July 6Jul 6 7 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said: Jesus fucking Christ what? I hope these people are found and literally shot in the fucking head on site and buried. No need to bury just leave them there
July 6Jul 6 6 minutes ago, BlackCat said: Yall wouldn’t believe how heartbreaking some of this is. Families are getting calls saying we have your daughter and demanding a ransom. unfortunately in a complete.... oh yeah this makes total sense 3 days later kind of thing.... what the families should have done is sign up for a fake phone number from the numerous apps available on apple or google store, buy a number for a month (or use google voice)... and have put that up... at least then they wont be getting spam calls for the rest of their time with that phone number. but i seem to remember the phone number pic thing popping up early on from the mystic alumni chat pages.... and that might very well have been well meaning people thinking they were helping by getting the pics and numbers out there without actually talkng to the families doing so and suddenly those numbers are being shared everywhere.
July 6Jul 6 https://kerrcountylead.com/rescuers-find-2-girls-in-tree-30-feet-up-near-comfort/This guy seems to have a legit Kerr news blog.These are the ones I was referring to. They were found on Lane Valley Rd. If they’re Mystic girls, that’s approximately 20 miles. I was just turned around at Ingram Dam, driving my trailer out to Hunt. Probably already been posted, but they’re getting everyone out again due to another wall of water warning.
July 6Jul 6 2 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said: These are the ones I was referring to. They were found on Lane Valley Rd. If they’re Mystic girls, that’s approximately 20 miles. I was just turned around at Ingram Dam, driving my trailer out to Hunt. Probably already been posted, but they’re getting everyone out again due to another wall of water warning. Yes the EMS guy mentioned getting the notifications during the latest press conference about this wall of water. Holy fuck, be safe. Kerrville just now getting another flash flood warning. hopefully everyone gets to safe ground. Edited July 6Jul 6 by Nicole44
July 6Jul 6 Update: The dry air is generally holding the stuff back around us, but unfortunately there is one big squall line that's developed in the worst place - namely just NW of Kerrville moving into it. On any other day this would be a nice refershing rain, but obviously the last thing they need there right now. I doubt the river will reach anything like the apocalyptic stage of the other day, but at least minor flooding wouldn't be a surprise. Ugh. For ATX and the rest of us, looks like there'll be at least 1-2 brief showers moving SW→NE through W/NW ATX and into Williamson. These should drop maybe upwards of an inch - but again on saturated ground. Any flooding from these hopefully would be brief and minor. Again this would be a "normal" nice rainy day, but of course we're way past normal right now. Anyway hang on, should be in and out. What the later afternoon/evening has I'll keep on, my guess is that things will die down toward the 5-6 p.m. hours. More to come.
July 6Jul 6 17 minutes ago, BlackCat said: Yall wouldn’t believe how heartbreaking some of this is. Families are getting calls saying we have your daughter and demanding a ransom. Where are you hearing this? From someone who actually received the call? The depravity of some never surprise me but neither does rumors that start spreading on Facebook. people start saying they know someone who received the call when they really mean they know someone who forwarded the gossip.
July 6Jul 6 2 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Where are you hearing this? From someone who actually received the call? The depravity of some never surprise me but neither does rumors that start spreading on Facebook. people start saying they know someone who received the call when they really mean they know someone who forwarded the gossip. If that is happening it is likely people from other countries. Scammers never rest and there is no situation beneath them to try and scam innocent victims out of money.
July 6Jul 6 24 minutes ago, BlackCat said: Yall wouldn’t believe how heartbreaking some of this is. Families are getting calls saying we have your daughter and demanding a ransom. I believe it
July 6Jul 6 1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Where are you hearing this? From someone who actually received the call? The depravity of some never surprise me but neither does rumors that start spreading on Facebook. people start saying they know someone who received the call when they really mean they know someone who forwarded the gossip. 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.
July 6Jul 6 Popular Post 1 hour ago, troph said: We have some of the highest fatalities from flash flooding in the country. It’s time we have a state funded warning system. No, we’ll all just get statewide 4am alerts that “a man in Amarillo in jeans and a t shirt backed his car into a police cruiser”
July 6Jul 6 Popular Post How are posts with reports and analysis of any possible root cause governance failures of current events not the very definition of News?
July 6Jul 6 31 minutes ago, BlackCat said: Yall wouldn’t believe how heartbreaking some of this is. Families are getting calls saying we have your daughter and demanding a ransom. There is scene from Scarface I’d like to see done to people who do this sort of thing. Actually a few scenes.
July 6Jul 6 2 hours ago, SurlyGator said: His first post said he wasn't going to get into specifics, which is the wise choice. This. What I would post might really hit some people beyond hard reading this and I do not want to be that guy.
