Tuesday, July 08, 2025
The Tragedy Continues
The death toll from the flooding in and around Kerr County, Texas is now over 100, with over a quarter of them being children. It's a terrible tragedy, and one that probably could have been avoided with a good warning system.
It's hard to explain the appeal of those rivers through the Hill Country of Texas, but there really is nothing quite like tubing down the Guadalupe on a hot summer day. There is a lot of Texas-- even on the coast and where there is elevation- that just isn't very pretty unless you have a thing for shades of brown or are fascinated with what industry can do to a landscape. But that part, along those rivers, was objectively pretty.
Families in Waco sent their kids to Camp Mystic and the others in that area. I remember seeing some get ready, with carefully painted trunks full of stuff and ready to go. The parents would post pictures they got from the camps of kids in the water or playing games or in a play. It was a part of the cycle of life there for many people.
I suspect that may change for good.
