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6 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

I haven’t cried yet during this shit.

Well. 
That’s one fucking thing to cross off the list.

That ripped my guts out.

. . . and her daughter's (nick?)name is "Tiny".  Fuck me running.

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16 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

To be fair that was 3 hrs ago.

And that is fair...

It is coming up roughly 2 feet/hr

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29 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

The reality is NOTHING is going to move the needle. It doesn't matter how many children are lost. That is not CR, that is reality. Period. 

Bad shit happens. This is obviously at the extreme end of bad on the shit scale. Unfortunately, the geology and location exacerbates flooding issues in this particular area.

You spewing off CR acting like this is somehow anyone’s fault is bullshit though. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, C-Man said:

Heard from a colleague that authorities have recovered 13 bodies of missing Mystic campers. If true, not sure why that isn't out there with names held back but maybe that will come out in the next PC, which I think is scheduled for 2.

Still hoping and praying for miracle for Lulu.

Keep the hope up, I am with someone on one the mom group texts and I just heard they may have found 2 more girls alive. 

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2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

I needed some good news. 
 

 

My God. This is the first piece of good news I’ve seen during the whole deal. I really needed that thanks. 

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Are there any formal reports that the damn near mystic broke? 

Nothing formal but several have mentioned it. On one hand Mystic had the biggest loss of life so there are questions. But it’s also the first camp on the river and immediately past the dam so if it did break it would have had the biggest impact.
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1 minute ago, ZB'Tejas said:


Nothing formal but several have mentioned it. On one hand Mystic had the biggest loss of life so there are questions. But it’s also the first camp on the river and immediately past the dam so if it did break it would have had the biggest impact.

Really trying to avoid wading into the blame game but a dam breaking changes the scenario some, at least in my mind.

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1 minute ago, ZB'Tejas said:


Nothing formal but several have mentioned it. On one hand Mystic had the biggest loss of life so there are questions. But it’s also the first camp on the river and immediately past the dam so if it did break it would have had the biggest impact.

Here is how close cabins were to dam:

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Which dam are we referring to?  Is this a legit Army COE maintained dam or some sort of earthern dam?  Anyone that knows the area that can pinpoint it on a map would be greatly appreciated by non-locals.

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1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:

It’s chicken shit. 

Their economy does have some dependence on campers and visitors. In my view, they failed them both. Camp Mystic in my view failed as they should have moved everyone to Cypress early that night hours before they actually had to evacuate all the Campers to Cypress. I think those evacuations happened after the littles had been swept away. And the camp should have known based on the cabins proximity to the river and the weather forecast and the fact the littles were closest to it that they needed to have been moved. 

The locals have floods all the time they say, it floods. Sure. But they were also warned and while the forecasts didn’t say the exact amount of rain it was forecasted enough that precautions should have been taken fucking period. 

We see that same kind of behavior of folks in hurricanes “the I ain’t leaving folks.” Unfortunately it takes a mass tragedy for them to realize that they should have warned everyone out of an abundance of caution. Those 8 year olds couldn’t protect themselves. In many ways imo the adults failed and they cannot pass it on the NWS. There is an equal mix of “it floods here all the time and they should have warned us it would have been biblical” to a total shirking of their responsibilities before the disaster occurred. I will credit them with doing everything humanly possible after multiple lives were needlessly lost. 
 

 

we are all upset and talking shit through. We have a right to get it out in an attempt to move forward and figure out how we won’t have a similar situation in the future, god bless anyone missing a loved one. 

Along these lines, and nobody wants to say it, but the parents who send their kids to camps put their kids in situations where they are largely governed/watched over by college kids with minimal training. These camps - the ones I have had friends work at - do some training, but it's not like they are employing professionals here. I don't send my kids to these particular camps, but mine go to others with other risks. Makes me stop and think.

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12 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

I haven’t cried yet during this shit.

Well. 
That’s one fucking thing to cross off the list.

That ripped my guts out.

Me too. Me too.

I'm a thousand miles away and was so disconnected yesterday that I never heard of any of this until just before bed. My sister's down there at an HEB Foundation camp but thankfully well off the river. She missed the family 4th because she couldn't get out of Kerrville, but that's nothing.

