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#551
1 hour ago, miguelito said:

Doesn't Robert Plant live in Austin?

Plus he has experience with floods, and levees breaking.

He left Austin and moved back to England in 2014.

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#553
1 hour ago, Ted Lange said:
New: Kerrville’s mayor said he was unaware of any help sent by the state to his community ahead of the flood, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott said the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place two days before a flood tore through the Hill Country. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/texas-hill-country-floods-kerrville/


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I’m pretty sure in one of the first few press conferences that the city manager said they had assets pre-positioned and the flood actually washed them away. If I remember right, there is a photo of one of the vehicles in that parking lot across from the Ingram dam.  

#554
6 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Thank God for that. Kids that age are resilient, but speaking from personal experience with children who have had tragic loss in their life, they can hide it pretty well. I wish I could tell you how to talk to them about it, but I did a terrible job. If you’re in the DFW area you can PM me for some information on a really good counselor.

That’s awesome. We are in Austin, but lots of friends up there too. 

It’s crazy. Specifically from my next door neighbor girl, the conversation went like, “we had water up to around our necks. I was thirsty, but we were singing songs. Can I play Roblox now?”. One of her (and our) good family friends died in the car with Dick Eastland. And they are sad about it, I think? Water off duck’s back outwardly. Surreal. 

Im still pretty broken the fuck up about it. 

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#555
1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

Bluesky + Texas Tribune... Bias much?

Kerrville Mayor is in a world of shit right now, I'm sure he'll say anything to get the heat off him...

Factual bias? 

Concerning. 

At least it's not 787 Million worth and counting of outright lies. 

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#556
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#558
Army veteran found dead after Texas floodingBill Venus, a retired Army veteran missing after the Texas floods, has been found dead, his son told CNN.“He was a great man. I can’t hold a candle to his accomplishments, but his primary goal was helping others, and I’ll do that…

 

#559
Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

They booked a band called Next of Kin?

they are going to do a cover of Pat Green's "Wave on Wave" 

#561

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I just saw a group of first responders praying around a giant cross in Kerr County, Texas.This is not far from where a 9-month-old who didn't make it was found in the debris a little while ago.These men and woman searching are beyond strong.

No other words needed. 🥺

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2 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

I'm not defending the Mayor at all.  Guy slept through the entire thing.  The fact that the Tribune is posting the headline to make it sound like the Mayor was competent and the Governor was lying, while at the same time there is evidence there were first responders stationed in the area (including a first response vehicle that was swept away) should tell you all you need to know.

I'm fucking burnt out listening to everyone Monday morning QBing the shit of all that's gone on.  Frankly, I want to read about factual recovery efforts or factual post-mortem on the entire response efforts, but the media scum telling half-truths and publishing articles 48 hours before they're ready is getting old fast.  Journalistic ambulance chasers trying to put blame on whomever isn't bringing back the victims, and right now, that's exactly what the families of the victims need.  

Come on, man don’t be a moron. They are reporting two conflicting accounts (with actual quotes) of what happened and these quotes do fucking conflict with each other. Both scenarios literally cannot be true

You seem to be interpreting that as them siding with one of the two as being the truth teller. Do you want to quote the part of the story where the tribune or anti-X pick a side? I’d love to see it.

As to the rest of the nonsense in your post, I’m sorry you don’t want to deal with reality, but reality is factual reporting is showing a cluster fuck of epic proportions. If you’re not ready to deal with that right now, maybe you should unplug from social media, including this website for a week or two

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I just had a meeting with a friend whose daughter was Reese’s roommate for 3 1/2months in Italy during a UTSA semester abroad program last fall. Damned sad.
#564
31 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

 

 

Come on, man don’t be a moron. They are reporting two conflicting accounts (with actual quotes) of what happened and these quotes do fucking conflict with each other. Both scenarios literally cannot be true

 

Not sure you are reading the quotes. 
 

TDEM said they pre-positioned assets.

Mayor says he is not aware of pre-positioned State assets. 
 

Both of these can certainly be true. Just because mayor isn’t aware doesn’t me mean they were there.

#565
1 minute ago, Texas Fight said:

Not sure you are reading the quotes. 
 

TDEM said they pre-positioned assets.

Mayor says he is not aware of pre-positioned State assets. 
 

Both of these can certainly be true. Just because mayor isn’t aware doesn’t me mean they were there.

You’re right I didn’t consider the state could conceivably stage assets for a disaster event in a city and fail to notify the city. 
 

Maybe the staging areas were county and there was no communication from county to city? 

