re: Reports of over 20 young camp girls missing In TX floods

This reminded me of an event in Arkansas in 2010. These sites should be located well out of potential harm’s way..

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6 Flash floods kill at least 18 campers in Arkansas A devastating flash flood at the Albert Pike Recreation Area in southwestern Arkansas on June 11, 2010, killed 20 campers. Heavy rainfall caused the Little Missouri River to rise rapidly, inundating the campground and sweeping away tents, campers, and vehicles. The floodwaters rose as high as 8 feet per hour, leaving little time for campers to escape. The floodwaters rose so swiftly that many campers were caught off guard. The 54-unit campground was quickly overwhelmed, and the force of the water was strong enough to peel asphalt from roads and strip bark from trees. Search and rescue operations were hampered by the remote location and the scale of the devastation. The floodwaters reached their peak at approximately 5:30 a.m., catching many people while they were still sleeping. Among the victims were children, and the incident highlighted the dangers of flash floods in remote areas. According to NPR, one family lost a six-year-old, while their eight-year-old daughter was also missing. Other victims included a young mother and her three-year-old son.

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yeah a judge i'm known for twenty plus years his niece is one of the missing


76, 77 I got caught in one of these at Horshoe Bend on the Guadalupe it happens very fast

Yeah not reading this thread.

No forecasting could have given some warning?
—26 foot rise in 45 minutes.

The problem was that it happened in the early morning hours. A lot of people sleep might sleep through the warnings on their phones.

My friends daughter was a counselor at one of the camps. She was pulling kids from windows of the cabin in the middle of the night last night. Her best friend who was also a counselor was swept away trying to save kids. There were 4 other little kids with her. She somehow kept them all above water and they got into some makeshift island 6 miles down stream. What a hero that girl is.

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No forecasting could have given some warning? I know nothing about flash floods like that.

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Maybe but most don’t realize how bad flash floods are in those areas.

None of the water soaks up in those arid areas it just runs off straight to the river and the rivers are in canyons with nowhere to spread out so they rise quickly

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Her best friend who was also a counselor was swept away trying to save kids. There were 4 other little kids with her. She somehow kept them all above water and they got into some makeshift island 6 miles down stream. What a hero that girl is.

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They all survived? That’s incredible

The meteorologist in the area called these events "Rain Bombs", they know they're going to explode somewhere at sometime but nailing down an exact location is still out of reach. They were posting for the last two or three days that someone in the hill country was going to get wacked, that place turned out to be Kerrville.

This is heartbreaking. I pray they are found alive. My daughter is at sleepaway camp right now (in another state, not Texas) and I cannot even imagine the agony the affected parents are experiencing.