Texas girls' summer camp flood tragedy.

Sounded horrendous, even though the area is known for flood risk. Apparently, the weather forecast was initially not that bad, but got progressively worse the closer it came to the event. A critical warning to get to higher ground just came too late it seems.

A woman who survived was found 20 miles downstream of where she had been.

Reading comments on Reddit, folks are blaming state and local officials for not evacuating and closing areas.

Here's the location of the camp: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zoZ5mUpi8qH7uq3y6

The camp is almost surrounded by a creek and a river. 8 meter water rise would have cut off roads. The rain occurred at night, making it tricky to move to higher ground. Evacuating or closing the camp before the rain would have been the best option.

Indeed, a river rising that height in that time is the very definition of a flash flood. TEN inches of rain fell, it makes the news here if we get one! A terrible tragedy for all involved and no doubt questions will be asked of the authorities, but I doubt anyone expected such a deluge. And if they did, they could have been scoffed at as much as heeded.

On a side note I found the press conference with the Governor and secretary of Homeland Security last night nauseating. Seemed more concerned about expressing Trump's empathy with the situation than anything else.

Ah yeah, trump cares so much about them that he cut thousands of jobs at FEMA, NOAA and NWS. If only someone told him there would be consequences 🤔

Are you for real, look up flash flooding on you tube. A trickle becomes a torrent in no time.

There's a 30sec time lapse of 30min real time on CNN here

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/06/us/video/timelapse-kingsland-texas-river-floodwater-levels-digvid

The vast majority is in the first 10s, so 10m real time. It's incredible how fast it was.

A report from the New York Times about a woman washed 20 miles down the river who ended up being rescued from a tree.

Woman Rescued From a Tree During Floods in Texas - The New York Times https://share.google/y2jgSY1gs4GmxO8Yy

Really sad and another reason why religion is an utter sham.

If you ever used a tent you might know the base is designed to repel water so it doesn't enter it. I'm not sure what you're angle is about this tragedy TBH.

The Spanish flood mentioned above, reminded me they have a system there now which broadcasts warnings to all mobile phones in an area. I was there a few months after that incident and a warning came through on phones of another potential flood and when you hear this very distinctive sound off all phones at the same time, you couldn't ignore it. A system like that would surely have saved lives.

It only takes 3" of fast moving flood water to knock an adult over of they aren't aware of how to manage their footing and move in the water. Fast water flow carries immense power and risk.

What does religion have to do with this exactly? Tons of American kids go to sleep away summer camps, some are religious, some aren't. either way it has no bearing on a flash flood happening