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Flooding in Texas - 81 dead, ten little girls from a summer camp still missing…

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    I would not have been hanging around on that bridge as long as the filming guy did, that is for sure!!!

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      That’s insane

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        I would not have been hanging around on that bridge as long as the filming guy did, that is for sure!!!

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        @taiwan_girl said in Flooding in Texas - 20 Dead, dozens of little girls from a summer camp still missing…:

        I would not have been hanging around on that bridge as long as the filming guy did, that is for sure!!!

        Ha it was posted on the “sweaty palms” subreddit. I had the same thought. That being said, he’s getting due credit for a long video without commentary, music, editing, or screaming.

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          Apparently, this camp was a regular Who’s Who for the politicos in Texas. A current Rep had 2 daughters at the camp, generation after generation of Lyndon Johnson’s family went there, Laura Bush was a counselor when she was in college, and more…

          The Brad

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            When i first realized where it was i checked how far it was from the LBJ ranch, which the boy and I visited 7-8 years ago. It’s not far.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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              No, Kerrville is very close. My ex-SIL is from there.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                The death toll is currently at least 81. What a horrendous situation.

                I was only joking

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                  With 40 still missing including 10 girls.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                    Camp Mystic says 27 dead 10 still missing.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Camp Mystic says 27 dead 10 still missing.

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                      @jon-nyc said in Flooding in Texas - 20 Dead, dozens of little girls from a summer camp still missing…:

                      Camp Mystic says 27 dead 10 still missing.

                      FFS.

                      The Brad

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                        Missing Texas girls all dead. Death toll now at 91.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                          This is so incredibly sad. One can only hope that we do learn some things from this - and that we don't repeat this horror. I can't imagine the pain of the parents. A meteorologist from that area did a post where she said it had nothing to do with staff shortages. She suggested that a weather alert radio could have helped provide warning as there was no cell service, and the worst of things were happening so early in the morning than many might have been asleep. Second thing would have been rising water sensors with a siren. Neither would be expensive.

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                            How about don't build summer camps in flood prone areas.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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