I've avoided this thread and board for the most part, but finally decided to check in because I realized the Surly community would probably be fairly well plugged in. I'm stunned by the extent, though. 

Annabelle, whoever and wherever you are, you're a hero. Thank you and everyone else for what you're doing for all our loved ones.

 

 

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Just finished a bike ride here in Palos Verdes California.  One of the retired O6s that I ride with.  His daughter is a junior at TCU and this summer she was supposed to Intern and work at Camp Mystic instead chose to work out here.  She’s in shambles.   

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32 minutes ago, ZB'Tejas said:


A post from a friend…
This is a tragedy beyond tragedy's. Violent storms on the evening of 7/3 flooded the Guadalupe River which Camp Mystic rests on. The damn broke and all the younger girl cabins down on the "Flats" as they call it were basically submerged. From my daughter Tiny, "Water rose up to the door mom. The only way out was to break the back window and climb out. It was am and I couldn't find my shoes. I was so scared but I kept going. I had my retainers in but didn't want to lose them, so l put them in the pocket of my pajamas. We climbed through the window and headed up the hill.
The rocks really hurt my feet and I was so cold and shivering. We got to the top of the mountain and our counselor Annabelle was with us and was so awesome.
She kept us safe under a tree. We huddled shivering and singing songs in the dark. Mom I thought I was going to die I was so scared. The thunder and lightening was so loud. Once it got lighter out we made our way back down to the Cypress side of camp and then Annabelle through us over the river and we ran into the dining hall of Cypress where we sat in the dark.
They found me some dry clothes. We all just sat there waiting and waiting for hours. Then we were told we were getting on helicopters. Mom I didn't know if I would see you again."

JFC 😭😭😭😭😭

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4 minutes ago, King George said:

What is your point?  Honest question. 

Well, for one, that’s not the camp that flooded. Two, your point was “look how close those cabins are to the dam” and the body of water in your picture is not the Guadalupe River. Three, the Cypress Lake camp did not flood. It’s where they evacuated everyone to because it remained safe.

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Bettie live from Jonestown on CBS: “Just devastating up here. Four houses on this street lost their boat docks. One also lost their motorcycle. Just tragic all around. Back to the studio.”

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Have you heard any projections on where they expect it to top out? 

Yes, but they're all over the place.  One of my neighbors who has been here over 4 decades says he's guessing 7 to 8 feet.  I think around 10', but I'm a newby and inject hopium straight into my veins.

 

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Lake Travis is up 13' and all the flow from the Llano is still coming. Crazy.

I am going to do what LCRA wont do and predict we are over 661' when this is all said and done.

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Our last residence in Texas was in the oak crest neighborhood of Georgetown, just south of the lake Georgetown dam and along the river as it exits.  
 

Kind of glad to not be there at this moment. 
 

struggling to understand where the disconnect between weather warnings and the camp(s) is. 

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Posted
25 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

My God. This is the first piece of good news I’ve seen during the whole deal. I really needed that thanks. 

How’s your son doing this morning? 

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1 hour ago, CTC2 said:

I said it earlier in the thread that there is no excuse for having as bad cell service as they do where all these camps are located. I don’t know who it is that fixes that but it always made me super nervous when my kids were going. 

I've had my ranch 20 years. ATT & Verizon are the only carriers that have service there.

All it takes is one lost tower to lose service.

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Just now, BrickHorn said:

I don’t know why, but the retainers line got me. The idea that a kid fleeing for her life would think about her responsibilities, probably worried that losing a couple hundred dollars worth of plastic would upset her parents. It’s just… holy shit.

same

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4 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

I don’t know why, but the retainers line got me. The idea that a kid fleeing for her life would think about her responsibilities, probably worried that losing a couple hundred dollars worth of plastic would upset her parents. It’s just… holy shit.

me too. fuck. Mine are 17 and 19 but I can picture them right there. Hugging them a little tighter today .

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I really appreciate the info on the horrific events that occurred at the camps, I just wish there was a dedicated thread so I could check it when I mustered the strength. It is too much to stomach when you have young kids and thinking what those poor souls went through. Had a teammate of my son almost lose his sister. She miraculously was grabbed out of the water downstream. The whole deal is just devastating. 

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