Guadalupe River flooding

[hittman]

Anybody here from Texas close to this tragedy? Hope you're all well!

Texas river flood leaves at least 25 dead across two counties; children's camp evacuated by helicopter

Texas flooding leaves at least two dozen dead in Kerr County as heavy rain caused Guadalupe River to reach nearly 30 feet, overwhelming local funeral homes and cutting power.

www.foxnews.com

 

[arfmel]

My great nephew is at summer camp in Hunt, at Camp La Junta, so I've been pretty concerned about him. His folks drove over to Kerrville (as close as they could get to the camp) and are waiting to see what they can find out. camp La Junta's facebook page recently posted that all their campers are safe and accounted for. Thank God!

I've read accounts to the effect that over 20 counselors and little girls are missing from Camp Mystic, nearby.

Prayers for the safety of all are appreciated.

 

[WendyZXZ]

I agree, all the best of wishes and prayers for those at risk.

 

[Armybrat]

My niece who is on the staff at Camp Honey Creek for girls (near Hunt) climbed up the hill behind the camp early this morning to get cell service.
She called her mom & authorities to report that all their 100+ campers were safe and dry in the dining hall building, but without power.
However, they are stranded as the roads in are impassable and the kitchen employees can't get there.
All their camp canoes & other watercraft were swept away by the flooding creek.

 

[Kevin]

Wow, I just read the news about this. The gauge at Hunt recorded a 22 foot rise in 2 hours.

I hope the campers are ok.

 

[3manfan]

Horrible

 

[rugerguy]

thoughts and prayers for ALL the folks affected in this tragedy, so sad and caught them ALL off guard from what we've seen and heard,,,,,,

 

[Armybrat]

 

[Mike J]

I have been praying since I saw this earlier today.

 

[contender]

Dern,, this is too close to things we had here last fall. Prayers for all affected.

 

[hittman]

Yeah this took an ugly turn …….

Texas river flood leaves at least 25 dead across two counties; children's camp evacuated by helicopter

Texas flooding leaves at least two dozen dead in Kerr County as heavy rain caused Guadalupe River to reach nearly 30 feet, overwhelming local funeral homes and cutting power.

www.foxnews.com

Texas officials said between 23 and 25 people remain missing from the all-girls Christian camp known as Camp Mystic as of Friday night​

 

[Wyandot Jim]

AT LEAST 2 TRILLION GALLONS OF RAIN FELL OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU ON FRIDAY MORNING — THAT'S FOUR MONTHS OF RAIN IN JUST FOUR HOURS CREATING A 30 FOOT WALL OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
NEARLY 2 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER FELL ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, IT COULD SUPPLY 11 MILLION HOMES WITH WATER FOR 1 YEAR OR FILL 1.5 MILLION OLYMPIC POOLS​

 

[Mobuck]

Really bad. I saw something similar when a levee broke a mile north of my place a few years back. Literally a 'wall of water' sweeping everything in it's path.
No human lives lost but several cattle failed to escape to higher ground. I was in water almost waist deep rescuing equipment and would have washed away if not for the 20' tow chain attached to the tractor.

 

[GasGuzzler]

13 deceased and 23 missing as of this morning. I have a cousin in New Braunfels but he is very slow to respond to inquiries. The area in question is almost six hours' drive south of me.

 

[Johnnu2]

J.

 

[vito]

People not familiar with weather in that part of Texas cannot comprehend how quickly water can build up and flood an area. Living in San Antonio years ago I remember being amazed, at first, at the concrete culverts built to handle the volume of water during heavy thunderstorms. These structures were huge, and at first I thought that they had to be massively overbuilt since it seemed incomprehensible that these dry channels could ever fill with water. Then I observed them full to almost the top during a heavy but brief storm and it made a believer out of me. That first year we lost a cat who drowned while apparently hunting in one of these structures where the water rose so quickly that she was unable to scramble up the sloped side to escape in time.

 

[Tensaw]

Terrible! Prayers for all!

 

[Armybrat]

This is catastrophic - poured down in the area west of Austin again last night, for a total of 15"-28" in the past 48 hours.
24 fatalities so far (12 of them little girls 8-10 years old at the camps) and still dozens missing - mostly children..
We've had only 4" of rain so far, as we are not even on the edge of the heavy stuff, and it will continue all day.
All this moisture is from the system that crossed over Mexico this past week.

Kids still being rescued by helicopters….

 

[Armybrat]

Dern,, this is too close to things we had here last fall. Prayers for all affected.

And Kentucky just had a similar catastrophe.

 

[Armybrat]