Texas floods…

[Ammi]

…24 confirmed dead and more than 20 children missing from a girl’s summer camp…

Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, leaving 24 people dead and many more unaccounted for Friday, including more than 20 girls attending a summer camp, as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in fast-moving floodwaters.

Desperate pleas peppered social media as loved ones sought any information about people caught in the flood zone. At least 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain poured down overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.

At a news conference late Friday Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 24 people had been killed. Authorities said 237 people had been recued so far, including 167 by helicopter.

The missing children were attending Camp Mystic, a Christian camp along the Guadalupe River in the small town of Hunt. Elinor Lester, 13, said she and her cabin mates had to be helicoptered to safety.

A raging storm woke up her cabin around 1:30 a.m., and when rescuers arrived, Lester said they tied a rope for the girls to hold as the children in her cabin walked across bridge with floodwaters whipping around the calves and knees.

“The camp was completely destroyed,” she said. “A helicopter landed and started taking people away. It was really scary.”

The situation was still developing and officials said the death toll could change, with rescue operations ongoing for an unspecified total number of missing.

Authorities were still working to identify the dead.

Pleading for information after flash flood

A river gauge at Hunt recorded a 22 foot rise (6.7 meters) in about two hours, according to Bob Fogarty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Austin/San Antonio office. The gauge failed after recording a level of 29 and a half feet (9 meters).

“The water’s moving so fast, you’re not going to recognize how bad it is until it’s on top of you,” Fogarty said.


…full article…

https://www.yahoo.com/news/24-dead-texas-floods-more-041505484.html

[Ammi]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/04/17/100014893-14875891-image-a-60_1751645614294.jpg

[Ammi]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/04/17/100014899-14875891-image-m-64_1751645660059.jpg

[Ammi]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/04/16/100012899-14875891-image-a-53_1751641723963.jpg

[bots]

So sad and yet the climate change sceptics will carry on regardless

[Cherie]

Terrible tragedy

[Crimson Dynamo]

If you live in the Guadalupe River Basin, you also live in one of the three most
dangerous regions in the U.S.A. for flash floods! Local residents and weather
experts refer to the Texas Hill Country as ‘Flash Flood Alley,’ because heavy
rainfall and runoff from creeks and streams can cause rapid rises and flooding
in a matter of hours.

The Guadalupe River experienced major floods in 1936, 1952, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1997 and 1998.

[arista]

[24 confirmed dead and
more than 20 children missing from a girl’s summer camp…]

Really sad that Girls Summer Camp
never got a 4AM Alarm for this
Whoever is in charge is pathetic

[bots]

If you live in the Guadalupe River Basin, you also live in one of the three most
dangerous regions in the U.S.A. for flash floods! Local residents and weather
experts refer to the Texas Hill Country as ‘Flash Flood Alley,’ because heavy
rainfall and runoff from creeks and streams can cause rapid rises and flooding
in a matter of hours.

The Guadalupe River experienced major floods in 1936, 1952, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1997 and 1998.

hotspots get worse and more frequent and more places become susceprible, but you know all this already

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/05/14/100034981-14877783-image-a-258_1751723479127.jpg

Debris from the flash flooding in Texas on Saturday


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/05/13/100033323-14877783-The_unidentified_girl_was_reportedly_swept_up_for_ 12_miles_befor-a-1_1751717106762.jpg
One Young Lady
saved by climbing a tree.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14877783/camp-girl-clinging-tree-texas-floods-death-toll.html

[arista]

Reports 18 Adults
and 9 Children
found dead, so far


All Media

[Maru]

I don't know about the Hill Country in particular but in SE TX at least, we've had a lot of heavy rains of late and we had just gotten a break. If they had a lot of rain further up the watershed, rivers can take a much longer time to recede, so it's probably that they were nearing full because of all the storms across a period (including upstream) in what has been a very wet season so far. We've several weeks of heavy rain. But that is something that happens here, unfortunately. Flooding also occurs because cities tend to cover the ground up with concrete and build at grade and because we live on a floodplain, it doesn't bode well for drainage, so that can add to the watershed becoming overwhelmed. The Hill county isn't very developed compared to other parts of the state, though.

