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Severe flash flooding in Texas with multiple fatalities

At least 6 dead so far. Daily Fail reports a summer camp cabin got swept away. Looks bad.

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by Anonymousreply 144July 5, 2025 7:05 PM

Thoughts and measles.

by Anonymousreply 1July 4, 2025 7:30 PM

Flash, flash for fantasy!

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by Anonymousreply 2July 4, 2025 7:34 PM

“Some reports over 10 inches”.

by Anonymousreply 3July 4, 2025 7:37 PM

orange jesus says no $$$ for you.

$$$ is for the rich who will trickle it down to you

by Anonymousreply 4July 4, 2025 7:39 PM

[quote] Two Camp Mystic directors, Britt and Catie Eastland, pleaded for help and said that some children are not accounted for and that some cabins appear to have been flooded and possibly washed away. They also said the roads have been washed out and that they need urgent air assistance. Camp Mystic is a Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt.

Oh...a Jesus Camp. Quelle surprise.

[quote] Asked whether the county had a warning system that might have sounded an alert as the Guadalupe rose, he said: “We do not have a warning system.”

[quote] Rest assured, no one knew this flood was coming,” Kelly said. “This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. We deal with floods on a regular basis. When it rains, we have water. We had no reason to believe this was going to be anything like what happened here, none whatsoever.”

Most dangerous valley in the whole country, but they put summer camps there and have no monitoring in place?

Oh well...I'm sure they will get along just fine and not ask for any federal handouts, right?

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by Anonymousreply 5July 4, 2025 7:44 PM

True Christians would have built an ark and been saved.

by Anonymousreply 6July 4, 2025 7:45 PM

An Ark, fuck yea!

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by Anonymousreply 7July 4, 2025 7:50 PM

[quote]Camp Mystic is a Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt.

So, Jesus wasn't protecting them? Oh wait, they're girls, so it must be divinely inspired flooding or something.

by Anonymousreply 8July 4, 2025 7:54 PM

Mystic Hunt is my drag name

by Anonymousreply 9July 4, 2025 7:56 PM

It’s pronounced Misty Cunt.

by Anonymousreply 10July 4, 2025 7:57 PM

Where's your Messiah nooooooooww?

by Anonymousreply 11July 4, 2025 7:58 PM

The should have paid attention to that forecast from NOAA. But anyway FEMA will be available to help with the aftermath of this disaster. Oh, wait…

by Anonymousreply 12July 4, 2025 8:00 PM

A disaster! We're on our way to sort things out and provide both immediate and longterm assistance.

by Anonymousreply 13July 4, 2025 8:01 PM

Thank goodness Trump is doing away with FEMA!

by Anonymousreply 14July 4, 2025 8:09 PM

Jesus wanted those girls to end up in wet t-shirts.

by Anonymousreply 15July 4, 2025 9:52 PM

Kerrville is a beautiful town - whatever you think of Texans, this is a wonderful part of the state.

by Anonymousreply 16July 4, 2025 10:03 PM

…that’s prone to murderous weather events.

by Anonymousreply 17July 4, 2025 10:05 PM

It is truly the nicest part of the state. We go to that area every couple of months.

by Anonymousreply 18July 4, 2025 10:07 PM

God is punishing America for dump’s Big, Beautiful Bill.

by Anonymousreply 19July 4, 2025 10:09 PM

A high school friend of mine posted this earlier today:

💧💧💧💧💧💧

Well Folks, Happy 4th of July from Hunt, Texas, the magical source of the Guadalupe River 😎😎

Many of you know we have been under a pretty severe drought the last few years and we’ve been waiting patiently for a decent rain event to potentially clean up our river with a flood. It appears that day has finally arrived. It’s been raining here for over 2 hours and the forecast shows the potential for up to an additional 5-8 hrs of rain. These are not ordinary rains, and appear to be 1 inch plus per hour. This tropical system which moved in overnight from deep S Texas and Mexco is training on top of the heart of the hill country in a dangerous pattern.

The potential for flash flooding is extremely high and especially dangerous since this tropical rain has come during the middle of the night while many people are asleep and possibly unaware of the potential danger.

Please be careful and stay off the rd if possible. Do not try to cross a low water crossing in this area. It’s a very serious situation and we appear to have a chance at much more rain in a short period of time.

