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

I’ve never seen one of these floods up close. It’s hard for me to fathom how quickly water rises and how fast it moves. I’ve never been in a strong current, so I’m unsure of how the water gets moving so fast and can move houses.

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I’ve never seen one of these floods up close. It’s hard for me to fathom how quickly water rises and how fast it moves. I’ve never been in a strong current, so I’m unsure of how the water gets moving so fast and can move houses.

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Starts like this and doesn’t stop

That front wall debris flow is a big part of the initial damage caused. It acts as a dam, slowing flow and prematurely sending the river beyond its banks. Larger debris gets swept away, too. That can cause damage to infrastructure and homes before the water takes its toll.

With the extreme drought out that way, there are plenty of dead plants, grasses, trees, etc. that get swept up in the leading wall of water.

Those videos are absolutely wild. Glad I’ve never experienced it.

My wife and I were just there in May. We camped in the West Texas Hill Country for over 3 weeks. And we're looking at all of the videos of this catastrophic flooding. A lot of those places are where we went. We ate at Howdy's Restaurant and there is a campground right behind it on the Guadeloupe River. The campground was wiped out. We walked Louise May Park. It's now under 25-30 feet of water. Kerville, Hunt and Ingram Texas devastated were places we visited or camped. I just told my wife that if our trip was one month later, we would probably be there now. It's sad to see the devastation because it's beautiful country. The pictures that we took when we were there didn't do it justice.

Just saw a Facebook post stating that 26 camp girls showed up at the Ingram fire department via helicopter. Take this as unverified. .

Go to Facebook and search for kerville floods. A ton of videos and pictures will show up.