Unbelievable stuff. Latest is 30+ dead with a bunch still missing.
Texas flooding
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I feel for all of Texans right now going through this. Praying for them, very sad to see. Hope all of the posters here in that area are safe.
I'm currently in Germany visiting relatives.
Yeah, luckily our street sits on a hill in ATX. I always miss the fun.
Seen reports of people swept away in flood waters. Acquaintance dealing with missing cattle out at his ranch. Huge mess. Hopefully dried out by time I return. All the rain should have put a huge dent in our forever epic drought.
Yeah, luckily our street sits on a hill in ATX. I always miss the fun.
Seen reports of people swept away in flood waters. Acquaintance dealing with missing cattle out at his ranch. Huge mess. Hopefully dried out by time I return. All the rain should have put a huge dent in our forever epic drought.
Canyon Lake was at a record low in April. Now look at it.
I live about an hour away from the hardest hit areas. It started raining here on Thursday and didn't stop until last night.
This is honestly one of the most depressing things I've seen in my life and I'm really scared what the final death toll will be. There are still so many people reported as missing.
The affected areas are tremendously popular with Campers and people vacationing which led to a disastrous situation as many were camping along the River. This included a Girls Summer Camp where cabins were swept away. I think there are currently like 27 or so girls around 8-9 years old either missing or dead.
About 3 weeks ago we lost 15 people to flooding in San Antonio whose cars were swept off the road into flooded waterways.
Very uncommon here are we typically go weeks/months without rain in the summer. Prayers for everyone.
This is honestly one of the most depressing things I've seen in my life and I'm really scared what the final death toll will be. There are still so many people reported as missing.
The affected areas are tremendously popular with Campers and people vacationing which led to a disastrous situation as many were camping along the River. This included a Girls Summer Camp where cabins were swept away. I think there are currently like 27 or so girls around 8-9 years old either missing or dead.
About 3 weeks ago we lost 15 people to flooding in San Antonio whose cars were swept off the road into flooded waterways.
Very uncommon here are we typically go weeks/months without rain in the summer. Prayers for everyone.
This video is crazy. Seeing the people inside this house with flashlights as it floats away is eerie.
Just saw where the death toll is up to 66. Its sunny today so I feel like it will quickly surpass 100 today.
Just saw where the death toll is up to 66. Its sunny today so I feel like it will quickly surpass 100 today.
The girls camp thing is just awful. Literally has me irrationally thinking "welp, my girls not going to summer camp now"..
Texas flooding victims: From young campers to a dad saving his family, what we know about the lives lost
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.
abcnews.go.com
The count is now over 100. Such an awful tragedy.
There has been a lot of talk about how it could have been prevented. The NWS had actually issued a flash flood emergency at 4:06 a.m. but that was just minutes before the catastrophe occurred at 4:35 a.m.
Most people were asleep and cell phones weren’t allowed in the children’s camps. The water rose so quickly that people who awoke didn’t have time to warn others.
I wonder if in the future they will have the sirens go off for flash floods... especially ones like the one hitting Texas.
Yea, I was thinking those river bank camps need to be hooked into flood warning systems.
I can't watch parents talking about losing their kids. I don't know how they cope. I'd lose it totally were they my grandkids today. They're everything to me. My mind wanders endlessly about their futures.
I think areas like Kirk County should have warning systems just like areas that have many tornadoes. I think there’s social media discussion that one was proposed but was not implemented because of cost.
Imagine if one had existed the morning of July 4th in the area of the camp grounds. The technology surely exists that could have made it easy to activate sirens and awaken everyone. In fact, if there had been any cell phones in the camps, an emergency alert from the NWS was available.