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Positive thoughts for all that have lost and are affected by the devastating floods here in the Texas hill country.

 

Prayers for everyone. I still have family and friends there. Fortunately none of them was lost.

 

Some of the images and stories on the local news will rip the heart right out of your chest.

 

Horrible for those folks. Prayers for all those affected.

 

On days like today you have to wonder the mysterious way in which the plan is be worked. R.I.P. everyone.

 

Last May the wife and stayed in Bandera for a week. I was very surprised at the extreme drought.

One lake with nice houses around it had kayaks and water toys in the back yards of those homes but the lake was completely dry.
My heart is sick for some I know may have been trying to enjoy family time by camping/RVing down there but got caught out by the unfathomable. I still cant believe it. What a terrible tragedy.

 

So my wife went to camp at Hart from 1978-1984 and our oldest son went to camp Lu junta from 2011-2017 . I can not believe in all these years with the floods they have had and know there could be problems with flash flooding and NO EARLY FLOOD SIRENS!?!?! I’m dumb founded! To many lives lost ! I hope they get some type of early warning system up!


Praying for all the families affected by this devastating event.

 

I'm hearing there was an evacuation call for flash flooding but how do you contact everyone of the extreme danger along the Guadalupe for 20-30 miles. Back in '87 they didnt have cell towers to notify people. If I had been down there camping and someone said there is a 26 foot wall of water coming I wouldn't know what or where to go.

 

It’s not a wall of water ! It starts rising and then rises faster and continues to rise very fast! 5-10 minutes warning can make all the difference. Just like at all the schools and stadiums have lightning detection devices they can and should put some type of warning system that detects when water hits a certain level to give them enough warning/time.

 

They knew the night before there was favorable conditions for a storm. Every camp should have counselors take shifts and watch the river! Sounds trivially but a little mindfulness can pay off in the big picture.

 

14 people died in San Antonio a couple weeks ago because of the crappy rain water drain system. Of course they're building the Spurs a new stadium

 

I have been watching videos all day on Youtube. There is video showing the water coming in some areas. Its a huge flash flood, regardless in dry beds, and not much chance if you were in the path.
One video shows a complete house with the front door open floating, and you can see people inside with flashlight's, and another where a car was swept under with people inside. God help them

 

Just saw the time line

At 3:36 am this flood event is critical. Water is moving and rising heading south.
At 4:03 the water rose 22 feet.
The camp mystic campgrounds can house 750 adults and children.
A nightmare situation...even for an adult.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all those families who are heartbroken.

 

Not every weather related catastrophic tragedy can be avoided by governmental interventions.

This is one of those 'almost impossible to imagine' natural disasters, which is why they use this name. When multiple NWS river stage gauges are swept away by hydrologic cubic flow volumes never imagined by engineers, no conventional warning system could have prevented most of this loss of life that has occurred.

Most folks underestimate the power and force of water. I grew up on the banks of a major river, and have fought many a flood personally.

Praying for all who have been impacted. Please refrain from trying to find someone 'at fault.'

 

Hug your kids tightly today people…

 

In one location in Kerr County the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in 45 minutes, sometime between 4:00 and 6:00 am.

Around 3:30 a.m. the Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said he was out for an early morning jog along the Guadalupe River and saw "not a drop of rain," according to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who recounted his conversation with the city manager. Rice added that he left around 4 a.m. when "there was very light rain…We did not see any signs of the river rising at that time."

 

The local weather folks went back to radar images of estimated rain fall numbers north of Kerrville (I didnt know they kept loops back that far) and saw that the colors exceeded their measurement capabilities. 12 inches an hour...never heard that number in my lifetime.

 

While I’m as bad as anyone for finding fault, people lost kids on this one and I wish the finger pointing would hold off while these people grieve what is likely the hardest loss a human can endure.

 

I don't think there is anyone to blame for this one but mother nature. I don't think anyone could have seen this coming in time to do anything to prevent loss of life.

 

I’d agree, I just hope people for once could just take a breath.