July 6Jul 6 1 hour ago, Ten Bears said: Other than just at the casa in Round Rock, probably just to take for piece of mind when driving the backcountry in Big Bend or the occasional weekend out on PINS. Nothing too crazy. I imagine one like mentioned above would be fine. It's subscription based, but I think very highly of Sirius XM weather if you have the screen for it in your vehicle. You get radar and the whole nine. General satellite based service is good if you are really out there. The fail safe is always single side band though, a transmitter, not just receiver. That way you always can call someone in a pinch.
July 6Jul 6 My SIL was evacuated from the Hunt area about 45 minutes ago. "Big wall of water coming your way" was the message they all got.
July 6Jul 6 Just now, troph said: Unbelievable isn’t it? 70+ dead and it’s quite clear many of those could be avoided, yet we censor the news of failed leadership because “fuck your feelings” is a thing. I'm confused by this post from you. You have been suggesting all day to split the discussion of the tragedy/ongoing rescue efforts/fallout/aftermath onto a different thread, because this is the rain thread. And that is the appropriate action and there's now a DT thread for the news about the sad and tragic event itself. There's plenty of news discussion that can be had that isn't (necessarily) CR material, but it's still off topic for THIS thread. Which is exactly what I've been saying for the past 2 days, and what you've been saying today.
July 6Jul 6 4 hours ago, Cajun said: My son-in-law is a DPS detective and is there working recovery with the entire department from Victoria. He just texted my daughter (former Mystic camper). I'm not sure about posting specifics on numbers, but get ready to hear some rough news pretty soon on what they've found this morning. When can we expect to hear more on this?
July 6Jul 6 Just now, troph said: I wanted weather only and news separate. News is recovery and failed leadership imo. But the split didn’t happen so idgaf. But if you think our failure to care for these kids isn’t news well I don’t know what else to say. What are you talking about? There's a specific DT thread for news about the event. It's right here: As for the rest of your bullshit statement, you have no idea what I think or feel.
July 6Jul 6 2 minutes ago, troph said: This thread is still filled with non weather posts so idgaf. You should probably just take a break for a while. Seriously, you're better than this. Usually.
July 6Jul 6 4 minutes ago, utee94 said: You should probably just take a break for a while. Seriously, you're better than this. Usually. your hall monitor act grows old for the rest of us. Hopefully you don’t bleed to death from a paper cut due to your thin skin.
July 6Jul 6 Just now, Firemans4Horn said: your hall monitor act grows old for the rest of us. Hopefully you don’t bleed to death from a paper cut due to your thin skin. Eh, go fuck yourself.
July 6Jul 6 Just now, utee94 said: Eh, go fuck yourself. You should probably just take a break for a while.
July 6Jul 6 54 minutes ago, Rip76 said: Evacuating search teams adjacent to a moment you (hopefully) found 2 alive kids in a tree is a bitter pill to swallow.
July 6Jul 6 21 hours ago, gurt said: I don’t disagree with anyone upset about the noaa cuts, but haven’t we learned that despite that the forecasts and warnings were made, they were just not heeded? This seems like more of a local government failure at this point. This is true. It is also true that this weather event underscores the stupidity of DOGE related cuts, as well as the more recent decision to end sharing of military weather data with civilian agencies and the private sector. The information that was available (and ignored) this time, may not be available next time.
July 6Jul 6 Nobody is censoring anyone. This thread is going back to rain/Texas weather There's a thread here in DT for news There's a thread in CR to point fingers at the causes of this.
July 6Jul 6 I just got home. The search teams down from my house were still active, but it’s starting to rain again. A couple Chinooks are thumping up river towards Hunt.
July 6Jul 6 Nobody is censoring anyone. This thread is going back to rain/Texas weather There's a thread here in DT for news There's a thread in CR to point fingers at the causes of this.Got it.
July 6Jul 6 Popular Post Little girls screamed to their death because adults failed them at every level. Outrage is warranted. This 100%. That's it. Thoughts and prayers is bullshit. How do we reduce deaths next time. All those people on the Blanco last time or Guad in 87?Fuck "we couldn't see this coming" as a political excuse in 2025. Make changes not excuses
July 6Jul 6 Heavy rain falling again in the areas north of Lake Travis that flooded yesterday. Rainfall totals are past 3 hours.
July 6Jul 6 9 minutes ago, blacklab said: Nobody is censoring anyone. This thread is going back to rain/Texas weather There's a thread here in DT for news There's a thread in CR to point fingers at the causes of this. Currently raining at Lake LBJ... (ducks... 😎)
July 6Jul 6 I found it interesting that the Kerr County judge made a statement like this…. Total paraphrase but something along the lines of….. ”No one saw this coming and we had no warning” “This is the most dangerous flood valley in the country” “We never expected this” Really mother fucker ?
July 6Jul 6 6 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said: edit. Just saw cell phone and iPads are banned at camp which is awesome for kids but surely adults had them. Daughter is first year counselor at a camp she attended as a camper for many years. All connected devises are banned for campers. Conversely, staff are REQUIRED to have their phone on them at all times.