I will report back when I know more later this morning.

💧💧💧💧💧💧💧

by Anonymousreply 20July 4, 2025 10:10 PM

Sweepaway Camp

by Anonymousreply 21July 4, 2025 10:11 PM

Lots of rain in Austin today

by Anonymousreply 22July 4, 2025 10:29 PM

13 people died in a flash flood in San Antonio about a month ago. Things are poppin’.

by Anonymousreply 23July 4, 2025 10:37 PM

This is crazy.

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by Anonymousreply 24July 4, 2025 11:00 PM

C’mon, let’s not joke about little girls dying.

by Anonymousreply 25July 4, 2025 11:02 PM

Terrifying r24

by Anonymousreply 26July 4, 2025 11:08 PM

Everything is booger in Texas.

by Anonymousreply 27July 4, 2025 11:11 PM

Some of them were obviously lesbionic.

by Anonymousreply 28July 4, 2025 11:15 PM

The scary thing is, no matter where you live, we're all subject to extreme weather due to global warming. But yes, thank heavens we got rid of FEMA and those pesky weather nerds at NOAA. Well played, DOGE!

by Anonymousreply 29July 4, 2025 11:16 PM

I suppose Cruz is on his way to Cancun.

by Anonymousreply 30July 4, 2025 11:51 PM

[quote]The Llano River in Llano, TX might be nearing its crest as the flow has leveled off at a whopping 125,000 cubic feet per second. It was flowing near 500 cubic feet per second only hours ago.

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by Anonymousreply 31July 4, 2025 11:53 PM

Don't tell him it's almost hurricane season r30

by Anonymousreply 32July 4, 2025 11:54 PM

I looked at the camp's website. You know how even if something like that is lily-white they'll get the black and Hispanic kids prominent in the photos?

So white they couldn't even do that.

by Anonymousreply 33July 4, 2025 11:55 PM

Jesus camp couldn’t spring for a weather radio with an alarm?? They should be sued into oblivion.

by Anonymousreply 34July 5, 2025 12:20 AM

Couldn’t care less.

by Anonymousreply 35July 5, 2025 12:21 AM

News Flash: Greg Abbot and Trump will do absolutely nothing to help.

by Anonymousreply 36July 5, 2025 12:29 AM

R35

You can read this headline and still feel that way? If yes, what the fuck is wrong with you? These are children.

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by Anonymousreply 37July 5, 2025 12:31 AM

Twenty children are still missing. I don't care who their parents voted for or who the state's governor is, these are kids that should have a chance to grow up and make their own decisions. I hope they are able to find them and that all or most are alive.

by Anonymousreply 38July 5, 2025 12:34 AM

Wishing the best for everyone missing.

by Anonymousreply 39July 5, 2025 12:40 AM

Will Gerg Abbott have to beg King Dump for some cash like his old slam piece Sarah Hucklebees did when Arkansas had wildfires?

Better get down on your knees, Gerg. Oh wait....

by Anonymousreply 40July 5, 2025 1:06 AM

That river rising like that is terrifying. I imagine the dam behind that bridge is going to be severely compromised as well. Some years back, there was a regular column in our newspaper dedicated to real estate news, and one week, the columnist had written a letter condemning the mandatory set back from waterways handed down by our state legislators as being grossly unfair to landowners and preventing a lot of valuable real estate from being developed. Bad luck for his timing, because the day his column ran, the front page of the paper was dominated by the picture of a full-sized house FLOATING down what is normally a small creek in my town. We are in a semi-arid area and we cannot possibly get the rains that Texas can get, but for us all it takes is a deep snowpack, a sudden thaw accompanied by a generous normal rain, and small creeks even here can become raging torrents. Looking at those pictures, it's obvious that NOTHING should be built within 200 yards on either side of that creek, no matter how low it usually flows.

by Anonymousreply 41July 5, 2025 1:07 AM

Q: What's the name of a man floating away in a Texas flash flood?

