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  • BlackCat
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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

  • HOOKEM4
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    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

  • phdhorn
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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

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36 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

There is absolutely no more worthless group in a situation like this than the Red Cross.  They literally made things worse in Wimberley.  

If you're going to donate money to the relief efforts, PLEASE do not donate to the red cross.  

We learned this with Rita

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My wife is on a mom’s thread for my daughter’s cabin from last Mystic term.  Things are coming in fast and furious, but apparently a cluster of four girls has been spotted, is temporarily safe, and is waiting to get rescued from high ground. 

It’s finally stopped raining in Kerrville. Unfortunately, now you can really hear choppers and sirens.
C-130 landing at Mooney Airport.

1 minute ago, troph said:

That can’t be you. All men posting on surly are fatasses.

 

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Seeing on Reddit from people in the area (not officially confirmed) that they’re down to 10 campers and 2 counselors missing. The rest are alive and accounted for, several had to be rescued. One poster is claiming a dam broke up in Ingram and washed away his campsite.

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6 minutes ago, hornbri said:

Out at LBJ, the flood gates are open and the water level has dropped a few inches in anticipation of the water coming down the Llano.

Here comes some water for Lake Travis...

Calling Ingram dam a dam is a bit of a stretch. Fun to slide down though.

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I always think of the flood debris in the trees that inspired Driftwood’s name. Holy shit that involved a lot of water.

3 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said:

My wife is on a mom’s thread for my daughter’s cabin from last Mystic term.  Things are coming in fast and furious, but apparently a cluster of four girls has been spotted, is temporarily safe, and is waiting to get rescued from high ground. 

That’s incredibly good news! 

31 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:

I can’t post vids. But these guys have been at it for an hour, easy. This is from my back porch. I know it looks like the same bird, but there are two, rolling tandem.
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Please keep the updates coming.

I am friends with 3 couples whose daughters are still missing. If anyone hears any names of the girls recently rescued, please DM me. Thanks. 

11 minutes ago, hornbri said:

Out at LBJ, the flood gates are open and the water level has dropped a few inches in anticipation of the water coming down the Llano.

wow the Llano is rollin

 

 

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One thing this thread absolutely doesn't need is updates and insights from Helobious.

It’s a dam. And it broke. UGRA dam, in the center of town is the only dam down river, and that’s where the water treatment plant is. The dam after that, is the one within eyeshot from my house.

And yes, sliding down Ingram Dam is a past time. If you couldn’t do it all the way down on your feet, you were a fucking tourist.

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Grew up very near Hunt. My high school and even most college year summer Saturday nights, we would head over to Crider’s to dance on the slab after the rodeo. Camp counselor girls rotated shifts on getting Saturday nights off so there was a different crop of city girls that thought we were good summer fun local flings. Wore the soles off several pairs of boots teaching Dallas debutants how to 2-step.  Some of my favorite moments in this life. Can’t imagine this all playing out down there. I’ll kick some Strait to my Bluetooth and send good wishes that way. Thinking about you all with kids down there. Hope good news is released soon. 

It’s finally stopped raining in Kerrville. Unfortunately, now you can really hear choppers and sirens.
C-130 landing at Mooney Airport.

That should be Texas NG with TF-1’s supply cache
1 minute ago, Hpara759 said:

wow the Llano is rollin

 

 

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It really is, there are still a ton of boats and jet skis on the water. Not sure what people are thinking.

Grew up very near Hunt. My high school and even most college year summer Saturday nights, we would head over to Crider’s to dance on the slab after the rodeo. Camp counselor girls rotated shifts on getting Saturday nights off so there was a different crop of city girls that thought we were good summer fun local flings. Wore the soles off several pairs of boots teaching Dallas debutants how to 2-step.  Some of my favorite moments in this life. Can’t imagine this all playing out down there. I’ll kick some Strait to my Bluetooth and send good wishes that way. Thinking about you all with kids down there. Hope good news is released soon. 

You and I probably know each other. Or at least fought at Crider’s once.
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23 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:

Drinking now. Here’s a pic of homesick jr and myself escaping Harvey. We’re standing on a “mini-dam, on the river property where the two houses out of view are now no longer standing. If this picture was taken right now, we’d be an easy 18-22 feet under water. The entrance to Camp La Junta is literally about 500 yards behind us.
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8 minutes ago, troph said:

That can’t be you. All men posting on surly are fatasses.

6-1 185.

I am however old and rehabbing a rotator cuff so I'm out on rescue efforts  for high water but in for immediately helping once levels fall.  I can bring guys and equipment and coordinate like during Wimberly.  I can lift and chainsaw.

After Wimberly I had the best luck via Facebook and a local realtor in targeting who needed help first and completely bypassed aid groups.  Too much standing around talking for my taste. Just roll up and get to fucking work. No social media, no selfies. Just grind.

They have an excellent marketing team which, in and of itself, should tell people something.

