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jimmyjazz

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  1. Jesus Christ, it was 20 years ago. I'm sure he has a bevy of quotes to land on you.
  2. These guys are on site and seem decent, but I must state for the record that I have no direct experience with them so don't IP ban me if they turn out to be a front for Nazi pedophiles: Operation BBQ relief
  3. Apropos of nothing, I don't think you could get me off that luge/slide at Mo Ranch were I a camper there. My summer camps didn't have anything like that, just a shitty bluegill pond.
  4. Best number I could find for Camp Mystic is over $4K per session per camper, and that was in 2011. Barring scholarships, no poors are attending.
  5. Well, I can only assume being short-staffed reduced forecast accuracy. It sure wouldn't be expected to increase accuracy. They're facing a monstrous problem, regardless, a confluence of all kinds of rare inputs and they're trying to make sense of it all. Anyway, sorry for jumping on you about that.
  6. What? Forecasting at best is an inexact science, and they have been recently handcuffed in terms of personnel. Issuing appropriate warnings but predicting rainfall on the low side is hardly "fault". Jesus Christ.
  7. Nah, he hit plenty of guys in stride with perfect placement. Let's not overblow this, nor relitigate it.
  8. Jim Spencer is bringing it on Facebook regarding a previous post:
  9. I don't know how one can watch Arch and think he's likely to be a downgrade. I think he does some of what Ewers does pretty well, but does it better. He does some of the things Ewers didn't do so well at a pretty high level, including running the ball and throwing the deep ball. He definitely seems to have better pocket awareness. He might be a little behind on that short/intermediate touch pass, I'm not sure, I don't think I've seen enough of it to be sure, but I don't expect some massive dropoff there, that's for sure. I liked Ewers and appreciated his toughness and effort. I just don't see Arch being worse. Different? Yes. Most likely more productive.
  10. Secretary of Homeland Security. And she cares. No, really. She cares a lot. And blames the NWS for the whole thing.
  11. I did a little sleuthing: Camp Mystic is approximately 17 miles NE of the South Fork headwaters. That's by road, though. I don't know how much different the river distance is. At any rate, that's not real far. I imagine the flood surge arrived pretty quickly after forming, and was an accumulated volume of water cover who knows what length of the river. But yes, there should be an automated warning system. A few minutes could have made all the difference. It would make even more difference for the camps and other sites further downstream that got clobbered.
  12. This is something I'm curious about. Where did the flood surge start? Camp Mystic is well west/southwest of Hunt, Ingram and Kerrville. I've seen a lot of comments about a local Kerrville official out for a run ~ 3:30 AM and nothing was happening, but I think Mystic had already been hit by then. How much warning time was possible by monitors triggering west of Mystic? ARE there any monitors out there?
  13. Williamson County Press Conference: -- 2 people remain missing -- 1 confirmed fatality
  14. Yes, Linnie is the little girl who was ~ 2YO in my wife's preschool class. My wife left for another school after that single year with her. The look in her eyes when I confirmed her death was what I would expect were it one of our own. Teachers get very very close to their younger kids. So unbelievably sad.
  15. No idea, but I think he referred to a 9 AM briefing. Travis County press conference continued: unconfirmed 11-13 missing
  16. Travis County Press Conference Travis County Judge: -- 4 fatalities
  17. Kerrville City Manager: -- idiots are flying personal drones, cut it out -- 830.465.4794 to volunteer or donate
  18. Kerr County Sheriff: -- 59 deceased, 21 of which are children -- 11 Camp Mystic campers unaccounted for, and 1 counselor
  19. Rough start times for press conferences this morning: 10 AM Kerr County 10:30 AM Travis County 11 AM Williamson County KXAN will carry "as much of each as they can". Nothing has started yet.
  20. I'm losing hope. This has gone on too long. Any survivors found at this point should be considered miracles. Call me reactionary and irrational, but I have plenty of fingers to point and almost as many targets. Fuck.
  21. We literally pay taxes to (in part) fund this kind of public safety infrastructure.
  22. That's a sweet looking Guild. I have a JF30 jumbo that I love.
  23. Austin Pets Alive is asking for volunteers, fosters, and donations: APA flood relief
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