The death toll took a jump today, it's now at 109.
I can't even fathom the pain the families are going through.
Not death but still missing in just one county along, 161 missing.

Rod

 

The high percentage of them being children is what is so sad for me, many young.

 

R.I.P

 

I just saw a house floating down the river with a man standing in the doorway with a flashlight. Crazy…There were many campgrounds, RV parks, etc, wiped out that they are just now focusing on besides the girls camp. Seems as if that area was flood prone for years and there were many discussions about improving the communication systems, but money concerns seem to have gotten in the way of any progress. Very sad.

 

UHOH…now flash flooding in NM.

 

So sad but it didn’t have to happen. I feel extra sad for the parent that are still waiting to hear news of their children.

 

Weather in this country has been terrible the last few years and I’m afraid it is only going to get worse. Another crazy hot and humid week here but nothing like what is going on in Texas. So sad

 

I am in no way blaming people here as this sort of thing is very hard to avoid sometimes and we do not know all the facts. But, it does surprise me that at a camp like that, the counselors did not have a weather radio around. Granted, I think the flash flood warning came in about 45 minutes before the water shot up (and one report I read said it came up over 20 ft in that 45 minute period), so I am not sure if they would have gotten to safety in time, but sure seems like that is one cheap thing they could have had around. I know when we camp, we take our walkie talkies that have the WX stations programmed in for this purpose. We have been pretty close to being in very bad situations weather wise and depended on those to inform us if out of cell signal range. It is a horrible thing for sure. I cannot imagine what the families of those kids are going through right now

I have seen a lot of stories of people getting caught in flash floods and it is extremely surprising how fast it can happen. Many hiking in desert areas have taken to the bottom of crevasses to get some shade, only to suddenly be trapped and killed by a flash flood that started miles away. Not something to be taken lightly

 

I agree weather radios might have helped but it happened so fast. We boated the Chesapeake Bay for many years and squalls especially in hot weather were dangerous. We had a weather radio, a ship to shore radio set up for weather alerts and a mayday line to the Coast Guard. We always had adequate warnings that severe weather was heading our way.

 

At the risk of sounding like the jerk again.
Joey, I think you are over-rating the capabilities and preparations of some of these camps.
It is reported that the local role of community coordinator from the weather service has been vacant since April.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-de-rcna217515

https://apnews.com/article/weather-t...66e98dcb85562b