They should send that company to El Paso, we need the rain. We only get teasers and very little rain, sometimes only twelve inches, (a drop every twelve inches).

Community Foundation of Texas Hill Country

Community Foundation of Texas Hill Country created the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund that supports relief and rebuilding efforts. The Community Foundation will direct funds to vetted organizations providing assistance in Hunt, Ingram, Kerrville, Center Point, and Comfort.

https://www.communityfoundation.net/

Direct Link:

https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/e...it_id=4201

More info on how to help:

https://www.facebook.com/KerrvilleTX/

We have at least a half dozen friends in Houston who have different friends or acquaintances who are missing.

I shouldn't have said anything, there's some pretty mean clouds to our north right now and Ruidoso is flooding right now. I'm glad I fixed the downspout three days ago, we're in our "monsoon" season and usually that's when we get the rain up until September.

Sad the disaster caused over 100 deaths. The NWS are way under staff thanks to Musk and DOGE let the weatherman in the NWS go. It is hard to predict weather correctly, but it makes it way harder to predict the weather when you are understaffed. Lets just say that cutting funding for life saving stuff will lead to disaster. Texas officials are blaming Trump and DOGE for the cuts that caused the disaster. This could have been preventable.

(07-08-2025 06:06 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Sad the disaster caused over 100 deaths. The NWS are way under staff thanks to Musk and DOGE let the weatherman in the NWS go. It is hard to predict weather correctly, but it makes it way harder to predict the weather when you are understaffed. Lets just say that cutting funding for life saving stuff will lead to disaster. Texas officials are blaming Trump and DOGE for the cuts that caused the disaster. This could have been preventable.

Might want to look at local NWS reports on staffing before making such a retarded statement

(07-08-2025 10:00 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-08-2025 06:06 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Sad the disaster caused over 100 deaths. The NWS are way under staff thanks to Musk and DOGE let the weatherman in the NWS go. It is hard to predict weather correctly, but it makes it way harder to predict the weather when you are understaffed. Lets just say that cutting funding for life saving stuff will lead to disaster. Texas officials are blaming Trump and DOGE for the cuts that caused the disaster. This could have been preventable.

Might want to look at local NWS reports on staffing before making such a retarded statement

Not only that, but Trump hadn't signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law when the flooding started. But that doesn't matter to the left.

Politics aside folks, this was simply a horrifying event the pain of which only gets worse as the time from the flood to accounting for those missing goes by! My heart is with all of them from the loss of the children at the camp and their counselors to the residents of the community. Six inches of rain in a single hour is something only Noah has likely seen. There's no use pointing fingers as it happened after 1:00 AM when all were likely in bed.

All I can do is pray for the grieving survivors, lives have been altered permanently! It's so very sad!

(07-08-2025 11:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Politics aside folks, this was simply a horrifying event the pain of which only gets worse as the time from the flood to accounting for those missing goes by! My heart is with all of them from the loss of the children at the camp and their counselors to the residents of the community. Six inches of rain in a single hour is something only Noah has likely seen. There's no use pointing fingers as it happened after 1:00 AM when all were likely in bed.

All I can do is pray for the grieving survivors, lives have been altered permanently! It's so very sad!

Amen! And that is all we should be talking about in this thread.

(07-08-2025 10:00 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-08-2025 06:06 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Sad the disaster caused over 100 deaths. The NWS are way under staff thanks to Musk and DOGE let the weatherman in the NWS go. It is hard to predict weather correctly, but it makes it way harder to predict the weather when you are understaffed. Lets just say that cutting funding for life saving stuff will lead to disaster. Texas officials are blaming Trump and DOGE for the cuts that caused the disaster. This could have been preventable.

Might want to look at local NWS reports on staffing before making such a retarded statement

Don't tell that to David. He's just another brain dead leftist infected with chronic stage 4 TDS.

