. fuck them

Grok blames...Musk

R208- stop it-

R209- Your subconscious forms your entire life-- Its nearly impossible to overcome it-

You know as well as I do how DUMB these people are- its because they can't fucking change.

Thanks to my job (as I mentioned above) I have to deal with some of these people. One told me that Project 2025 was GOOD and I clearly did not read the entire text.

They are truly FUCKED.

I am not going to celebrate anyone's death but Trump- and some of his most evil pieces of shit. The ones with serious wealth and power who use that power to destroy the world- Not these flood victims.

That's just my way - right or wrong.

MAGA is blaming liberals for what happened.

They're controlling the weather. If it weren't for these left wingers, the weather would be just fine.

MTG is working on a bill to prevent liberals from creating these situations again in the future.

Seriously. She is.

R202, did you stick a flute up your pussy?

Its the sharpie all over again

Well where do you live R192? I’m talking TX. Big oil, big ranchers, big generational heirs. Entrenched attitudes made for MAGA before it was a twinkle in Trumps daddy’s eye. Even when it was a Democrat state.

I think the trolls saying it's just a bunch of MAGAts so fuck them are just that, trolls If you can't find empathy in your heart for 50 some little girls, half of them who were probably scared of going to camp in the first place, being swept out of their beds by a raging river to be pummeled to death by debris in the dark, you're not a Democrat. You're barely human and you're certainly not helping. Fucking shame on you.

R217- Thank you. I do not think that this could be said better.