[arista]

Total Deaths now 43


Including 15 children, sadly.

[Ammi]

… and now at 50 I’m reading, Arista…it’s horrendous stuff and a huge manhunt for the 27 summer camp children still missing…

[arista]

Yes, it was around 4AM
Too much rain


Terrible Tragedy

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/01/100044791-0-image-m-1_1751762529613.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/04/100035015-14877783-Two_unidentified_campers_were_also_rescued_from_th e_floods_Offic-a-77_1751773667122.jpg


[Two unidentified campers were also rescued
from the floods. Officials have stressed
they hope to rescue many of the missing
and say they're still hopeful of finding most
of those missing safe and well]

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/01/100044935-14877783-image-a-18_1751763096386.jpg
[Wrecked father, Ty Badon, spoke with CNN on Saturday
explaining his desperation in the hunt for
his missing daughter and her friends who have not been
seen or heard from since the disastrous rush of water]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14877783/camp-girl-clinging-tree-texas-floods-death-toll.html

[arista]

21 Children confirmed dead
38 Adults confirmed dead.

Live News update

11 children still not found

[BBXX]

This is horrific, imagine what those families are going through.

[Ammi]

…I watched this earlier when it was in real time and people were on the bridge filming it on their phones…it’s terrifying how quickly the bridge wasn’t there anymore and it was just deadly river rapids…it took only 20 minutes…so many people coping with that plus the search continuing for their children…


cOxh8hwAN3I

[joeysteele]

Horrific tragedy.
Devastating.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/18/100054289-0-image-a-61_1751821341004.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/17/100053899-14879817-image-a-28_1751818141461.jpg
[Texans are frustrated with the lack of an
efficient emergency response system to let
victims know a severe storm was underway]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14879817/texas-flood-victims-furious-officials-national-weather-service.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/17/100053899-14879817-image-a-28_1751818141461.jpg
[Texans are frustrated with the lack of an
efficient emergency response system to let
victims know a severe storm was underway]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14879817/texas-flood-victims-furious-officials-national-weather-service.html

Ryan Hall warned everyone about this threat on Thursday. he has near 4 million subscribers

see 3.30 on

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Also:

*A flash flood watch was issued for Kerr County at 12:41a CT (just after midnight Thursday night). The watch mentioned isolated rain amounts of 10 inches, and stated "Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks." This followed a flash flood watch that was issued Thursday afternoon.

*A flash flood warning was issued at 1:14a CT For Kerr County, which mentioned "life threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, and rivers".

*A flash flood "emergency" was issued at 5:34a CT for Kerr County and the Guadalupe River.

*NWS Austin/San Antonio had five on staff during the event; normally two would be on duty. Extra staffing was planned before the event started.

*This type of flash flooding on the Guadalupe River is nothing new. Similar events happened in 1998, 1978, 1935, and 1921. This year's event was related to deep moisture from a tropical system (Barry) that originated in the East Pacific and made landfall near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on June 29.

One takeaway is the importance of having a NOAA Weather Radio at every
home, business, and any place where there are large number of people
gathered (like a camp on a river). I would imagine cell service is very spotty
along the Guadalupe where the camps were located. NWR does not use cell
service and will wake you up. The alert is very loud, and can't be missed.

[arista]

More Rain
on it's way again

[arista]

Live Conference on all news now.


It is raining again.

Police are asking the public
All to stay away
while they clear up more

[arista]

There have been camps near that river for 100 Years,
The press asked why No Siren?

The team confirmed they will now look at that.

