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.
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.
Honestly at this point I think the legacy pool has grown so wide that even some girls whose mothers attended arent getting in. As you might imagine these people completely lose their shit.
Nothing has changed. The day many of these girls are born you call and put them on the list for summer camp and if you want them to go to Texas you put them on the list for Hardin House. Been this way for a long long time.
To expand on that, I think thats what is so gut wrenching for these parents. THEY placed this huge emphasis on sending their daughters to this camp. Lots of these little girls were scared to go and leave their parents. Its a big part of it, cutting the cord. I can't imagine the feeling some of them are having looking back on the conversations with their daughters about how great it will be once they get there, about how a month really isn't that long and it will go by much faster than they realize, about how making friends with other girls who were scared to leave home for the first time too will forge life long friendships. I'm sure the guilt is a huge part of their despair.
I know we aren't getting our tuition back. Frankly, I'm hearing good things about how La Junta handled the flood and I'm just so happy with Scott and the rest of the staff I couldn't care less. Fwiw, it stretches me financially just to send one kid. I have two others on deck. Yes, these camps are filled with our best NIL donors kids. But there's also a significant portion whose parents send their kids to camp instead of something else. I know from my own life how important it was getting away from my parents for an extended period of time, and I want to give that to my kids. Seems to me kids are tougher, more resilient, and better adjusted after going to camp. I view it as a direct investment in their character and development, similar to playing sports and learning those lessons. I wish it was cheaper but the demand is through the roof which speaks to the value. The girls camps are even moreso. Most people I know get their daughters on the list for Mystic or Waldemar the day they are born. They have the call tee'd up and everything. Just like much of the sports stuff or school stuff, I find a lot of it insane, but I do it anyways because the benefits outweigh how ridiculous it is.
I take my faith seriously, as in it’s the most important thing in my life. I really do feel that way, but as I get older I realize what an absolute disaster of a Christian I am. If you use golf as an analogy, I’m struggling every day to break 100.
But I sure do know a lot of people who think they’re scratch golfers and I never even see them pick up a club.
Nicole Im having similar thoughts but Im leaving the door open for unique circumstances. Its sounding to me like debris got caught up in some trees or something and created dual prong fingers of very directed rushing water, and the left part of that water went straight into Bubble Inn. On the right side they lost one of the twins cabins but the other right next to it wasnt in the direct laser path of rushing water.
From someone with the people getting the call. Then they were told they weren’t the first. I want people to know the full scope of what these families are going through so their communities can respond accordingly in support.
You are exactly right about the rumor stuff though. It’s been brutal this whole time, mostly in the form of false hope.
Sarah Marsh, Lila Bonner, Eloise Peck, Janie Hunt, Renee Smajstria, Linnie McCown, and Anna Margaret Bellows have all been recovered and publicly identified as victims.
Lila and Linnie's parents are friends of ours.
Not sure what the deal is with that Kerr country sheriff update. Obviously I hope that number is correct, but from friends in contact with Mystic Im being told 4 girls found, 21 still missing. That was last night.
My down the street neighbors little girl was confirmed missing this morning. We were still holding out hope that her name being mentioned was still a rumor, I havent felt comfortable texting the parents. Our kids have played together a million times. We go to the same Church. It was the last one where I actually convinced myself there could be a chance. My 8 year old still has no idea kids are missing. This one is gonna land hard for my boys.
No worries at all man. I think its all gotta be looked into. Like someone mentioned before, the scoreboard says a whole bunch of dead kids. Glad your friends kids are ok.
Its fine. Could be bullshit. I certainly hope everything is looked into. Thats kind of what Im getting at. I think theres a chance they couldve been more on top of it and slipped into some bad habits over time.