July 6Jul 6 Just hit an inch of rain here in the 15 minutes since it started pouring like a mofo, fuck,
July 6Jul 6 TX Flood Update (Sun PM) Heavy rainfall and flash flooding has redeveloped over portions of north Texas and recently over the Guadelupe River Additional heavy rainfall and flash flooding is possible tonight over the TX Hill Country Persons across central TX and the Hill Country need to remain informed on weather conditions that can change rapidly. Guadelupe River: Heavy rainfall has occurred in the last hour upstream of Kerrville in the Ingram and Hunt areas. Rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches have been recorded and this is expected to result in a rise in the Guadelupe River to above flood stage in the next hour or so with peak near 12 ft around Hunt, TX. At these level slow water crossings are flooded and impassable with fast flowing water and flow reaches the bottom of the HWY 39 bridge crossing. Areas upstream of Hunt may become cut-off on both the south and north Forks of the Guadelupe River. Ongoing search and rescue operations have been suspended in this area due to the threat of flash flooding and any persons near the river need to seek higher ground. Note: TFR is in place for Kerr County due to private drone interference with rescue operations along with other SAR activities. Note: Traffic congestion in this region is extremely heavy due to search and rescue efforts and influx of various support teams. Those not needing to be in this area should refrain from travel to the impacted areas. NC TX: Heavy rainfall focused this morning and early afternoon northwest of Waco and southwest of Fort Worth with several areas of ongoing flash flooding. Rainfall in this area has weakened and is shifting southward into a more unstable air mass over the I-35 corridor into the TX Hill Country. Forecast: Guidance generally shows activity weakening this eveninginto the overnight hours only to redevelop over the I-35 corridor and Hill Country on Monday. As we have been dealing with the last several days…isolated instances of extreme rainfall will be possible with very high hourly rainfall rates which will lead to rapid flash flooding of normally dry creeks and rivers. The locations and amounts of any significant rainfall amounts remain in flux, but the general air mass remains capable of some significant totals. Persons must remain aware of changing weather conditions in this area into Monday. The current statewide death toll has risen to 70 which has surpassed Harvey’s 68. While data is still be looked at and collect and numbers are fluid, this is one of the most fatalities from a flash flood event in the state of Texas in modern times. Kerr County: 59 Travis County: 5 Burnet County: 3 Williamson County: 2 Tom Green County: 1 These numbers were as of 245pm today. Jeff Lindner Director Hydrologic Operations Division/Meteorologist Harris County Flood Control District
July 6Jul 6 4 minutes ago, Rip76 said: TX Flood Update (Sun PM) Heavy rainfall and flash flooding has redeveloped over portions of north Texas and recently over the Guadelupe River Additional heavy rainfall and flash flooding is possible tonight over the TX Hill Country Persons across central TX and the Hill Country need to remain informed on weather conditions that can change rapidly. Guadelupe River: Heavy rainfall has occurred in the last hour upstream of Kerrville in the Ingram and Hunt areas. Rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches have been recorded and this is expected to result in a rise in the Guadelupe River to above flood stage in the next hour or so with peak near 12 ft around Hunt, TX. At these level slow water crossings are flooded and impassable with fast flowing water and flow reaches the bottom of the HWY 39 bridge crossing. Areas upstream of Hunt may become cut-off on both the south and north Forks of the Guadelupe River. Ongoing search and rescue operations have been suspended in this area due to the threat of flash flooding and any persons near the river need to seek higher ground. Note: TFR is in place for Kerr County due to private drone interference with rescue operations along with other SAR activities. Note: Traffic congestion in this region is extremely heavy due to search and rescue efforts and influx of various support teams. Those not needing to be in this area should refrain from travel to the impacted areas. NC TX: Heavy rainfall focused this morning and early afternoon northwest of Waco and southwest of Fort Worth with several areas of ongoing flash flooding. Rainfall in this area has weakened and is shifting southward into a more unstable air mass over the I-35 corridor into the TX Hill Country. Forecast: Guidance generally shows activity weakening this eveninginto the overnight hours only to redevelop over the I-35 corridor and Hill Country on Monday. As we have been dealing with the last several days…isolated instances of extreme rainfall will be possible with very high hourly rainfall rates which will lead to rapid flash flooding of normally dry creeks and rivers. The locations and amounts of any significant rainfall amounts remain in flux, but the general air mass remains capable of some significant totals. Persons must remain aware of changing weather conditions in this area into Monday. The current statewide death toll has risen to 70 which has surpassed Harvey’s 68. While data is still be looked at and collect and numbers are fluid, this is one of the most fatalities from a flash flood event in the state of Texas in modern times. Kerr County: 59 Travis County: 5 Burnet County: 3 Williamson County: 2 Tom Green County: 1 These numbers were as of 245pm today. Jeff Lindner Director Hydrologic Operations Division/Meteorologist Harris County Flood Control District *Guadalupe
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