A: Bob

by Anonymousreply 42July 5, 2025 1:12 AM

It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

Worry about disasters in blue states.

by Anonymousreply 43July 5, 2025 1:42 AM

Still 20 kids missing r43. Was the alerting system compromised?

by Anonymousreply 44July 5, 2025 1:58 AM

[quote]It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

R43, Mississippi, North Carolina, and West Virginia were denied aid from FEMA. Arkansas was finally approved last month after being repeatedly denied.

by Anonymousreply 45July 5, 2025 2:01 AM

The Huckabeast supported DeSantis early in the election. Trump enjoyed making her and her state suffer.

by Anonymousreply 46July 5, 2025 2:13 AM

Without Jesus camp, where will these girls go to get abused???

by Anonymousreply 47July 5, 2025 2:49 AM

If it were Ptown or Fire Island, what would these Texans be saying?

by Anonymousreply 48July 5, 2025 2:50 AM

What a Trump done to America that I just don’t give a shit about these people?

by Anonymousreply 49July 5, 2025 2:51 AM

They should learn from this. It's been in the news for decades. A family was swept away outside Wimberly a few years back. These rivers always flood in the hill country.

Maybe check the fucking weather forecast a week out before you have your campouts and vacations and cancel it if there's any sign of rain. Maybe build the fucking houses by the river banks higher on stilts like they do near beaches.

This shit needs to fucking stop happening. Ought to be a law.

by Anonymousreply 50July 5, 2025 3:04 AM

[quote] Maybe check the fucking weather forecast a week out before you have your campouts and vacations and cancel it if there's any sign of rain.

The county doesn't have an alert system, but recent cuts to NOAA & NWS also contributed to the lack of preparedness, R50.

[quote]NewsNation national security contributor Tracy Walder, whose daughter is friends with some of the missing campers, said the relay of information has been a challenge because campers did not have access to technology during their stay at camp.

[quote]“Technology is actually not allowed there,” Walder said. “That’s why communication and information is kind of a bit difficult to come by at this point in time.”

[quote]President Donald Trump has been in touch multiple times, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said, with offers to provide whatever assistance is needed.

[...]

[quote]Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly told media outlets that there was no warning regarding the severity of the flood and said the county doesn’t have a warning system.

It was surprising to read that Trump reached out, considering he hasn't done that for any other recent disaster or the recent assassinations, until I read that historically, campers and their parents have had political ties.

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by Anonymousreply 51July 5, 2025 3:15 AM

^

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by Anonymousreply 52July 5, 2025 3:15 AM

Well hopefully the political elite make sure measures are put in place to stop this.

by Anonymousreply 53July 5, 2025 3:21 AM

Well, if they are Christians, then they understand it's god's plan, so they shouldn't be too sad

by Anonymousreply 54July 5, 2025 3:28 AM

pity, but they can pray it away

by Anonymousreply 55July 5, 2025 3:46 AM

24 people now confirmed dead, 20 kids still missing.

Kerr County got 12 inches of rain in three to four hours.

by Anonymousreply 56July 5, 2025 5:00 AM

This certainly will be the end of the organization that sponsored the camp. Some might end up in jail.

[quote]The camp was evacuated overnight after the area was hit with up to 10 inches of rain, but some of the campers were left behind. Several of the cabins were reportedly flooded, while others washed away. The roads surrounding the cabins were washed out.

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by Anonymousreply 57July 5, 2025 5:07 AM

Poor kids. They must have been terrified last night. I hope they’re hiding somewhere safe and dry and are found but their parents must be frantic.

by Anonymousreply 58July 5, 2025 5:11 AM

The camp, Mystic, only became “Christian” when it became Texas-trendy to be so. My sisters went in the 60s. It’s always been elite, expensive, and important to Texas female status. LBJ’s daughters went there. Possibly the Bush twins. If these parents can’t get special treatment in a flood, nobody can.

by Anonymousreply 59July 5, 2025 5:50 AM

So possibly over 40 dead.

Life seems so cheap to those who could do more.

by Anonymousreply 60July 5, 2025 5:52 AM

[quote] Don't tell him it's almost hurricane season

What, hurricane season? Is that even a thing, who knew?

by Anonymousreply 61July 5, 2025 6:00 AM

At least it's not 20 fetuses that are missing!!

by Anonymousreply 62July 5, 2025 6:44 AM

We should start a rumor that all those girls were pregnant. Maybe then Republicans would care.

by Anonymousreply 63July 5, 2025 7:15 AM

[quote]R38 Twenty children are still missing… these are kids that should have a chance to grow up and make their own decisions.