(07-08-2025 11:22 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(07-08-2025 10:00 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-08-2025 06:06 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  Sad the disaster caused over 100 deaths. The NWS are way under staff thanks to Musk and DOGE let the weatherman in the NWS go. It is hard to predict weather correctly, but it makes it way harder to predict the weather when you are understaffed. Lets just say that cutting funding for life saving stuff will lead to disaster. Texas officials are blaming Trump and DOGE for the cuts that caused the disaster. This could have been preventable.

Might want to look at local NWS reports on staffing before making such a retarded statement

Not only that, but Trump hadn't signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law when the flooding started. But that doesn't matter to the left.

Not making a comment on impact by cuts, if any, because anything going to causation from that is at best speculative —-

But it was DOGE, not the BBB, that chainsawed the NWS.

(07-09-2025 01:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(07-08-2025 11:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Politics aside folks, this was simply a horrifying event the pain of which only gets worse as the time from the flood to accounting for those missing goes by! My heart is with all of them from the loss of the children at the camp and their counselors to the residents of the community. Six inches of rain in a single hour is something only Noah has likely seen. There's no use pointing fingers as it happened after 1:00 AM when all were likely in bed.

All I can do is pray for the grieving survivors, lives have been altered permanently! It's so very sad!

Amen! And that is all we should be talking about in this thread.

Bingo.

BREAKING: Austin Fire Association says Fire Chief Baker DENIED pre-deployment to Kerrville 2 days before flood began


REVEALED: Austin fire chief who denied resources ahead of Texas flooding prioritized 'increasing diversity'

(07-09-2025 07:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

hate to tell you, the people in Kerrville, Center Point, and Hunt dont give as much as a flying fk who is here to help as the Twitter author that you choose to highlight above.

Kudos to *everyone* here who is rolling up their sleeves -- lefties, righties, blacks, MAGAs, gay priders, Cajun navy types, even gd white nationalist dudes in their dumb*** 1388 t-shirts who are here, wallowing in the muck, mud, mesquite and 90-ish degree heat simply trying to do whatever they can to fking find the rest of the missing. And really only at this time to give the families of the missing some relief.

But leave it to some shitbird Twitter ******* to make the above comment. Shame on you for reposting that style of crap.

(07-09-2025 08:59 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 07:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

hate to tell you, the people in Kerrville, Center Point, and Hunt dont give as much as a flying fk who is here to help as the Twitter author that you choose to highlight above.

Kudos to *everyone* here who is rolling up their sleeves -- lefties, righties, blacks, MAGAs, gay priders, Cajun navy types, even gd white nationalist dudes in their dumb*** 1388 t-shirts who are here, wallowing in the muck, mud, mesquite and 100 degree heat simply trying to do whatever they can to fking find the rest of the missing. And really only at this time to give the families of the missing some relief.

But leave it to some shitbird Twitter ******* to make the above comment. Shame on you for reposting that style of crap.

There are some things in life that anyone with an ounce of humanity will seek to assist and not give a damn who they have to work with to get it done. That's what being human is all about. And those who need the help don't give a damn either. Those moments while horribly tragic are nonetheless transformative. When you work side by side with others to handle a horrific crisis there is a commonality that is found, both in mutual respect, and in cause. And for those who share the experience it transcends their manifest differences perhaps only temporarily, but for some it lasts for a lifetime. Nothing is a stronger motivator than children. If you can't set aside all of your differences to rescue a child then you are sick!

(07-09-2025 09:17 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 08:59 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 07:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

hate to tell you, the people in Kerrville, Center Point, and Hunt dont give as much as a flying fk who is here to help as the Twitter author that you choose to highlight above.

Kudos to *everyone* here who is rolling up their sleeves -- lefties, righties, blacks, MAGAs, gay priders, Cajun navy types, even gd white nationalist dudes in their dumb*** 1388 t-shirts who are here, wallowing in the muck, mud, mesquite and 100 degree heat simply trying to do whatever they can to fking find the rest of the missing. And really only at this time to give the families of the missing some relief.

But leave it to some shitbird Twitter ******* to make the above comment. Shame on you for reposting that style of crap.