#566

 

NEW from me — I wrote about FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson, who has been completely silent and out of view since deadly floods devastated Texas last week, and spoke to staffers about what it's like to respond to a disaster with no leader. Read here: https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david-richardson-missing-texas-flood-response

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#567
19 minutes ago, Chopper said:

 

NEW from me — I wrote about FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson, who has been completely silent and out of view since deadly floods devastated Texas last week, and spoke to staffers about what it's like to respond to a disaster with no leader. Read here: https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david-richardson-missing-texas-flood-response

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Is this the same head of FEMA who said he'd never heard of "hurricane season" before?

#568
2 hours ago, Deej said:

He left Austin and moved back to England in 2014.

Okay but Rachel Maddow definitely was on the ground doing helicopter rescues of newborns

#569
8 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Is this the same head of FEMA who said he'd never heard of "hurricane season" before?

Same ... and the one who told staffers, in a moment of sharing info in an all-hands meeting, that he had just learned the state of Texas is larger than Spain. But he was satisfied when he compared them on a map. 

#570
7 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Okay but Rachel Maddow definitely was on the ground doing helicopter rescues of newborns

That dude is just helping wherever he can. 

#572
2 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

they are going to do a cover of Pat Green's "Wave on Wave" 

Texas country star Pat Green just shared the devastating news that his brother John, sister-in-law Julia, and two young sons were swept away in the Kerrville flooding. His family is asking for privacy as search efforts continue - and the outpouring of prayers is overwhelming ❤️…

 

#574

Mrs BGH just saw part of the FLTF1 (boat crews) passing through Dripping Springs this evening...

#MDFR’s Urban Search and Rescue Team (#USAR), Florida Task Force 1 (#FLTF1), has been activated in response to severe flooding impacting communities in Texas.A specially trained seven-member team, including two canine search teams and support personnel, has been deployed to…

 

#575
11 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

Mrs BGH just saw part of the FLTF1 (boat crews) passing through Dripping Springs this evening...

#MDFR’s Urban Search and Rescue Team (#USAR), Florida Task Force 1 (#FLTF1), has been activated in response to severe flooding impacting communities in Texas.A specially trained seven-member team, including two canine search teams and support personnel, has been deployed to…

 

Nevada's NV-TF1 has been activated also and should be in San Antonio (staging area) tonight.

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Who else just got some alert on their phone about a suspect who may have harmed a cop? 

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#577

Just got a Blue Alert for something in Alvarado Texas involving injury to an officer.   150+ miles away.  Nothing I can do about it so don't alert me.

Since last Thursday I have received two flood warnings, both Saturday, for Travis/Williamson County.  Not a thing for any of the flooding at the various counties/towns within 50 or so miles of me.  

 

 

#578
Nevada's NV-TF1 has been activated also and should be in San Antonio (staging area) tonight.

Colorado deployed Sunday evening and arrived mid afternoon Monday. When CO got to check in they were told go rest and check your gear and we’ll put you to work in the morning. CO said we checked our gear before we left and we can rest when we get home; what’s our assignment….
#579
16 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

Nevada's NV-TF1 has been activated also and should be in San Antonio (staging area) tonight.

 

Missouri had theirs on the ground as well. 

 

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Missouri Task Force 1 arrived in San Antonio, Texas, late Tuesday night following its activation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday.

The 50-member team completed check-in procedures Wednesday morning at its designated staging location and has received its initial mission assignment.

MO-TF1 has been tasked with conducting primary searches in Kerr County, Texas.

Deadly flooding began in the Texas Hill County early Friday morning, and the disaster hit Kerr County hard. Officials confirmed Tuesday that more than 160 people were feared missing in the county, with nearly 100 dead. The total death toll from the disaster has reached 119, NBC News reports.

Upon arrival in the disaster area Wednesday afternoon, MO-TF1 will begin methodically searching a designated geographical area, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District.

 

#580
29 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Who else just got some alert on their phone about aspect who may have harmed a cop? 

Yep. 
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#581
21 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:


Colorado deployed Sunday evening and arrived mid afternoon Monday. When CO got to check in they were told go rest and check your gear and we’ll put you to work in the morning. CO said we checked our gear before we left and we can rest when we get home; what’s our assignment….

Yep. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. 

Had a similar situation happen during the 2007 California wildfires (San Diego area). While other teams got de-mobilized after a week, we left SD and went north to the Indian Reservation outside of Temecula for our second week.

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#582
40 minutes ago, landman said:

Just got a Blue Alert for something in Alvarado Texas involving injury to an officer.   150+ miles away.  Nothing I can do about it so don't alert me.

Since last Thursday I have received two flood warnings, both Saturday, for Travis/Williamson County.  Not a thing for any of the flooding at the various counties/towns within 50 or so miles of me.  

 

 

When the flooding kills a cop, you'll get a notification. 

