Prayers for members in flooded areas of Texas
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R.Morehouse
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Prayers Sent........
brokeasajoke
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Seems like yesterday we just went through this in Western NC. Gods speed Steven and Alana. I may eat a uncrushable and a red bull for breakfast in your memory. He ate that every morning at work. I sure hope our sorry government helps them more than they helped us. My heart aches or them. Prayers sent for sure.
Prayers from Va
joshb
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You have a good memory. I am currently in Delaware. It’s a mess down there and a real tragedy for some folks.
Coyotefurharvester
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26' water rise in an hour. A girls camp has many missing, searching continues. Prayers for all including responders, protect all.
Gosh I haven’t had the news on and didn’t realize this was going on downstate. Praying for those children and their families.
Buttstock-TX
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I have been praying for the folks in that area for two days now. When I see pictures of the lost children who are the same age as my grandchildren it brings tears.
I want to try to put this storm in context. I live about 60-70 river miles East of Kerrville near the Guadalupe River and Canyon Lake. We had about 1.5" of rain while the Kerrville area was being inundated. The storm moved slowly East toward us and yesterday we received a very active remnant of it. We had another 8" of rain in about 2-3 hours. The rain intensity was similar to any coastal hurricane that I have been through in the Houston area.
One big difference in the Texas Hill Country is limestone basement rock is just below very thin topsoil. In my area, topsoil is about 4" thick. Water runs off very quickly. I live between a usually dry creek and a drainage arroyo that collect runoff from the hills. Both of these filled deeply and had "haystack" type rapids in an hour or so. The water was moving very large rocks up to ~8" diameter within the normal flow channels along the roads.
This was the worst single storm event I've seen here in the nearly five years I have lived here. I was shocked at its intensity so, I have concluded that most of the people impacted upstream would not have been able to predict how quickly and how bad the flooding could get.
I want to try to put this storm in context. I live about 60-70 river miles East of Kerrville near the Guadalupe River and Canyon Lake. We had about 1.5" of rain while the Kerrville area was being inundated. The storm moved slowly East toward us and yesterday we received a very active remnant of it. We had another 8" of rain in about 2-3 hours. The rain intensity was similar to any coastal hurricane that I have been through in the Houston area.
One big difference in the Texas Hill Country is limestone basement rock is just below very thin topsoil. In my area, topsoil is about 4" thick. Water runs off very quickly. I live between a usually dry creek and a drainage arroyo that collect runoff from the hills. Both of these filled deeply and had "haystack" type rapids in an hour or so. The water was moving very large rocks up to ~8" diameter within the normal flow channels along the roads.
This was the worst single storm event I've seen here in the nearly five years I have lived here. I was shocked at its intensity so, I have concluded that most of the people impacted upstream would not have been able to predict how quickly and how bad the flooding could get.
rockhound78
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Saw on TV that the water rose 30 feet in 45 min. One foot rise every minute and a half. 59+ perished and 27 kids missing. Just heartbreaking.
Prayers sent
Prayers sent
old_heli_logger
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Prayers for all. Love that area
I think this portion is minutes, according to time stamp.
Death Toll Rises from Catastrophic Texas Floods Along Guadalupe River - The Last Refuge
A painful update from Kerr County officials in Texas. The death toll has risen to 27, with 18 adults and 9 children killed. UPDATE: 32 killed. 18 adults and 14 children. The region was beset by death and disaster on Friday after months’ worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours, leaving...
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