But lately each generation seems worse than the one before - so it would at least be more manageable with fewer of them (?)

by Anonymousreply 64July 5, 2025 8:02 AM

There's a couple on SM stuck in Nice, France on vacation and frantic that their two daughters are unaccounted for at this Camp. They are asking if anyone with a private jet can give them a lift back to Texas...

by Anonymousreply 65July 5, 2025 8:18 AM

[italic]Waaaaa![/italic]

I really don’t care. Do U?

by Anonymousreply 66July 5, 2025 9:11 AM

[quote]R65 There's a couple on SM - -

A couple on smack?

by Anonymousreply 67July 5, 2025 9:14 AM
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by Anonymousreply 68July 5, 2025 9:17 AM

[quote] At a press conference late on Friday evening, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the floods had been devastating, and declared that 'we need God more than ever.'

[quote]'It needs God, but it also needs a robust response... searches will continue in the darkness of night, and they will continue' into the early hours of Saturday, Abbott said.

Wasn't the flooding an act of God? Just pray harder and that'll solve everything, eh?

by Anonymousreply 69July 5, 2025 9:36 AM

[quote]It’s a red state. It will get all the FEMA it needs.

Red state or blue state, if the machine FEMA is severely hobbled or completely broken (as it likely is), the other can't respond quickly or can't reach some people at all.

by Anonymousreply 70July 5, 2025 9:37 AM

The Huckabeast had to beg Trump for FEMA aid for tornado damage in AR after the first request was denied.

by Anonymousreply 71July 5, 2025 9:49 AM

Flasha Floodine AKA Flasha Fierce is my drag name.

by Anonymousreply 72July 5, 2025 10:31 AM

i really don't care.

do you?

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by Anonymousreply 73July 5, 2025 10:47 AM

Where are the Cruz girls right now?

by Anonymousreply 74July 5, 2025 10:48 AM

🐆🍽️

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by Anonymousreply 75July 5, 2025 10:50 AM

[quote]Flasha Floodine AKA Flasha Fierce is my drag name

Personally, I'm sticking with Musty Stables.

by Anonymousreply 76July 5, 2025 10:55 AM

Fuck the whole of Texas. Let the floods wash it away

by Anonymousreply 77July 5, 2025 11:06 AM

R73

20 young girls are missing - there is a strong possibility that they were literally swept away from their summer camp . 20 families desperately waiting to hear the news that their seven-year old is OK. These little girls can’t vote and yet you still don’t care.

TF.

ETA: a nine-year old girl was found dead. But her parents MIGHT have voted for Trump so who cares, right?

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by Anonymousreply 78July 5, 2025 11:09 AM

Thanks for being the voice of reason on this thread, r78

by Anonymousreply 79July 5, 2025 11:18 AM

R79

Thank you - I’ll admit I’m not feeling very reasonable right now and trust me, all who know me here and in real life know much I despise Abbott, Patrick, Trump, Cruz, et al…

But these are just children. Really young kids. And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for. We have lost the moral high ground when we can’t show compassion during a horrific tragedy like this.

By the way, the little nine-year old girl who was found dead was named Renee. I can’t bear thinking about her last moments.

by Anonymousreply 80July 5, 2025 11:26 AM

[quote]20 young girls are missing - there is a strong possibility that they were literally swept away from their summer camp . 20 families desperately waiting to hear the news that their seven-year old is OK

Crisis actors!

by Anonymousreply 81July 5, 2025 11:33 AM

2 Camp La Junta campers share how they survived Kerr County floodwaters

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by Anonymousreply 82July 5, 2025 11:45 AM

I don't think people are mocking the potential deaths of 20 politically-connected little girls. They are mocking a foreseeable disaster exacerbated by no technology (Trump cuts and a Fascist-Christian concept of God), historically and frequently floodplain campsite, and ridiculous entitled reaction (prayer, private jets, deflection). After FAFO we are fully embracing this FO phase.

by Anonymousreply 83July 5, 2025 11:54 AM

Exactly!

