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  • I got my boy out from La Junta. As far as I can tell the whole camp got to high ground well in advance of the bad stuff and watched the camp get obliterated. My son is 8 and they took the younger kids

  • We are talking about CR because we have a bunch of bitch ass snowflakes that are offended by reality. The fact they cant see the reality is the problem. Also cry less pussies.  Kids died and we h

  • I'm heartbroken by this event, like many here not one of us 4 in my family doesn't know someone at most 2 Kevin Bacon steps from ourselves who is dealing with loss of human life. So much I could

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#2302
2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

We dont have a time machine or any true influence with government leadership so its all moot anyway.

Mistakes may have been made. Thats always the case with tragedies. If you can do anything to help then thats the healthiest way of dealing with this imo.

Just my 2cent

 

without seeing updated reports from other camps, 18 camps were hit and one has the huge majority of missing kids / deaths. 

 

#2304
#HuntTexasFlood Most of my childhood has been washed away. This video does not even capture how devastating this event was. Our family ranch gates sit 30 feet above the road (you turn and go up to the gate) and the road is even 25 feet above the river level and IT ALL WENT…

SIAP

his videos and knowledge of the area help show another pov of the scope and scale of this unfathomable tragic nature event. 

#2308
3 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:
#HuntTexasFlood Most of my childhood has been washed away. This video does not even capture how devastating this event was. Our family ranch gates sit 30 feet above the road (you turn and go up to the gate) and the road is even 25 feet above the river level and IT ALL WENT…

SIAP

his videos and knowledge of the area help show another pov of the scope and scale of this unfathomable tragic nature event. 

Having literally driven that stretch of 39 last weekend to get my kids at HoH, I can’t even wrap my head around just how high that water was. 
My gawd.

 

#2309
I’m sorry for the painful conversation you’ll have with your daughter. I just can’t imagine.

Yes, my daughter is pretty upset that her mystic term will likely be cancelled. But we have not talked yet about the next few weeks and friends that won’t return to school. Heartbreaking for so many.
#2310
10:50 AM - Flash flooding will be possible soon in Travis County as extremely heavy rain fills in a bit more. These downpours are very slow moving. Overall trend is a bit concerning with some back-building to the northwest and very slow movement. 3" of rain possible next hour

 

#2311
Just now, Dnaguy said:

Having literally driven that stretch of 39 last weekend to get my kids at HoH, I can’t even wrap my head around just how high that water was. 
My gawd.

 

I cannot either. When I was a camper for 8 years at Waldemar (I went first session so all of June) and we rarely had rain. So to see all this devastation and destruction is difficult to comprehend. I cannot fathom how the residents feel. I was just a summer camper and one time counselor. There for a couple of weeks and then gone. All of their stuff is gone. 

this ain’t a joke cuz I see what the rebuilding efforts in North Carolina. They need to get some Amish in Kerrville once it’s safe to start the demolition process, I cannot wrap my head around this loss of life along with the utter decimation of both Hunt and Kerrville and other places we aren’t posting about much or focusing on. Damn.

so our bitch ass lakes better show some appreciation and get their asses full. 

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#2312

Yes, my daughter is pretty upset that her mystic term will likely be cancelled. But we have not talked yet about the next few weeks and friends that won’t return to school. Heartbreaking for so many.

I don’t think Mystic will ever reopen.
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1 minute ago, ZB'Tejas said:


Yes, my daughter is pretty upset that her mystic term will likely be cancelled. But we have not talked yet about the next few weeks and friends that won’t return to school. Heartbreaking for so many.

If anyone has any advice or resources about properly talking about this kind of stuff with children, I’m all ears. I don’t really have the most experience talking to my children about loss outside of great grandparents … which is weirdly easier because they have lived a full life.

But idk how I’m going to tell my girls that Jane has died and about the girls at camp mystic.

They literally just had the best experience of their little lives at camp and I’m going to burst that bubble a week later.

its minor compared to what other are going through. And I know we’re still in it right now / don’t have answers, But I’m trying to start to think about how I’m going to break this to my girls.

#2315
3 minutes ago, C-Man said:


I don’t think Mystic will ever reopen.

I think you’re right. 

