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

I saw some other pics of a washout at a Cow Creek crossing I've been over that bridge I can't imagine

Sort of looks like a jeep and a fire engine got tangled up in the floodwaters... which is nuts.

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Very eerie that this event was a carbon copy from 1987

This stuff is just heart breaking.

Survivor Account

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Guadalupe River Flood Survivor Speaks Out - KERR COUNTY, TEXAS - What was meant to be a joyful Fourth of July holiday quickly turned into a nightmare for the Santana family, as a flash flood devastated the HTR TX Hill Country campground near Ingram, Texas, sweeping away cabins and claiming lives.

Eddie Santana-Negron age 69, and his wife Ileana Santana age 66, longtime residents of Mobile, Alabama, had traveled to Texas to spend the holiday with their eldest son, Eddie William Santana Jr age 39,his wife Camille Santana age 38, and their 5-year-old daughter Mila Rose Santana. The family had rented a cabin at the popular riverside campground.

The family had gone to bed around 9 a.m. that rainy July 3. In the early morning hours of July 4, at approximately 4 a.m., Eddie William was awakened by frantic screams outside. He checked his phone and saw a text alert from the campground warning of dangerous flooding, sent just six minutes earlier. When he opened the front door, floodwaters were already at the threshold.

Realizing the urgency, Eddie William Santana Jr tried to gather his family and find an escape route through a back window, but within minutes, water surged into the cabin. The force was so great it lifted the entire structure off its foundation, turning it into a vessel adrift in a torrent of floodwater.

As the cabin was carried away, Eddie Jr recalls a sudden impact, followed by a hole tearing through the roof. Water gushed in, and in a terrifying moment, he was expelled through the opening. Struggling against the powerful current filled with debris, vehicles, trees, and shattered structures, he fought to stay afloat.

After a harrowing ordeal, Eddie William managed to grasp onto a line of trees and held on for his life. He was one of the first persons to be rescued shortly after 8 a.m., suffering a deep laceration and requiring staples and treatment for bruising. He was later released from the hospital. It’s a miracle he survived.

As of Sunday, the whereabouts of Eddie’s parents, Eddie Santana-Negron and Ileana Santana, along with Camille and young Mila, remain unknown. Rescue crews continue searching the area, while the Santana family’s home island of Puerto Rico has rallied around them in prayer and solidarity.

A Puerto Rican news outlet is broadcasting the story, showing the tremendous support and faith being poured out for the missing family members.

Authorities in Kerr County have confirmed over 70 fatalities from the flooding, calling it the deadliest weather disaster of 2025 in the United States. Investigations are ongoing into the timing of the emergency alerts and whether proper evacuation procedures were communicated in time.

For now, a family remains fractured, held together by hope and prayer, as rescue and recovery efforts continue.

Please keep the Santana family in your thoughts and prayers.

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That story highlights a need that a lot of people may overlook when traveling or vacationing..... a NOAA weather radio. I will always stress that they are a must-have for every home. Now, I believe it is a very good idea to have one when traveling or on vacation. Find one that you can easily set/program different locations and set the location when you get where you're going for a length of time.

These radios will wake you up and they are not susceptible to losing signal or service like your cell phone.

An article that reviews the best models

At home I just use a basic Midland weather radio and it works great.

This sounds like a joke, but I’m serious. The names of these missing need to be shared. I’ve seen real people (not bots) on social media that are under the impression the only area impacted was a camp that was for whites only. Sad, but true.

We have many, many stupid people out there throwing out things as fact.

Mystic has posted on their website the loss of 27 campers and counselors.

That is horrific.

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The names of these missing need to be shared

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Those RV parks that are along the river dont exactly have a roster of people that were on site when the flood hit. Unless people's families are posting/notifying of missing people, nobody knows.

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They found two young girls alive yesterday as well.

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Unfortunately, I don’t think this was true.