[arista]

A Loud Siren
would save more lives

[arista]

Total Deaths now at 78

[Maru]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/06/17/100053899-14879817-image-a-28_1751818141461.jpg
[Texans are frustrated with the lack of an
efficient emergency response system to let
victims know a severe storm was underway]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14879817/texas-flood-victims-furious-officials-national-weather-service.html

They have one, it's called a cell phone.

[Cherie]

They have one, it's called a cell phone.

Tell him Maru, we have things called weather forecasts as well....

[Maru]

There have been camps near that river for 100 Years,
The press asked why No Siren?

The team confirmed they will now look at that.

Sirens generally are for tornado warnings (ie shelter in place), not floods, and it doesn't give any meaningful information. We have flood gauges (If you're curious what that looks like... (https://www.harriscountyfws.org/)) along all our waterways that send out readings regularly and if there are nearby high water levels, they sometimes issue alerts to the phones locally. That still doesn't give information about what to do. They will tell you stay home and "climb to the highest level". What they won't sometimes tell you is bring an axe or at least make sure you have a way out because it's possible you may need to open the roof and stay there until the water recedes. They can't say "escape!", because that's dependent on where people are.

Most roadways are designed to become part of a drainage system (if one exists) when the system becomes overwhelmed, so they're generally not safe when there are active floods nearby. In rural areas, it's precarious because while the roads are generally higher up on dry land, there's still dips and there's no way to tell how high water actually is and it takes very little moving water to move a car or knock someone off balance. 6 inches is enough to make it difficult to step through without falling.

There comes a point when people need to hold themselves accountable and to become more aware of their own surroundings. Sure, one could take off and drive one direction, but it's entirely possible they put themselves in an even worse situation if they have no clue where dry land is. Drowning due to being caught in moving water in a motor vehicle is probably the #1 way that people die from floods even in areas prone to them. That's why it's important to know the watershed when living in a climate prone to severe weather (which we are). We have a fault line near where we live that goes up a few feet and we can still the local waterway, so that's where I drive up to when we've had high water. I'm generally aware of the elevation of my local area because I know how to read a flood map and keep an eye on the radar.

The sad reality is flooding is a very difficult situation to find yourself in. You're pretty much SOL. There is NO emergency response when there is catastrophic flooding. Often local govt is in the same situation as the people caught in the storm at least until there is some chance to assess and they're able to get reports of where people are waiting to be rescued (helicopter, boat or local response). And even then the response is very limited until roads dry up. Often they have to call in external support. So, instead it's often neighbors helping neighbors and that dude you thought was a weird for redoing the suspension on his truck so that it sits 2-3' higher off the ground (it looks silly). That dude and all his frens with 4-wheelers become your lifelong best friend as they go around the neighborhood picking people up from flooded homes and moving them to dry land where other neighbors are sitting and waiting. That's just a fact.

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-da797713-3563-4f19-84b4-d9c839a6ea56.png

[Crimson Dynamo]

Every organiser in charge of children in that area will be equipped with a NOAA Weather Radio that does not depend on cell phone signal

NWR broadcasts official Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The NWS said Flash Flood Warnings were issued on the night of July 3 and in the early
morning of July 4, "giving preliminary lead times of more than three hours before
warning criteria were met."

First reports from Kerr County Sheriffs Office of flooding at low water crossings had 201
minutes of lead time (4:35 AM CDT).

Like Tornado warnings people get so many that they become jaded and less atuned to the danger

[arista]

The Current Total Death count is 82
dead bodies.

Sadly, it includes 27 young girl campers and counselors
Who was in the building right next to the River

Ref: CNN HD USA on UK TV.

[arista]

President Trump is now due to visit there
on Friday.

He will need a lot of Protection officers

[Crimson Dynamo]

:facepalm:

Pediatrician fired for vile post politicizing devastating Texas floods: May Trump supporters get ‘what they voted for’

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvQJxv6WYAAOROC?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

Yes, they do not want Political fights.
They want help to clear the way.


So long as they give their name
to the Police in control,
As they do not want any more losses.