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#2316

I’m sure it won’t make a difference but I hope this changes how people react to officials putting weather related precautions in place, especially in central Texas. Schools superintendents get bitched out every time they cancel school and it doesn’t turn out to be a massive weather event. 

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#2318
11 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I don’t think Mystic will ever reopen.

Aside from the financial hit, it seems like there would be too many painful memories associated with it.

#2319

OK, now I know this is an historic event.  My wife just started cranking SRV "Texas Flood".  I wasn't sure she even knew who he was.

#2320
Lake Travis update. It's still rising quickly at this hour. #atxwx #txwx

 

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#2321
4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

OK, now I know this is an historic event.  My wife just started cranking SRV "Texas Flood".  I wasn't sure she even knew who he was.

Hold on . . . are you telling us your wife doesn’t know who Stevie Ray Vaughan was ?!?!?!?!

The news on this thread keeps getting worse.

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#2322
3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

OK, now I know this is an historic event.  My wife just started cranking SRV "Texas Flood".  I wasn't sure she even knew who he was.

Really should have made sure of that before proposing, but glad it worked out.

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Incredibly tragic situation. Can’t imagine how awful this is on the families and the community. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

 

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I'm heartbroken by this event, like many here not one of us 4 in my family doesn't know someone at most 2 Kevin Bacon steps from ourselves who is dealing with loss of human life.

So much I could post, including why this storm was so bad - we get lots of Mexican landfall tropical systems that come in early hurricane season and don't. I'll pick that up maybe in a few days if interest. Not definitive answers but good estimates.

Mainly I wanted to give a few words on today for ATX and immediate areas: 

This storm's center is almost on top of us, moving very slowly ENE. It's been bubbling today, that is the early a.m. concentration was up in San Saba/Burnet areas, and now seems to have formed another "barbell end" S/SE of ATX east of San Antonio in the Lower Guadalupe/Blanco area. Watch there in particular the next few hours and take care.

However, there are some training storms N to S in W. Travis/Hays. Right now they're not too sated and are moving; however in some spots they're in a long line and could strengthen and douse a given area. It's next to impossible to know exactly where the "reds" will boil up and move. So stay near home or off roads where running water comes into play. Barry's remnants have  lost a little punch in the last few hours, but there's always the danger of a "bomb spot" especially as diurnal heating takes place today over the system. Fortunately they ground around us is cooler from the past days' rains and might help reduce the intensity.  

This storm will slowly slide east of the 35 corridor by sunset or so, and being on the "backside" of it, will definitely decrease the totals. Tomorrow can see more rain but not what we've seen, even in Austin. By Monday this should be reduced to spotty light/medium showers widely scattered.

Any questions etc. I'll try to check in. My heart and prayers go out for the grief that you can just feel over this region today. Godspeed to loved ones dealing with this.

#2327
5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Hold on . . . are you telling us your wife doesn’t know who Stevie Ray Vaughan was ?!?!?!?!

Obviously she knows who he was, she picked the song.  I was being facetious.  Her main listens are Clapton, Petty, Kelly Willis and younger artists like Kasey Chambers.  She's just not that much of a blues person.  (Or so I thought.)

#2328
2 minutes ago, Chopper said:

fwiw for anyone who doesn't have a xitter account - changing https://x.com/humerus6cents/status/1941347154884542795

to https://xcancel.com/humerus6cents/status/1941347154884542795 will show you the full tweet

 

 

Thanks. Didn't know about that site.

I cannot wrap my head around people driving over those bridges like it's nothing as water and trees slam into it. What on the other side of that bridge is worth risking your life?

#2329
3 minutes ago, Chopper said:

fwiw for anyone who doesn't have a xitter account - changing https://x.com/humerus6cents/status/1941347154884542795

to https://xcancel.com/humerus6cents/status/1941347154884542795 will show you the full tweet

 

 

Thanks for showing a way not to have to click on Xitter. These are digestible clips from the FB link above, showing the full 38 minutes.

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#2330
3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Obviously she knows who he was, she picked the song.  I was being facetious.  Her main listens are Clapton, Petty, Kelly Willis and younger artists like Kasey Chambers.  She's just not that much of a blues person.  (Or so I thought.)

