Texas flood
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WildWill
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Sad deal especially that girls camp! Will be praying for my neighbors to the south.
JV842
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Extremely heartbreaking n ongoing situation. Our dept (SAFD) has teams up there helping out. One of our rescue teams was performing a rescue when their boat got caught up in barb wire n flipped causing them to have to be rescued.
Lots of summer camps, people out in rv’s for the holiday weekend, and people just out for the day along the river. Accurate numbers of missing are going to be extremely hard to come by and constantly changing.
Short distance from San Antonio and we go up there often
Lots of summer camps, people out in rv’s for the holiday weekend, and people just out for the day along the river. Accurate numbers of missing are going to be extremely hard to come by and constantly changing.
Short distance from San Antonio and we go up there often
Nick87
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My mom just stopped here and mentioned that. Gutwrenching.
WildWill
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Let's pray there's more stories like this to come!
Hem
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Bozeman family lost their son in a nearby reservoir few weeks ago. It was days before recovery.
I can't fathom the pain parents endure in situations like above and now in Texas.
Tough to think about.
I can't fathom the pain parents endure in situations like above and now in Texas.
Tough to think about.
Nick87
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13K reactions · 274 shares | Apparently people were reporting “cloud seeding” the day before this happened. They are playing with our lives and it’s infuriating and heartbreaking at the same time. As a mother of girls the ages of all the girls miss
Apparently people were reporting “cloud seeding” the day before this happened. They are playing with our lives and it’s infuriating and heartbreaking at the same time. As a mother of girls the ages...
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Time lapse.
The Texas Hill Country has been in a severe drought for several years with some the larger lakes being tens of feet low. Some have even been reported to be less than 10% full. The timing could not have been worse with camps and public areas being littered with people holiday camping in anything from tents to RV's, not to mention camping structures that have been in place for decades. The Christian Girls Camp where many lost their lives has been in existence for over 100 years. Water doesn't easily penetrate the limestone that dominates the area resulting in huge runoffs in creek beds that have been dry for some time. And the fact that the water came up during the predawn hours was a true recipe for disaster.
Just to give an idea of the situation before and after, much of the water will flow into Canyon Lake which is north of San Antonio. Before this event, the lake was at 877 ft above MSL with a normal pool level of 909. The lake is currently at just 888 ft after having taken much of the runoff, which still makes it more than 20 ft low. The maximum flood level is 943.
Just to give an idea of the situation before and after, much of the water will flow into Canyon Lake which is north of San Antonio. Before this event, the lake was at 877 ft above MSL with a normal pool level of 909. The lake is currently at just 888 ft after having taken much of the runoff, which still makes it more than 20 ft low. The maximum flood level is 943.
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Hem
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Word has it NOAA is under staffed in that region.
peterk1234
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Let's not make this sad situation into a political sh*!show. Ridiculous.
I don’t think that’s a political statement. I think it’s the new reality.
Hem
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YOU are making it political.
I made a neutral comment.
BuzzH
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I hate these kind of tragedies, and water is nothing to be played around with. I took a whitewater rescue training a number of years back and we did it during highwater in the Blackfoot. Most eye opening and difficult training I've ever done, whole new respect for the water. I've also seen the aftermath of flash floods in the SW and there's no doubt that you don't want to be camped in a wash if it rains in that country.
Losing key positions and hiring freezes are never a good thing. NOAA and NWS do a whole lot more than just let you know if you need to cover your tomato plants to keep them from freezing.
Losing key positions and hiring freezes are never a good thing. NOAA and NWS do a whole lot more than just let you know if you need to cover your tomato plants to keep them from freezing.
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Hiring freezes and cutting government had nothing to do with a flood that wipes out folks. You government folks are not that important. You create no taxable income (I know you have your with holdings) but every natural disaster will happen without you government people. It has been happening for ever. You pay for nothing and demand to steal from everyone else that doesn't want to pay for what you demand and think is important.
If we didn't cut those government positions and folks would of still died you all would just screamed for more money. They died in a natural cause that has happened for tens of thousands of years. But yert we should just give all our money and efforts to a useless beaucratic government arm that has never solved or helped anyone. in the last 100 to 120 years we have grown the beaucracy and yet every year it worse and worse and worse but we just need to give more to the government beauracy. It is a dog chasing its own tail.
kodiakisland
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NOAA issued flood watch and flood warnings in the usual amount of time. Staffing wasn't an issue. The problem is very few people pay any attention to flood warnings and watches as they are issued often with very little flooding, which is always random and localized. How many flood watches for your area have you completely ignored? Devastating floods happen all over the US on a regular basis. This isn't a political thing, any more than any previous floods were. Most people have no idea what a flash flood can do, even in areas prone to flash floods.
