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  1. Very weird to release this story on Sunday night. Obviously they want to end the story quietly but why not release it this past Thursday afternoon going into the weekend of the 4th. Or maybe a news source was about to announce that they were intentionally sitting on it so they quickly released their findings. Odd.
  2. In hindsight, his vote would probably be different? Way to take a stance there Virdell. I bet your constituents will feel the same about their votes for you.
  3. My parents would have never spent money on sending me to camp. Admittedly they did buy me a nice car when I went off to UT.
  4. I’ve lived in Texas for my entire 50+ years and I had zero knowledge of the camps around kerrville until Friday. I would guess >95% of Texans have no clue about this culture.
  5. Send the dodger fans home on that.
  6. Where are you hearing this? From someone who actually received the call? The depravity of some never surprise me but neither does rumors that start spreading on Facebook. people start saying they know someone who received the call when they really mean they know someone who forwarded the gossip.
  7. Politics and economics always come into play. Look at Florida and how they responded to that condo collapse. They passed laws in an attempt to prevent another tragedy, and now they’re quietly rolling them back. It always comes back to property values. “We need safety but not at the expense of my net worth.” separate issue but my old Houston neighborhood voted down sidewalks when the city was offering to cover the build costs. Residents didn’t want to lose a few square feet of their front lawn. I shake my head every time I see parents pushing strollers while sharing the road with commuters and delivery trucks.
  8. It can be frustrating with the oft repeated response to tragedies that no one could have predicted this. Actually it is predictable, and could even be worse with a heavier rain event. I hate to compare tragedies but Wimberley taught us a decade ago about the dangers of flash floods in this area.
  9. Some in state govt will pat themselves on the back that their actions prevented more from dying. Of course in reality, the best we can hope is when the state govt stays out of the way.
  10. Geologist talking about the high potential for flash floods in certain areas like WV, eastern KY and the hill country. New video in response to what happened this weekend. He claims that these are some unique areas across the globe. (I can’t refute or confirm that statement.)
  11. If you’re in the care of others, especially when parents have entrusted you to watch over their children, someone should be mindful of current conditions at all times. Especially if there is awareness of potential problems. An overriding problem is that we’re all human and we all look to trends or patterns. And the pattern is that most flood warnings don’t lead to a catastrophic flood. I dont have kids, and growing up we weren’t camp-goers. I would have guessed there would be someone awake monitoring what is happening even just helping a camper with an issue in the middle of the night. The more kids on-site, the more people with the night watch, and said watch should be clear when to alert any sleeping camp directors. im not criticizing any particular camp or their procedures. I work off an assumption they all have procedures to quickly move kids to a safe location whether it’s a flood, fire, intruder, etc.
  12. Has Trump blamed Biden for this yet?
  13. One of the best parts is how some dodger fans stayed until the end because they wanted to see the post-game fireworks. There are times need to lie to your kids that the show was cancelled and leave.
  14. Chip Roy helps to pass Trumps bill to hurt the Everyman, and now the 21st congressional district is being washed away? Coincidence? Punishment?
  15. Given how long it takes to execute someone, I imagine that many loved ones, of a murder victim, have passed away not seeing the perp executed. And sure you can complain that we take too long but that’s the system. Odds are that the families unanswered questions would have remained unanswered even with a trial. And perhaps the prosecution had some holes in their evidence that possibly could have allowed him to walk. Someone can be guilty but the evidence can be weak. in a perfect world, the DA or judge could have added some condition that the guy had to explain more about why he chose the deceased but that has nothing to do with admitting to doing it.
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