[arista]

Sadly, it's 89 Dead.
Now

[arista]

Sadly, 91 are dead

[Zizu]

After a lifetime of watching cowboy movies I always pictured Texas to be a flat , deserted wasteland punctuated by oil wells … and the last place to be having floods !!


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[Crimson Dynamo]

After a lifetime of watching cowboy movies I always pictured Texas to be a flat , deserted wasteland punctuated by oil wells … and the last place to be having floods !!


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The highest point is Guadalupe Peak, which stands at an elevation of 8,751 feet (2,667 meters) is twice the height of Ben Nevis. It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

https://www.nps.gov/im/chdn/images/El-Capitan_GUMO_NPGallery_Public-domain_D-Buehler_cropped.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false

[Zizu]

The highest point is Guadalupe Peak, which stands at an elevation of 8,751 feet (2,667 meters) is twice the height of Ben Nevis. It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

https://www.nps.gov/im/chdn/images/El-Capitan_GUMO_NPGallery_Public-domain_D-Buehler_cropped.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false


I obviously watched the wrong programs

LOL


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[Maru]

After a lifetime of watching cowboy movies I always pictured Texas to be a flat , deserted wasteland punctuated by oil wells … and the last place to be having floods !!

Texas' climate is diverse, but we are mostly in a subtropical region and highly prone to inclement weather. Think lots and lots of wet, badass thunderstorms with heavy lightning and wind. The stuff of movies. It often leads to flash flooding, but this is our normal.

We are on an active floodplain. It's like living on a top of a volcano, but instead of occasional lava flows, parts of that floodplain go under water at times (which alters geography overtime). Add to this, we're on a clay layer so water doesn't absorb easily back into the ground. So it's not just probable, it's guaranteed hence why it's called floodplain. That's why I get so annoyed about our dependence on FEMA instead of mitigating risks (but we can't ever fully eliminate it). Cities and municipalities know their own risks, but they still choose to build new construction at grade with few regulations and this increases the risk of downstream structures every time they deforest and pave over more of the floodplain with cement... if there is no ground exposed, then the water has no where to go, ends up in a bayou/river and it's all dependent on how fast the system can drain during heavy rains. If there is no room (room is made overtime with erosion), everything at that point including downstream will flood... there are older neighborhoods in our watershed that never historically flooded, but now flood regularly because the water that isn't going into the ground has to go somewhere and it's downstream...

Climate change, whether it exists or not, is often used as a cop out for municipalities and maintenance districts not doing their part. Texas has an issue with sprawl where new neighborhoods are built further up the watershed and as soon as those structures are built, everything downstream can be impacted with worsening or even new occurrences of flooding. Instead of saying "Oh we ****ed up", climate change is brought up in the equation to avoid taking accountability for poor flood mitigation...


Re: Weather; FWIW, the storms that flooded out the Hill Country merged with moisture from remnants of a tropical storm that hit Southern Mexico. It actually impacted our forecast too because we were forecast to be drier. We've had several weeks of high moisture in SE TX and everything drains this direction from the rest of the state. Rivers drain very slowly compared to bayous and creek. And since we were knee deep in a rainy season, we've had about 3-4 thunderstorms per week of recent with very heavy rains. The ground being presaturated across the watershed, plains being heavily made up of clay and not being able to take in more water likely would've hindered any ability for the rivers to be drained. Officials would've known the risks.

Several factors came together at once – in one of the worst possible locations – to create the “horrifying” scenario that dropped up to 16 inches of rainfall in the larger region over July 3-5, said Alan Gerard, a recently retired storm specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Hill Country, the region in Central and South Central Texas, also is known colloquially as “flash flood alley,” for its propensity for fast and furious flooding when extreme rain falls, Gerard, who is now CEO of weather consulting company Balanced Weather said. As bountiful moist air from the Gulf of America, renamed from the Gulf of Mexico, moves over the steep hills, it can dump heavy rains.