by Anonymousreply 84July 5, 2025 11:57 AM

RED PATRIOTIC TEXANS DON'T NEED NO GODDAMN FEMA. WE'LL PULL OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS. YOU

Red and patriotic Texans don't need no goddamn FEMA. Will pull ourselves up by our boot straps. You watch. We won't be sticking our hands out to Washington. Promise

by Anonymousreply 85July 5, 2025 11:58 AM

R80, I appreciate your compassion. However, if these people support and vote for the party of Sandy Hook deniers, at some point do they not deserve what they vote for?

by Anonymousreply 86July 5, 2025 12:04 PM

It is possible to feel saddened by the horrific loss of young lives (which I do); and still give stink eye to the parents of those children, who voted to elect people who [italic] told them [/italic] they were going to cut the safety nets on which we all rely.

by Anonymousreply 87July 5, 2025 12:05 PM

Wealthy families send their daughters to this prestigious camp. It costs over $4000 to attend. That's why it's so surprising for something like this to happen there.

The owners of the camp will be buried under lawsuits. The families can afford to hire the best lawyers.

by Anonymousreply 88July 5, 2025 12:37 PM

A quick bankruptcy filing, and leave the rest to the insurer. No fingerprints left behind. It’s the American way.

by Anonymousreply 89July 5, 2025 12:44 PM

[quote]A quick bankruptcy filing, and leave the rest to the insurer. No fingerprints left behind. It’s the American way.

It worked for me and look where I am now!

by Anonymousreply 90July 5, 2025 12:49 PM

Used camp for sale!

by Anonymousreply 91July 5, 2025 12:52 PM

The fact that they evacuated before checking to see if all the kids were safe is disturbing on a few levels. First for the obvious reasons that kids were left behind and second which would indicate it was all happening so fast that everybody was most likely frantic and terrified.

by Anonymousreply 92July 5, 2025 12:55 PM

Right, that was a HUGE administrative error

by Anonymousreply 93July 5, 2025 1:02 PM

Wikipedia: Kerville County 2024 vote: 75% MAGA; 25% Democrat.

Should I send a quarter of a prayer and thought?

by Anonymousreply 94July 5, 2025 1:11 PM

And I thought Camp Crystal Lake was bad.

by Anonymousreply 95July 5, 2025 1:46 PM

[quote] Should I send a quarter of a prayer and thought?

I think you should adjust your quarter of a prayer by a margin of error.

by Anonymousreply 96July 5, 2025 2:13 PM

Some hick official said that this happened in the most dangerous river valley in the US. Why the fuck would you build a camp there?

by Anonymousreply 97July 5, 2025 2:17 PM

R96 = pollster Queen Harry Enten or the closeted Steve Kornacki.

by Anonymousreply 98July 5, 2025 2:17 PM

R82. Poor kids. It’s all just heartbreaking

by Anonymousreply 99July 5, 2025 2:24 PM

It's God's will.

by Anonymousreply 100July 5, 2025 2:45 PM

[Quote] And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for.

Are you for real? Their parents voted for, and cackle with delight over, children being torn screaming from their parents. They LOVE that.

The parents claim global warming is a demoncrat hoax and chant DRILL BABY DRILL.

You don’t see how someone might see this as a measure of karma?

by Anonymousreply 101July 5, 2025 3:06 PM

R20, I hope your friend made it through ok.

by Anonymousreply 102July 5, 2025 3:11 PM

No such thing as climate change due to humans and who needs FEMA. Drill baby drill and continue to self destruct putting the GOP in power. After all: Hilary’s emails and the Biden crime family and the pizza parlor pedo ring (Hilary again).

by Anonymousreply 103July 5, 2025 3:11 PM

Dump already promising aid to RED Texas no questions asked but Ca. is threatened with withholding funds for firestorm relief because we hate that convicted felon.

by Anonymousreply 104July 5, 2025 4:17 PM

[quote]But these are just children. Really young kids. And their parents don’t deserve this, no matter who they voted for. We have lost the moral high ground when we can’t show compassion during a horrific tragedy like this.

Apply this reasoning to ICE raids, please.

by Anonymousreply 105July 5, 2025 4:20 PM

^I had more to say about this, but Muriel will not accept my post.

by Anonymousreply 106July 5, 2025 4:21 PM

Texas! Yeah, YOU!