Jesus and such
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This 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 dating 👏 site 

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1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:

 

Wimberley wall of water was 42 feet. It's unfathomable. 

No. That’s exactly seven fathoms.  

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1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

No. That’s exactly seven fathoms.  

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26 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

As somebody who works/worked in and around the DC not-for-profit community, I second this. They are one of the most inept organizations on earth. You are better off using actual cash to start a cooking fire.
 

I know it’s challenging but please wait until local verified rescue groups are on the scene to contribute money. 

My wife interned with them in college and has been saying this for 25 years. People believe the ads though. 

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I thought I cropped myself out of the pic. Fuck. Now everyone knows that I’m Adonis.

Another C-130 just went in on final. I’m not sure if it’s not the same airplane. The ceiling is still extremely low, and I’ve heard other fixed wing planes coming in for the last hour on the reg.

Anyone with a chainsaw or a flatbed truck or one of those big flat trailers can be a superhero in Kerrville next week.

5 minutes ago, royiv said:

This 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 dating 👏 site 

Listen man, we all witnessed Born to Run trying to sling his wood earlier. Can't blame JS1 for shooting.

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Anyone with a chainsaw or a flatbed truck or one of those big flat trailers can be a superhero in Kerrville next week.

No doubt.

And anyone with a strong couple of arms and legs will be welcome as well. 

It will be a massive cleanup.   See Wimberley. 

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Hawks are back up. I’m reaching out to everyone I know (trustworthy third party) folks to see if I can get any information. I’m not going to reach out to the Mystic family, because, they’re doing any and everything in their power to make sure that everyone is safe. Trust me.
My sources are firefighters and sheriffs that I know personally, who are boots on the ground.
I had to leave because I’d done all I technically could. But they thanked me for trying/helping. They’re talking to me from Hunt, Ingram, and Kerrville proper.
I can’t promise anything other than to try and get info.

19 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:


You and I probably know each other. Or at least fought at Crider’s once.

Did your sister come home one hot July night with some extra fly Schottische dance moves?  If so, we may.
 

And I got bloodied up a few times in the dirt lot outside the fence. If that was you, I’ve still had enough. 

If you have any loved ones that were at Guadalupe River State Park north of San Antonio, hopefully they have been moved away from the river by now. Just upstream at the Bergheim campgrounds the river rose from 6 feet to 36 feet in one and a half hours. That wall of water is coming into the state park soon and then will cross under HWY 281 near the town of Spring Branch before dumping into Canyon Lake later tonight.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

RIP to the girls and their families.
 

Climate change is real and happening in real time.  If we don’t model in 1 in 1,000-10,000 year events these things will become more and more common. 

Except we do look at these events and a lot of the engineers who are working on evaluating these conditions are explicitly accounting for climate change and associated impacts in terms of evaluating these facilities. - an engineer who designs dams throughout the southwest. 

2 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:

Hawks are back up. I’m reaching out to everyone I know (trustworthy third party) folks to see if I can get any information. I’m not going to reach out to the Mystic family, because, they’re doing any and everything in their power to make sure that everyone is safe. Trust me.
My sources are firefighters and sheriffs that I know personally, who are boots on the ground.
I had to leave because I’d done all I technically could. But they thanked me for trying/helping. They’re talking to me from Hunt, Ingram, and Kerrville proper.
I can’t promise anything other than to try and get info.

You're a good man.

Thanks.

Just now, GabrielsHorn said:

Except we do look at these events and a lot of the engineers who are working on evaluating these conditions are explicitly accounting for climate change and associated impacts in terms of evaluating these facilities. - an engineer who designs dams throughout the southwest. 


and 10 inches of rain destroyed a campsite that was obviously in an unsafe location at has ruined dozens of life’s. 
 

-not an engineer. 

3 hours ago, HiggyBaby said:

The footage of the Guadalupe is terrifying. 

No kidding...was in an Air BnB on River Rd for 4 days because my son got married at a venue in Gruene/NB last Saturday and everything was absolutely perfect. Would have been literally a disaster if it was this weekend. What a difference a week makes. I feel so bad for the people impacted by this 

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Catastrophic flooding occurring across portions of the Texas Hill Country this July 4th. The Llano River in Llano, TX is currently (as of 5pm) flowing at over 109,000 cubic feet per second, when 5 hours ago it was about 500.

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FUMC Wimberley Youth Director and 6 girls from Wimberley are safe and accounted for, but unable to get out of camp mystic at this time. Waiting to be evacuated.

Except we do look at these events and a lot of the engineers who are working on evaluating these conditions are explicitly accounting for climate change and associated impacts in terms of evaluating these facilities. - an engineer who designs dams throughout the southwest. 

Yep. While a lot of very loud people insist that climate change is fake, the people whose jobs and lives and money depends on designing and planning for such events are doing just that.
But it’s still a bitch to predict these things in real-time.

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