On July 4, rain was falling at 3-4 inches per hour, with some locations recording a deluge of up to 7 inches of rain in just three hours, the National Weather Service said. Seven inches of rain is nearly 122 million gallons of water per square mile. Over 7 square miles that’s enough water to fill the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

S: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/07/05/what-caused-texas-hill-country-floods/84478070007/

10-12" of rain across 24hr is trivial for a well-developed tropical storm when it's well-formed and especially when it is slower moving. The worst near flood we ever had at our home was from an unnamed storm system (called Tax Day Flood now) and we had water about a couple of inches from entering our main home. We experienced extreme hourly rain rates (5"/hr) and flood maps become utterly meaningless at a point when there's no way rain can drain that quickly back into a system... that said, hourly rain rates can be very hard to predict (especially detailing exactly where) and that might've made forecasting very difficult.

:facepalm:

Pediatrician fired for vile post politicizing devastating Texas floods: May Trump supporters get ‘what they voted for’

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvQJxv6WYAAOROC?format=jpg&name=small

That's a very unfortunate way to lose a Pediatrician and we need more of those. Some people lack simple common sense when it comes to their politics.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Woman says she’s not sad that little girls died in the deadly Texas floods
because of racism: “You reap what you sow”

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1942247700205838595

this is what the USA is up against

sickening

[Livia]

Woman says she’s not sad that little girls died in the deadly Texas floods
because of racism: “You reap what you sow”

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1942247700205838595

this is what the USA is up against

sickening

Massively racist bigot calls other people racist bigots. Not sad that little girls died because they were white. I hope some Texan shoots her in the face. I will not be sad.

[arista]

Yesterday


[Active shooter killed in attempt to ambush
Border Patrol agents in Texas]


This will be a problem on Friday
When President Trump arrives


https://www.foxnews.com/us/active-shooter-killed-attempt-ambush-border-patrol-agents-texas

[Cherie]

Woman says she’s not sad that little girls died in the deadly Texas floods
because of racism: “You reap what you sow”

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1942247700205838595

this is what the USA is up against

sickening

wow she is lovely ....:umm2: now that is the very definition of racism

[Maru]

Is this the same lady as this one?


Texas reverend breaks silence to disavow mayoral appointee girlfriend's sick Camp Mystic comments https://mol.im/a/14884095

[arista]

Is this the same lady as this one?


Texas reverend breaks silence to disavow mayoral appointee girlfriend's sick Camp Mystic comments https://mol.im/a/14884095


Yes that's her

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/08/02/100096089-14884095-image-a-4_1751939041352.jpg

[Reverend Colin Bossen, a senior minister
at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston,
issued a statement to congregant
on Monday slamming cruel comments
made by his partner Sade Perkins
about the Fourth of July weekend tragedy]

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/07/05/100063737-14880909-Sade_Perkins_vented_her_frustrations_against_the_w hites_only_Chr-a-12_1751864009209.jpg


She had better stay away from President Trump
On his Friday Visit

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/07/05/100063737-14880909-Sade_Perkins_vented_her_frustrations_against_the_w hites_only_Chr-a-12_1751864009209.jpg


She had better stay away from President Trump
On his Friday Visit

That piece of trash got FIRED

[arista]

Sadly Total Death toll
Now over 100

[Maru]

Yes that's her

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/08/02/100096089-14884095-image-a-4_1751939041352.jpg

[Reverend Colin Bossen, a senior minister
at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston,
issued a statement to congregant
on Monday slamming cruel comments
made by his partner Sade Perkins
about the Fourth of July weekend tragedy]

Oh wow, they're on Fannin St and it's near the Museum District. Not only is it a massive church, so probably lots of money and well-connected people attend...

Also their main page is replaced by this. They're getting destroyed in reviews (so stupid...)

https://i.postimg.cc/d32TvmHr/frontpage.jpg

They're very big into inclusion supposedly but still going to be attacked by mob because these people never learn...