You WILL get the government YOU voted for.

by Anonymousreply 107July 5, 2025 4:42 PM

Texas is blaming The National Weather Service, which they voted, through Trump, to cut funding for

by Anonymousreply 108July 5, 2025 4:52 PM

Meanwhile, in Florida:

Trump: "Let's build a concentration camp in a swamp!"

DeSantis: "And surround it with a moat filled with alligators! What could possibly go wrong?"

by Anonymousreply 109July 5, 2025 4:56 PM

It's weird that the storm is just hanging out there and not moving on, similar to the devastating hurricane Harvey 8 years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 110July 5, 2025 4:57 PM

The storm is just hanging around.

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by Anonymousreply 111July 5, 2025 4:57 PM

That sure sucks for them

by Anonymousreply 112July 5, 2025 4:58 PM

The storm is confused about where to head... into America, or into the Gulf of America.

by Anonymousreply 113July 5, 2025 4:59 PM

[quote]The storm is just hanging around.

Tell it to get a job.

by Anonymousreply 114July 5, 2025 5:00 PM

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this ... this is working very well for them."

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by Anonymousreply 115July 5, 2025 5:06 PM

If we celebrate the death of innocent kids then I think that we are just as bad as these MAGA fuckers.

Yes, us giving them what they give us X10 is great and likely necessary in certain areas. (Democrats have become utter pussies)

But I don't think this is one of them. I don't want to celebrate the deaths of these girls. One or two or ten of them could have grown up and become a great person.

by Anonymousreply 116July 5, 2025 5:07 PM

Given that this is a Christian girl's camp in Texas, I'm going to guess that 100% of the parents voted for Trump and thus voted for DOGE and the drastic, life-threatening cuts to government that they promised throughout the campaign and even committed to — in writing via Project 2025 — prior to the election with ample notice and literally decades of evidence of the potential outcomes when meteorologists don't have access to the tools that allow them to accurately and reliably predict the weather. And so, when a predictable and easily preventable tragedy like this comes to its inevitable conclusion, we are correct in assuming that this is the outcome that these parents voted for.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

And now, the only question is whether a single one of the parents will speak the truth and say out loud that their vote for Trump cost them their child's life.

by Anonymousreply 117July 5, 2025 5:13 PM

Who the fuck is "celebrating", R116?

by Anonymousreply 118July 5, 2025 5:18 PM

Exactly, R117. These parents voted for Trump. They just never thought that his policies would negatively affect them.

by Anonymousreply 119July 5, 2025 5:21 PM

What's strange to me is that the Camp hasn't issued any statements. The Camp Director and owner died, and the only notice is some click-bait news notice on facebook. My sister's friend confirmed because her daughter is a camp rep (the person who insures all the best girls in her town pick Mystic.) Supposedly he died trying to rescue the 7-8 year olds who were in the cabin that was washed away. But only heard through my sister. Sister also said that the parents are only getting word from TV and local authorities, hit or miss. Nothing from Mystic. You'd think they'd have a PR firm handling things at this point. But in the end, as exclusive as Mystic is, it's a fucking weird secretive club where Christianity is now forced on the campers as part of their purity rituals.

by Anonymousreply 120July 5, 2025 5:25 PM

[Quote] R120 : The Camp Director and owner died...

I think you answered the question in your comment's first sentence. I'm sure the remaining staff left are trying to figure out wtf to do in this disastrous situation and who has the authority to take action on behalf of the camp.

by Anonymousreply 121July 5, 2025 5:34 PM

R118- Semantics-

This thread is certainly not mourning.

Don't start being like these MAGA asshats who you cannot even have a basic conversation with- We are better than these morons.

I have a client who is one- and they are a cult. You cannot reason with them.

by Anonymousreply 122July 5, 2025 5:35 PM

[quote]The owners of the camp will be buried under lawsuits. The families can afford to hire the best lawyers.

A bunch of the parents are lawyers themselves. One, a mother of two survivors, spoke to the NYT last night. Paywall-free article at link.

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by Anonymousreply 123July 5, 2025 5:35 PM

Officials don’t care they’re Trumper’s and they knew this was going to happen. The area is called ‘’Flash Flood Alley’’ Trump and friends wanting to get rid of white trash children-mission accomplished!

by Anonymousreply 124July 5, 2025 5:37 PM

finger-pointing at EVERYTHING

• state-emergency agency — at the failure of weather-forecasters

• county judge — dunno...

