Posted on 07/08/2025 2:20:12 PM PDT by janetjanet998
BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces the number of missing people in the Texas floods has risen massively to 161. It was at 40 this morning.
This is on top of 109 people already confirmed dead, including at least 30 children.
Each update keeps getting worse.
Heartbreaking.
How do you obtain a number on the missing illegals?
God have mercy on the good people of the lone star.
Sadly it now tops the Big Thompson flood of 1976 which had 144 dead. I don’t remember anyone trying to blame politicians for it back then.
Not surprising. And tragic.
“Sadly it now tops the Big Thompson flood of 1976 which had 144 dead. I don’t remember anyone trying to blame politicians for it back then.”
I think there is a lot of blame to parcel out among county officials.
But that’s just me.
A number that massive only happens from a complete failure of the warning system. NOAA weather alerts and cell phone text messages are insufficient. A system of flood gauges about every 5 miles up river combined with sirens are desperately needed in that built-up area.
This is Uvalde on the water. Now we’re being treated to press conferences with 20 people standing behind a pack of politicians that spend the first 10 minutes thanking each other.
It was the holiday weekend of the summer. Every cabin and RV plug in was occupied. Only the commercial sites kept an approximate head count. The private owners and guests are just now being realized.
You have to recall at his presser in Hunt, after he gave number of known missing at 161 that there may likely be those not yet known to be missing.
bttt
NOT minimizing how horrible this is for all concerned, but we have seen worse in America, not to mention other parts of the world, as far as flooding goes.
“The worst floods in American history include the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, which caused around 8,000 deaths, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which resulted in 1,833 fatalities.”
“The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as the Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The dam ruptured after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, releasing 14.55 million cubic meters of water. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled the average flow rate of the Mississippi River, the flood killed 2,208 people.”
“The Great Flood of 1913 started in the Midwest on March 21, 1913, according to Case Western Reserve University. In five days, storms dropped 11 inches of water on Ohio, which was as much rainfall as the state typically saw in three months.
Cities across the state – Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton ‒ were all impacted. At least 467 people died, and the state estimated over $100 million in property damage.”
“1937: Ohio River flood
The floods along the Ohio River in 1937 were fueled by record-breaking rainfall, the Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
At least 350 people died in the flooding, according to the National Weather Service, and it left nearly 1 million people homeless as the nation grappled with the Great Depression. Rains brought parts of the river to an estimated 80 feet, and 15 to 20% of Cincinnati was covered by water.”
I also remember North Dakota being flooded AND ON FIRE at the same time! The Red River Flood:
“Twenty years ago [this past May], a hundred-year flood inundated cities along the Red River. The waters rose through April and May 1997, inundating 2,200 square miles (5,700 square kilometers) of North Dakota and Minnesota—a footprint twice as big as Rhode Island. The river spilled over its banks in Winnipeg, Canada, as well.”
So, things can ALWAYS be worse - and they have been - throughout American History.
You are correct-I live in the next county West of Kerr-the road I’m on has riverside residents who advertise AirB&B cabins and RV spaces to book on their properties to make a little extra money-those spaces and cabins are all booked by tourists right now, just like every Summer and every holiday. Many of the trucks and SUVs you see in the local food store, Dollar General, hardware store, parking lots have out of state plates...
This is the Medina river-not the Guadalupe-not as big and dangerous and we did not get the amount of rainfall to cause serious flooding here, but it has flooded worse many times before-always in the middle of the tourist season, like now. There are many more private tourist accommodations in Kerr County-cabins, RV riverfront parks, etc. There is no way to know who was camping or booked a cabin there, where they are from or whether they are missing until some relative can’t get in touch with them. And most of those tourists do not know anything about our Summer rainstorms, rivers, etc either...
It’s harder to accept in the 21st Century. I was posting about earthquakes earlier, different from weather and far less predictable of course — but there’s a reason why an earthquake of the exact same magnitude can hit a 3rd world country and a 1st world country, and lead to polar opposite outcomes in terms of death toll, structural damage, etc…Due to things like building codes.
So while much is NOT in our control, to whatever extent disaster preparedness, infrastructural buffers (like levees in Louisiana’s case) and warning systems are in man’s control— it’s incumbent everything possible measure is taken…
They’ll be finding people for years and years, and some they’ll never find.
(Live free or die)
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You are destine to die no matter how you have live.
and some people are free though bound, while some are dead before they die.
Seems like this is similar to Helene.
“...it’s incumbent everything possible measure is taken...”
Which is also incumbent of poor areas that don’t HAVE infrastructure tax dollars to use in the first place for building strong defenses against Mother Nature...who is pretty much guaranteed a ‘win’ more often than not.
These problems go SO much deeper. Poor, rural area with little tax base to begin with or an area with a wealthy/flush tax base but having a corrupt-to-the-bone Government with access to those dollars?
Yeah, you’re gonna have problems either way.
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