[Maru]

Related, locally one of our weather stations are having to explain cloud-seeding to the masses because of all the conspiracies going around on social. It's a really well-written post:

S: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Y5RHz2wQ5/

Full post:
https://i.postimg.cc/qpYRwWNd/cloud-seeding1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/RMH0DGtJ/cloud-seeding2.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

Related, locally one of our weather stations are having to explain cloud-seeding to the masses because of all the conspiracies going around on social. It's a really well-written post:

S: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Y5RHz2wQ5/

Full post:
https://i.postimg.cc/qpYRwWNd/cloud-seeding1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/RMH0DGtJ/cloud-seeding2.jpg

Very good article, thorough

[arista]

Deaths now at 109

[Maru]

Deaths now at 109

It's so very sad. I am watching the animal rescue side and a lot of animals being transferred to Austin, etc and fosters having to be found quickly to move pets from flooded sanctuaries. Mass burials also... rescues setting up memorials.

[arista]

The death toll is now sadly 120 in Total

[arista]

It's so very sad. I am watching the animal rescue side and a lot of animals being transferred to Austin, etc and fosters having to be found quickly to move pets from flooded sanctuaries. Mass burials also... rescues setting up memorials.

That is nice.

[Maru]

That is nice.

Yes... it's not an easy feat to find fosters because of the animal overpopulation here. There are also a lot of posts going around with people sharing flood victims looking for their pets, so if there is an owner, they hopefully get reconnected.

[Maru]

Governor Abbott adding "Flood warning systems" to his agenda... we already have this so for us it doesn't change much.

Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-special-session-agenda-

"We delivered on historic legislation in the 89th Regular Legislative Session that will benefit Texans for generations to come," said Governor Abbott. "There is more work to be done, particularly in the aftermath of the devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country. We must ensure better preparation for such events in the future."

The Special Session agenda items include:

FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS: Legislation to improve early warning systems and other preparedness infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout Texas.

FLOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: Legislation to strengthen emergency communications and other response infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout Texas.

RELIEF FUNDING FOR HILL COUNTRY FLOODS: Legislation to provide relief funding for response to and recovery from the storms which began in early July 2025, including local match funding for jurisdictions eligible for FEMA public assistance.

...

[Maru]

Yeah, so update on the girlfriend of the priest (Sade Perkins)...

She's on video bragging about her criminal record that's been found by online sleuths, especially the assault charges... bragging it shows she "won't hesitate to beat the dog **** out of anyone"... how she has connections to the Mayor's office is interesting to say the least...

She went on to open a GiveSendGo page (because of course) saying she was banned, which went poorly:

*Note the URL headline shows a different headline which shows up differently on search engines, which is different than on the actual page... so clickbaity...
Critics of ex-Houston official who raged at flooded Texas camp for being ‘white only’ donate to fundraiser — just to express outrage
https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/us-news/ex-houston-mayoral-appointee-sade-perkins-humiliated-on-fundraising-page/

The former Houston mayoral appointee who raged at a flood-ravaged Texas girls camp for being “white only” has been humiliated on a fundraising page — with many only paying the smallest amount possible to let them leave abusive messages of outrage.

Sade Perkins — who condemned Camp Mystic in an ill-timed rant, just hours after dozens of people died there in a devastating flash flood Friday — is described as “courageous” on the page, which asks supporters to donate for her “protection, legal support, and recovery.”

It states she needs money for help recovering “from the reputational and emotional harm she’s enduring.”

“Sade Perkins is being publicly targeted for telling the truth,” claims the ill-fated Givesendgo page set up by supporter Marian Hills.

There is no racial disparity in flood response. They live in an area that floods periodically, so they do know better.

We are talking about the Hill Country anyway. It doesn't have nearly the same demographics as a metro (especially economically) and it's not considered luxurious in the sense that many people travel that direction regularly, so it's remote. That county in particular is 92% white...