• alex jones — geo-engineered directed-energy

by Anonymousreply 125July 5, 2025 5:41 PM

This was published the day before the flood.

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by Anonymousreply 126July 5, 2025 5:42 PM

R87

Trust me, I get it. And I am happily ensconced in my reliably blue neighborhood in reliably blue Austin, so it’s extremely painful to vote for people who care about other humans and our planet, only to have these obvious outcomes when the bad people win. FAFO, indeed.

And will conservatives learn? Of course not.

by Anonymousreply 127July 5, 2025 5:44 PM

R105

I do because I’m adamantly opposed to them.

by Anonymousreply 128July 5, 2025 5:47 PM

[quote]Officials don’t care they’re Trumper’s

That's an outright lie. The officials [italic]only[/italic] care because the dead are Trumpers' children. Let me put it this way: if this were a migrant camp of children, would this even be news? Would Abbot and his dastardly crew be throwing blame? Would Shady JD be tweeting about broken hearts?

No, no and no. [italic]They[/italic] would be celebrating. After all, migrants are criminals — or at least the children of criminals — right?

I was going to add "would we be discussing this on DL", but that goes to R116's projection of "celebration" over the death of these children. We would be discussing it because we're not MAGA and do, in fact, care about these children... just in the context of caring about all children and wanting all children to be safe, secure and not drowned by a predictable and preventable tragedy caused by the hate, cruelty and let-them-eat-cake attitude that MAGA shouts from rooftops daily — and votes into power.

No, R116, we're not the same, and what we're expressing here is no celebration nor game of semantics.

by Anonymousreply 129July 5, 2025 5:52 PM

Exactly, r129.

by Anonymousreply 130July 5, 2025 5:54 PM

R50 watching the news for weather forecast is for fags. Everyone knows we waste tax payer dollars on Commie weathermen when their entire job can be learned on an app, and even then you must still be doubtful.

by Anonymousreply 131July 5, 2025 5:56 PM

look how texas parents are treated when texas parents attempt to move their own kids to safer spaces

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by Anonymousreply 132July 5, 2025 5:58 PM

BREAKING: Texas Officials Blast Trump for Fatal Error

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by Anonymousreply 133July 5, 2025 6:05 PM

This is my next American Horror Story...

by Anonymousreply 134July 5, 2025 6:07 PM

They are kids don't blame them for their parent politics. Looks like a freak flood occurred. It does seem like Texas has more than its share of disasters of late. Driving through Texas it looks like much of the country has been grazed by cows down to dust. Maybe they need to look at that. Cant be good for the flooding situation.

by Anonymousreply 135July 5, 2025 6:19 PM

[quote]They are kids don't blame them for their parent politics

I am neither blaming nor mourning them.

by Anonymousreply 136July 5, 2025 6:24 PM

r133 don't worry, they'll be having wild makeup sex by Monday evening.

by Anonymousreply 137July 5, 2025 6:27 PM

Those poor kid in camp.

by Anonymousreply 138July 5, 2025 6:34 PM

The camp counselors are older teens and college-age girls.

[quote]One counselor got all of her girls out through the window and had them keep hold of a clothesline. She got washed away in the effort and even while that was happening to her, she yelled to her girls to keep holding on. She saved their lives. Do not denigrate those counselors.

[quote]P.S. The Twins counselor was rescued but I don’t know her name.

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by Anonymousreply 139July 5, 2025 6:34 PM

This girl was swept 12 miles downstream before grabbing a tree.

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by Anonymousreply 140July 5, 2025 6:38 PM

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by Anonymousreply 141July 5, 2025 6:41 PM

[quote]A 27-year-old father, Julian Ryan, died saving his family. As water quickly rose in their home off the river, Ryan punched a window to get his fiancée, children, and his mother out of the home safely and onto the roof. The punch severed an artery in his arm

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by Anonymousreply 142July 5, 2025 6:41 PM

Trump must be so pissed because his big beautiful bill passage has been pushed out of the headlines.

by Anonymousreply 143July 5, 2025 6:45 PM

The MAGAts will twist themselves into pretzels to blame these events on anything except climate change.

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by Anonymousreply 144July 5, 2025 7:05 PM
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