There are some things in life that anyone with an ounce of humanity will seek to assist and not give a damn who they have to work with to get it done. That's what being human is all about. And those who need the help don't give a damn either. Those moments while horribly tragic are nonetheless transformative. When you work side by side with others to handle a horrific crisis there is a commonality that is found, both in mutual respect, and in cause. And for those who share the experience it transcends their manifest differences perhaps only temporarily, but for some it lasts for a lifetime. Nothing is a stronger motivator than children. If you can't set aside all of your differences to rescue a child then you are sick!

The children are the top of the iceberg. The children are the tip top of the emotional gut wrench.

Every single person amongst the 120 known dead, and every single person amongst the 160 still missing should engender the same note you speak of above.

It is simply crushing -- the towns within 20 miles of the Kerrville -- Centerpoint -- Hunt are still massed with searchers, and within 50 miles the families are coming in and trying to find places to stay. Not just the families of the 15 or so children campers still missing, but for those looking for adult children with spouses and/or boyfriends-girlfriends, aunts and uncles, parents.

And at this point, there is pretty much a 0% chance of rescue, as your closing notes.
I would say The folks doing the yeoman work on the banks are doing searching at this point.

I would say your ending, while absolutely true, at this point should read: "If you can't set aside all of your differences in searching for anyone whose families want closure then you are sick!"

(07-09-2025 09:41 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 09:17 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 08:59 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 07:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

hate to tell you, the people in Kerrville, Center Point, and Hunt dont give as much as a flying fk who is here to help as the Twitter author that you choose to highlight above.

Kudos to *everyone* here who is rolling up their sleeves -- lefties, righties, blacks, MAGAs, gay priders, Cajun navy types, even gd white nationalist dudes in their dumb*** 1388 t-shirts who are here, wallowing in the muck, mud, mesquite and 100 degree heat simply trying to do whatever they can to fking find the rest of the missing. And really only at this time to give the families of the missing some relief.

But leave it to some shitbird Twitter ******* to make the above comment. Shame on you for reposting that style of crap.

There are some things in life that anyone with an ounce of humanity will seek to assist and not give a damn who they have to work with to get it done. That's what being human is all about. And those who need the help don't give a damn either. Those moments while horribly tragic are nonetheless transformative. When you work side by side with others to handle a horrific crisis there is a commonality that is found, both in mutual respect, and in cause. And for those who share the experience it transcends their manifest differences perhaps only temporarily, but for some it lasts for a lifetime. Nothing is a stronger motivator than children. If you can't set aside all of your differences to rescue a child then you are sick!

The children are the top of the iceberg. The children are the tip top of the emotional gut wrench.

Every single person amongst the 120 known dead, and every single person amongst the 160 still missing should engender the same note you speak of above.

It is simply crushing -- the towns within 20 miles of the Kerrville -- Centerpoint -- Hunt are still massed with searchers, and within 50 miles the families are coming in and trying to find places to stay. Not just the families of the 15 or so children campers still missing, but for those looking for adult children with spouses and/or boyfriends-girlfriends, aunts and uncles, parents.

And at this point, there is pretty much a 0% chance of rescue, as your closing notes.
I would say The folks doing the yeoman work on the banks are doing searching at this point. From my point of view and past experiences saving life should be enough. And when the cost in lives is known helping survivors with that closer should also be enough.

I would say your ending, while absolutely true, at this point should read: "If you can't set aside all of your differences in searching for anyone whose families want closure then you are sick!"

I speak only for myself. The issue that got people there was the prospect of a rescue, particularly of children. The sad reality is that it has likely only become a recovery of bodies. I raised the point of children because also sadly there are many who would set aside differences for children who won't set aside the differences for adults. I am not one of them. The saving of life should still be sufficient as reason to respond as we all are human, and we all are mortal. It is something we should value. Within my lifetime that seems to have changed. Ideologies on both sides have become zealous and causes have led to a myopic if not an evil understanding of priorities. Humanity has suffered because of it.

