Saturday, July 05, 2025
Flooding in TX
The flash flood on the Guadalupe River in Texas hit one of the prettiest parts of that state, and an area full of summer camps for kids. Lots of Waco people sent their kids there, including friends who are now in Kerrville waiting to evacuate their child. As I write this there are at least 20 children still missing.
The river's rise was remarkable and fast, and it happened in the middle of the night. It is good that so many children got to safety.
It has happened before, in 1987, when 10 children were carried away in a flash flood on the same part of that river. I'm sure people there are wondering about was and wasn't learned from that earlier tragedy.