Camp Mystic has quite the history, including with flash floods...

The camp was founded in 1926 by E. J. Stewart, under the name Stewart's Camp for Girls.[3] It offered a single eight-week session each summer.[4] In 1932, the camp suffered a flash flood which washed away several cabins, but no fatalities were reported.[5] In 1937, the camp was purchased by the Stacy family, who have maintained ownership ever since.[3] Since 1939, the camp has been an all-girls camp.[6] By 1934[7] and until at least June 1942, the camp hosted a ten-day Aquatic School led by the Red Cross.[8][9] Although the camp is Christian,[10] some Jewish Texans also sent their children there, as there were no Jewish summer camps in the area in the 1930s.[11]
Landscape and buildings

The camp paused operations during World War II from 1943 to 1945,[3][12] when it functioned as a rest and relaxation site for soldiers, offering two six-week sessions.[13] Following the war, the camp began offering two sessions each summer.[4]

Inez and Frank Harrison, affectionately called "Iney and Frank," were brought to Mystic in December 1948 by then-owner Agnes "Ag" Stacy. They were directors of Mystic from 1948 until their retirement in 1987.[4]

The camp was impacted by flooding from the Guadalupe river in 1978, with a program director later recounting hauling over 100 campers in station wagons to higher ground with other staff in the dead of night.[14]

The camp offered two camp sessions a year until 1983, when a third session was added.[13] By 1996, a session at Camp Mystic cost US$635 (equivalent to $1,273 in 2024).[15] In 2011, a 30-day session cost $4,300.[16]

In the late 2000s and early 2010s, camp leadership underwent a protracted family feud.[6][17] As of 2025, the camp was owned by Dick and Tweety Eastland.[18]

I'm curious what it costs now. $4,300 isn't horrific, sad to say.. when compared to monthly daycare costs in 2025, that's maybe double, but the child is out of the home and being fed elsewhere. (Vacation for the parents...). So even if it's a bit more, if they would be willing to pay for daycare (but don't have to) and put this instead into camp, that's actually not that bad...

Many more parents now pay about half that or more for regular Montessori/private schooling. Yes, including black parents. A lot of minority parents have pulled their kids and moved them to private or taxpayer-funded charter schools.

Her boyfriend's church is right in the middle of money. Literally one of the most protected communities as it's connected to critical infrastructure. So yes, when it does flood they're quick to protect those areas, but they've flooded out plenty of "good neighborhoods" due to protecting I dunno... the Medical center :laugh:... But then their church regularly praises inclusiveness, so everything should be fine right...?

The Addicks and Barker Dams Won’t Fail, Right? (2015)
https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2015/05/will-the-addicks-and-barker-dams-fail-may-2015

Five years after Harvey, a solution to the flood threat from the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs remains a long way off (2022)
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/below-the-waterlines/2022/08/09/429488/five-years-after-harvey-a-solution-to-the-flood-threat-from-the-addicks-and-barker-reservoirs-remains-a-long-way-off/

A Viral TikTok From a Former Houston Official Claims Camp Mystic Was for White People Only
https://www.distractify.com/p/is-camp-mystic-whites-only

Absolutely no one in the comments supports what Sade is saying. In fact, most were horrified by her allegations. Several people commented that they went to Camp Mystic and are not white. "Yes, it is majority white girls, but it’s not all white girls," replied one TikToker. "This is not about race. This is about dead and missing children. I hope you get the help and attention you so desperately need."

Sade's TikTok was shared to X by Carmine Sabia, a conservative journalist. The Houston Mayor's Office replied writing, "The comments shared on social media are deeply inappropriate and have no place in a decent society, especially as families grieve the confirmed deaths and the ongoing search for the missing." They added that Sade was appointed to the City’s Food Insecurity Board in 2023. Her term expired in January 2025. She will not be reappointed and will be permanently removed from the board.