The reality, and why I listed them specifically, is that children still resonate with all parties. It will be a relief when people once again simply set aside all differences to save any life, regardless of who they are. And that is why my response was nuanced as it was. It is sick that we don't simply just value all life. Children are still valued by the greatest number of all people. If they can't set aside differences to attempt to save children, then they are virtually irretrievable as human. I hope all who are there, if they don't have the joy of helping now, will rediscover how great a thing it is simply to help others whether they are children or not, even if that means finding and bringing home their deceased loved ones.

I would encourage all retired people still in good health to find and train in your state's emergency response volunteers.

(07-09-2025 10:11 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 09:41 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 09:17 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 08:59 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-09-2025 07:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

hate to tell you, the people in Kerrville, Center Point, and Hunt dont give as much as a flying fk who is here to help as the Twitter author that you choose to highlight above.

Kudos to *everyone* here who is rolling up their sleeves -- lefties, righties, blacks, MAGAs, gay priders, Cajun navy types, even gd white nationalist dudes in their dumb*** 1388 t-shirts who are here, wallowing in the muck, mud, mesquite and 100 degree heat simply trying to do whatever they can to fking find the rest of the missing. And really only at this time to give the families of the missing some relief.

But leave it to some shitbird Twitter ******* to make the above comment. Shame on you for reposting that style of crap.

There are some things in life that anyone with an ounce of humanity will seek to assist and not give a damn who they have to work with to get it done. That's what being human is all about. And those who need the help don't give a damn either. Those moments while horribly tragic are nonetheless transformative. When you work side by side with others to handle a horrific crisis there is a commonality that is found, both in mutual respect, and in cause. And for those who share the experience it transcends their manifest differences perhaps only temporarily, but for some it lasts for a lifetime. Nothing is a stronger motivator than children. If you can't set aside all of your differences to rescue a child then you are sick!

The children are the top of the iceberg. The children are the tip top of the emotional gut wrench.

Every single person amongst the 120 known dead, and every single person amongst the 160 still missing should engender the same note you speak of above.

It is simply crushing -- the towns within 20 miles of the Kerrville -- Centerpoint -- Hunt are still massed with searchers, and within 50 miles the families are coming in and trying to find places to stay. Not just the families of the 15 or so children campers still missing, but for those looking for adult children with spouses and/or boyfriends-girlfriends, aunts and uncles, parents.

And at this point, there is pretty much a 0% chance of rescue, as your closing notes.
I would say The folks doing the yeoman work on the banks are doing searching at this point. From my point of view and past experiences saving life should be enough. And when the cost in lives is known helping survivors with that closer should also be enough.

I would say your ending, while absolutely true, at this point should read: "If you can't set aside all of your differences in searching for anyone whose families want closure then you are sick!"

I speak only for myself. The issue that got people there was the prospect of a rescue, particularly of children. The sad reality is that it has likely only become a recovery of bodies. I raised the point of children because also sadly there are many who would set aside differences for children who won't set aside the differences for adults. I am not one of them. The saving of life should still be sufficient as reason to respond as we all are human, and we all are mortal. It is something we should value. Within my lifetime that seems to have changed. Ideologies on both sides have become zealous and causes have led to a myopic if not an evil understanding of priorities. Humanity has suffered because of it.

The reality, and why I listed them specifically, is that children still resonate with all parties. It will be a relief when people once again simply set aside all differences to save any life, regardless of who they are. And that is why my response was nuanced as it was. It is sick that we don't simply just value all life. Children are still valued by the greatest number of all people. If they can't set aside differences to attempt to save children, then they are virtually irretrievable as human. I hope all who are there, if they don't have the joy of helping now, will rediscover how great a thing it is simply to help others whether they are children or not, even if that means finding and bringing home their deceased loved ones.

I would encourage all retired people still in good health to find and train in your state's emergency response volunteers.

And it looks like we are in joint concurrence with each others points. I assumed you were making the point about children to hammer home the more obvious point -- but at the same time I didnt want the more general point to be overlooked. Even though I was certain that you did not ever intend for that.

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