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2 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

Not necessarily - I’m going to four services this week in Houston 😔

I'll be at two of them. Have several related events all week. Im exhausted. 

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1 minute ago, Paper_jam said:

I don't get this "in group" stuff. I went to UT and I don't remember a line on the application form asking what summer camp I went to.  How would an admissions officer or whoever is reviewing & approving freshman applications even find out this kind of information?

 

It’s to get in to certain sororities. 

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4 hours ago, C-Man said:


Seems like it is. Attending several funerals most likely means the Park Cities. I think there were six Mystic victims from the Park Cities — not sure another area had near as many.

I’m going to one of the funerals Wednesday. Would not shock me in the slightest if Rex is also there.

Memorial 

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6 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

I don't get this "in group" stuff. I went to UT and I don't remember a line on the application form asking what summer camp I went to.  How would an admissions officer or whoever is reviewing & approving freshman applications even find out this kind of information?

 

You work it into one of your essays.  Duh. 
 

I learned so much about leadership from my time as a camper and/or counselor at camp NameDrop.  

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On 7/12/2025 at 9:46 AM, Nicole44 said:

When is HEB running for office? They got my vote. 
 

“H-E-B has an emergency operations team that is working 365 days a year, not just when a disaster strikes,” Helfman said. “So, when a disaster strikes, we are ready to go with all the resources the community needs, and they change from disaster to disaster. So, we have eyes and ears on the ground, and we’re ready to go.”

https://www.kxan.com/independence-day-floods/why-texans-are-calling-h-e-b-the-fema-of-texas-after-devastating-floods/

HEB Emergency Operations director for next head of FEMA.

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On 7/12/2025 at 3:27 PM, texastough said:

Speculation from a seat close to the action -- I think that there will be a lawsuit that many but not all victim families will join, but those involved will have the discretion to settle for policy limits + the camp itself. Which then should be made into a memorial/park/swimming hole. 

the land is assessed at a metric fuckton, but proceeds from a sale would only net $200k for each mystic soul

if i'm a mystic father my daughter can't be priced

bulldoze it, put up a deer fence around the perimeter, and give it to the nature conservancy

as part of the settlement, no taxing entity ever takes another dime from the property

once a year on july 4th the survivors/families can enter the property for a memorial

 

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9 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the land is assessed at a metric fuckton, but proceeds from a sale would only net $200k for each mystic soul

if i'm a mystic father my daughter can't be priced

bulldoze it, put up a deer fence around the perimeter, and give it to the nature conservancy

as part of the settlement, no taxing entity ever takes another dime from the property

once a year on july 4th the survivors/families can enter the property for a memorial

 

Memorial to the deceased, public park/swimming hole, but don't bulldoze anything.  Leave the cabins/camp as shrines for people to leaves notes and such for the departed. 

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Talked to multiple La Junta counselors. Pretty shocking stuff. They had somewhere between 50-60 kids up in the rafters of their cabins. Couldnt get out in time. They said it was impossible to see below the water line in the dark and with the deep brown color of the water. They were speaking very slow and in a serious tone, and said they thought that was it and told the kids to start praying. Exact same story I heard about the girls on the cat walk at the playhouse in Mystic. They said it was really looking bad and then the water stopped rising at the rafters, and maybe 20 minutes later it start going down. These dudes really went through something. I didn't think it got nearly that bad there. People way across the river could hear the kids crying for help. One of the cabins had multiple 6 year olds in it including one of my buddies kid from UT who showed me some insane videos of the cabins. Its actually super nice I didnt know any of this until now. 

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Also they were enthusiastic about saying if Heart of the Hills was in session it would've been way way worse. I've heard that many times now and am curious whats going to happen to that camp now that Jane has been lost. Sounds like it got it the worst. 

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Met up with some people today, including a very close friend whose son was down at La Junta the session before the flood. This isn’t shocking but they’ve been advised there will be no La Junta camps for at least the next two summers.

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The sheer scale of this tragedy in terms of lives lost is shocking. That grief obviously also all filters down through family and friends of those lost. But you can’t forget about the PTSD that many survivors are going to have to deal with. Hearing about what the kids and teens at La Junta went through sounds awful.  They are going to need resources to help them with what they experienced.

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