Apparently it made the DM, also: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14889241/sade-perkins-mocked-texas-flood-camp-mystic-donors.html

The internet being its usefully cheerful self once again:

Another contributor echoed the sentiment, saying: 'I'll p*** away $5 to tell you that you are the absolute scum of the earth.'

The donor promised they, along with the other 'sleuths' who are active online, will 'make it our life's mission to make sure you regret this stupid, bigoted, hateful video every day of the rest of your pathetic life'.

'Buckle up buttercup. We're just getting started,' their post added.

[arista]

President Trump
now Flying to Texas


Around 160 are still missing there.

[arista]

President Trump and his wife
have arrived in Texas.

[Maru]

Governor Abbott Activates State Emergency Response Resources Ahead Of Weekend Weather Threats Across Texas
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-activates-state-emergency-response-resources-ahead-of-weekend-weather-threats-across-texas

Regions at risk this weekend

Affected areas could include parts of Northwest Texas, far West Texas, North Texas, the Big Country, the Permian Basin, the Concho Valley, and the Hill Country, with impacts expected to begin Friday night and continue through the weekend, the Governor's Office said.

(Not us.)

Gov. Greg Abbott activates state emergency response resources as new storms threaten flood-weary Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-flooding-2025-abbott-activates-emergency-response-storm-warning/

I guess this will test both the State of Texas and Trump on their commitments to disaster funding and whether any changes they've made even stick re:FEMA...

As for the coast, it's only the beginning of July, so we aren't even in the heart of our hurricane season. Usually storms start coming through later in the season. Late July and August is usually when we start to see a drought before the cool down/wet season comes (if it comes...)...

Supposedly rain is finally coming to an end for us:

Rain chances persist through the weekend before proper summer heat next week
https://spacecityweather.com/rain-chances-persist-through-the-weekend-before-proper-summer-heat-next-week/

Monday

This will be a bit of a transition day, with highs maybe holding in the low- to mid-90s, and still perhaps a 40 percent chance of rain. But this is probably the last day where we can have some expectation of showers and thunderstorms.
Next week

Highs will move into the mid- to upper-90s (32C~36C) for the rest of next week, with mostly sunny days and warm, humid nights. I don’t have much expectation of rainfall before next Saturday or Sunday, and perhaps not even then.

[arista]

Sadly, Death toll is now at 129
Tragic Flooding

[Ammi]

Dog Reunited with Family After Miraculously Surviving Texas Floods by Hiding in a Washing Machine…….:love:…


…the article…

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dog-reunited-family-miraculously-surviving-004125108.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

Heavy Rain Pounds Texas Region Devastated by Floods, Bringing New Threat

A slow-moving storm dumped heavy precipitation across Central Texas on Sunday,
including in the areas inundated by deadly flooding on July 4.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/07/13/multimedia/13wea-texasfloods1-wqmg/13wea-texasfloods1-wqmg-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale

https://media.foxweather.com/weather/Digital_Radar.gif

[arista]

Dog Reunited with Family After Miraculously Surviving Texas Floods by Hiding in a Washing Machine…….:love:…


…the article…

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dog-reunited-family-miraculously-surviving-004125108.html



One real nice story

[Maru]

It's heartwarming to see some of the rescues. Particularly with animals. There's drone footage of a senior family pup found by a river, it's just laying there very still near running water so it doesn't look alive. They walk up to it and it perks up. 13 year old pup. They had to carry it back. But it seemed to be fine once it was back with its owner and was standing up, so maybe they were just really exhausted...

[Ammi]

It's heartwarming to see some of the rescues. Particularly with animals. There's drone footage of a senior family pup found by a river, it's just laying there very still near running water so it doesn't look alive. They walk up to it and it perks up. 13 year old pup. They had to carry it back. But it seemed to be fine once it was back with its owner and was standing up, so maybe they were just really exhausted...

…yeah, the stories of rescue are just finding some glimmers of brightness/light in what has been a most horrendous time of loss of life and loss of homes etc with the floods…