#583
13 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Looks like the death toll from this is gonna be more than double what the death toll from Harvey was

This is what I was basically saying when I said earlier anyone within 100-150 yards of either side of the river was in serious trouble.  I didn't want to say a number but knew it would be multiple hundreds given the holiday and the time it hit and how fast it hit.  the only way this isn't a massive disaster is if they have a siren system and enable it at 1AMish.

it is just incredibly sad.

 

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#584

Did the BBQ drop-off in Boerne for the SIL and his team.  He said they started in Bergheim today and then went straight to Canyon Lake leapfrogging the teams in between.  He said they found a "few" victims and went into a bit of detail on condition, but I'll leave that out here.  It's what you think it would be and ID is not easy.

Met his commander, who said the guys in the field were getting fed "But it's the same sandwiches over and over..." then grumbled a bit about "The guys who are staying in Kerrville are getting the good stuff."  That is to say the ribs and bacon/jap wrapped chicken skewers were well received.  He told me they'd be back searching Canyon Lake tomorrow.  That aspect is just surreal.  The whole thing is.

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#585

Delays in deployment of Federal search and rescue, and aerial imagery to aid in search - "Explained"

Reminder that this is *Texas* in a high profile disaster affecting a Christian girls camp. If Noem and DHS won’t mobilize for this, what hope does the rest of the country have? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

 

#586

The cove circled in the upper left is where they searched today and the circle in the middle of the frame is my house...

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#588
33 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Did the BBQ drop-off in Boerne for the SIL and his team.  He said they started in Bergheim today and then went straight to Canyon Lake leapfrogging the teams in between.  He said they found a "few" victims and went into a bit of detail on condition, but I'll leave that out here.  It's what you think it would be and ID is not easy.

Met his commander, who said the guys in the field were getting fed "But it's the same sandwiches over and over..." then grumbled a bit about "The guys who are staying in Kerrville are getting the good stuff."  That is to say the ribs and bacon/jap wrapped chicken skewers were well received.  He told me they'd be back searching Canyon Lake tomorrow.  That aspect is just surreal.  The whole thing is.

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Dude thats really cool and I bet that goes farther than you think with those guys. 

#591
1 minute ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Today I learned that buzzards don’t actually circle because of smell, they see flies and other bugs, and zoom in on that.   Furk.  

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#592
1 minute ago, TexasEd said:

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Hey Ed, just saying.  It was as depressing for me to learn as it is to anyone else.   Guess that’s why burying someone at least kept the buzzards off, until the ground eaters dug them up.  

#593
1 hour ago, Cajun said:

Did the BBQ drop-off in Boerne for the SIL and his team.  He said they started in Bergheim today and then went straight to Canyon Lake leapfrogging the teams in between.  He said they found a "few" victims and went into a bit of detail on condition, but I'll leave that out here.  It's what you think it would be and ID is not easy.

Met his commander, who said the guys in the field were getting fed "But it's the same sandwiches over and over..." then grumbled a bit about "The guys who are staying in Kerrville are getting the good stuff."  That is to say the ribs and bacon/jap wrapped chicken skewers were well received.  He told me they'd be back searching Canyon Lake tomorrow.  That aspect is just surreal.  The whole thing is.

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#594
39 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

Dude thats really cool and I bet that goes farther than you think with those guys. 

The commander fella was really sincere about thanking me.  The younger dudes (SIL included) were more slap on the back, "man that's good stuff!" thankful but that guy squared me up, stared straight into my eyes, and gave one of those very serious, "Thank you.  No, look at me. Thank you" kind of deals.  It was unsettling, but not in a bad way if that makes any sense.  Of all of them he showed the weight of what they'd been through the most.

The comic relief, though, was one of the guys there complaining about how when this was all over he'd have to go back to Pecos, TX.  Having lived out that way for a season of my life I completely understood and co-signed his bitching.

#596
2 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

As a TESCO baby Monahans native, this hits close to home.

Oh, jokes were made about Monahans.  Best beach Pecos has, HOLLA!!!

I was sort of disappointed the guy didn't look a bit more like Billy Bob Thornton though.  If I'm being honest.

 

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#597

Pecos people making Monahans jokes, similar to Alabama people making fun of Mississippi.  Is it really that different?  At least we have the sandlhills!

#598

That is a perfect analogy.  Well done.

I may pass that along to him if I see the dude again.  

Laughter is definitely at a premium over there.

#599
4 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

You’re right I didn’t consider the state could conceivably stage assets for a disaster event in a city and fail to notify the city. 
 

Maybe the staging areas were county and there was no communication from county to city? 

I think that is more likely than not. I also think the assets could have been a couple of trucks and boats. Everything is so murky right now. The more I hear, the more I lean towards the person that fucked this up the most (for the campers) is already dead. 

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