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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Thanks for the clarification.
  2. You could be right. I assumed, and could very well be completely wrong, that the cabins in question were on the south part of the picture I highlight. That's a lake off something referred to as Cypress Creek. The Guadalupe is at the top of my photo. And I'm looking on a flat map where the elevation changes could be significant for this property.
  3. From what I can tell from satellite photos, that really isn’t a river but a lake off a Guadalupe tributary, that most likely has a weir style dam. That would normally keep the lake from exceeding much over the dam height. Except in times of extremely flooding and/or if the downstream lake or river is also at flood stages. if I’m wrong about my above speculation (100%) I hope someone corrects me.
  4. It’s natural tendency to assume that everyone has it under control. If you’re a new-ish official for a small county, are you going to start telling 80-year old businesses that they have unsafe practices or need to evacuate their campers right this minute? I would also bet the sheriff’s office is probably sized for the permanent population and not increased for temporary visitors especially the children of well-off parents. in a developing natural disaster, no county official (elected or law enforcement) can adequately address the needs of all residents. It’s like when a hurricane hits the coast, and law enforcement tells you that you’re pretty much on your own during the height of the storm. (I realize hurricanes are not flash floods.) lessons will be learned from this flood and eventually forgotten.
  5. In looking at maps of camp mystic and what I assume is another camp up stream from up, I see a series of what looks to be dams to produce private lakes. Something called cypress creek, not the Guadalupe river. I can see why a camp needs a lake especially in times of droughts. Flash floods, especially in prolonged droughts, can initially bring large amounts of debris. Could the debris hit up against the dams create a temporary larger dam until the water/debris breaks free only to hit the next dam, and so on? Im ignorant of private dams but wonder if they can contribute to the 100+ year storm impacts in terms of people in the immediate area. I don’t care if people dam up smaller creeks assuming they are following the law but I doubt Texas does a good job of regulating them.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Send the dodger fans home on that.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.)
  16. 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.
  17. Has Trump blamed Biden for this yet?
  18. 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.
  19. Chip Roy helps to pass Trumps bill to hurt the Everyman, and now the 21st congressional district is being washed away? Coincidence? Punishment?
  20. 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.
  21. Went this route. Discount Tire suggested that I fix all 4, I countered to only fix the broken one. They then offered to replace all 4 for the price of 1. Ok, I guess. Odd business model to give away free parts and labor. They replaced all 4, and showed me that the tire pressure was transmitting to their handheld tool but the Explorer is now throwing errors with all 4 tires. Going back Saturday. @TwiceHorn you meant well but this didn’t work out for me. I may be back to the Ford dealer and instead of $250 to fix 1 tire valve, I might be looking at $1000 for 4. Why did I let them replace all 4. Fuck.
  22. Always thought Madsen had the potential to be a much bigger actor but he was more successful than 99.9% and has some roles that will be remembered for a long time. especially his connection with Tarantino.
  23. I can't hope for a recession, depression or war but one of those is the only thing that will change what some people believe. We already know that they don't care about others, so something would have to happen to them personally before they would want a change.
  24. Dems are great about fighting at the last minute to delay a bill that will pass regardless of their protests. The problem is when they lost the battles months or years ago when they failed to respectfully tell older Dems/liberals to retire from Congress, the WH or even SCOTUS. And when they have a dynamic, younger (relatively) senator like Franken, they oust him when a censure or other penalty would have sufficed. And the cycle keeps repeating itself. Sotomayor should have stepped down in 2023 or 24. Yes, she's "only" 71 now but we could easily be looking at a long term GOP rule of the Senate if not WH. We may turn around tomorrow and she's 80+. You might think that she just got to the Supreme Court but this year she exceeded the average tenure (15 yrs) of a justice. Just imagine another justice, like Jackson who is 54 instead of 71. Damn, there are 2 justices younger than me now.
  25. It's hard to not believe that many vehicle accessories don't have planned obsolescence and they are making it more and more difficult to work on cars yourself. Now most DIYers don't have the equipment to remove tires from the wheel to install these devices so the repair shops have a monopoly on these devices. I understand the idea of letting a few repairs go unrepaired because of the cost but I also see that going down the road to eventually driving a POS.
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