I’ve always had a little bit of a crush on Kelly Willis. When my daughter was a freshman on the McCallum basketball team Kelly’s daughter was a senior. I was  on a booster club Zoom call with her and made a joke that got a laugh out of her. #csb

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#2332
1 minute ago, South Austin said:

I’ve always had a little bit of a crush on Kelly Willis. When my daughter was a freshman in the McCallum basketball team Kelly’s daughter was a senior. I was  on a booster club Zoom call with her and made a joke that got a laugh out of her. #csb

Yup, our kids all went to McCallum and I used to see Kelly and (for a while) Bruce at track meets, etc.  I probably spent too much time staring at Kelly and not enough time watching my kid run.  Priorities, it's not like he was bound for the Olympiics.

#2333
⚠️Alright, time to perk up and pay attention in Austin. Storms are stalling over Travis county and becoming more expansive with 3-6"/hr rainfall rates. Significant flooding possible soon. Backbuilding occurring to the northwest. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADS

 

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#2334
1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yup, our kids all went to McCallum and I used to see Kelly and (for a while) Bruce at track meets, etc.  I probably spent too much time staring at Kelly and not enough time watching my kid run.  Priorities, it's not like he was bound for the Olympiics.

This was after my divorce, and if I hadn’t started dating my current wife at the time, I would’ve made a move on Kelly. 

Who am I kidding. No I wouldn’t have.

#2335
New video out of Georgetown shows the San Gabriel River reaching the bottom of the now closed Austin Avenue BridgeThe river will crest sometime in the next couple of hours deep into major flood stage. Video courtesy of Bryan Picerni #atxwx #txwx

 

#2336

Reading  about this from afar, and hearing some things from friends and family back in the Austin area.  Was out of the loop on it until this morning.  What a horrible tragedy in Kerrville and my sympathies to anyone affected.  And as areas continue to flood my best wishes to all of you to stay safe. 

#2337
8 minutes ago, Machinator said:
⚠️Alright, time to perk up and pay attention in Austin. Storms are stalling over Travis county and becoming more expansive with 3-6"/hr rainfall rates. Significant flooding possible soon. Backbuilding occurring to the northwest. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADS

 

When we lived in SA, a tropical storm blew in and stalled over the city and dumped like 15 inches.  What I remember was that five inches fell in one hour and it was unlikely anything I'd ever seen.  Literally couldn't see across the street at one point.  

That's what these hourly totals are like and it's mind bottling.  

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#2338
1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

When we lived in SA, a tropical storm blew in and stalled over the city and dumped like 15 inches.  What I remember was that five inches fell in one hour and it was unlikely anything I'd ever seen.  Literally couldn't see across the street at one point.

San Antonio drivers have never met a flooded street that they wouldn't try to drive across.

#2340
Ongoing moderate to major flooding ongoing. Impacts to roads will make conditions hazardous in areas, so use caution when travelling and never drive across a flooded roadway. #tx #txwx #flooding #SanSaba #Georgetown #SanGabriel #Colorado #River

 

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#2342
Crazy videos SIAP
 

Jesus tapdancing christ. 90% of the replies on that thread are mouthbreathing idiots insisting this is due to government conspiracy weather modification, just like Helene and the Pacific Palisades fire!
Sometimes I hate our species so much.
#2343
53 minutes ago, C-Man said:


I don’t think Mystic will ever reopen.

That’s my suspicion, or it will be open under new owners a decade from now.  I don’t know how you run a camp without putting some significant time post tragedy,  

#2344

One of the Holts posted that their kids are safe… one was at Mystic.

But essentially HoH is completely decimated / destroyed.

 

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#2345
1 minute ago, Jiggy-Z said:

User name checks out.

Nueces River runs way west of San Antonio.  So far it’s sitting this flood out although it would be a good thing to get some to help fill Choke Canyon and Lake Corpus Christi    

User name would need to be San Antonio River Rat of Cibolo Creek Rat.  Usually it’s the creek that brings the worse flooding to San Antonio.  

#2346
Just now, Dnaguy said:

One of the Holts posted that their kids are safe… one was at Mystic.

Can you elaborate as to who these people are?  We have neighbors by that name down the street with kids ~ that age.

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#2347
The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

 

There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

 

#2348
12 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

This is a very well written and well thought out post. Thank you. And fuck TJH. Shame he wasn’t one of the casualties 

Lol wtf does Tom Henry have to do with any of this?

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