Here are some things I’ve learned in the last week:
- my daughter’s friend, and I’m close with her parents, evacuated to Rec Center 2nd floor. Once apparently safe, a counselor told the girls to say their last prayers. This caused girls to throw up and pee themselves.
- our good friends’ daughter was saved by eastland and his pickup just before he took his last fateful run. Mom is super thankful and had a direct relationship with Dick including directly texting him. Dad is thankful but pissed. Seems similar to dynamic I’ve seen with a lot of couples.
- Waldemar evacuated Happy Haven 1 and 2, the only buildings with campers anywhere close to Guadalupe, right after the first warning at about 1:25. Jeanne Stacy is the camp director there and personally got the girls, along with help from seasonal Mexican hires that apparently were awesome for them. Happy Havens got only 3 feet of water. Rest of Waldemar unharmed. Waldemar’s seasonal help grabbed all kayaks from riverbank. Stacy married into Eastland family, y’all need to look into her and why she left Mystic. I’ve heard stories why, and my experience with her has been nothing but great.
- the house we were staying at 5 days before July 4th was about 10 houses away from the house in the Texas Monthly story. It got 4 feet of water. The owner had several homes behind it and told me he gave those up to first responders.
A lot more rumors about lawsuits and anecdotes that I can’t verify and won’t post about.