swimmerbabe11 said:

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dunno what you are talking about. totally crazy. i didnt completely ignore the name and picture.

txags92 said:

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FWIW, I just tried to go to P Terry's in Bastrop since all their locations are donating 100% of their profits today to flood relief orgs. The line came out of the parking lot, down the row in the Walmart parking lot, and out towards the entrance from 71. Probably 60 cars in line. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to wait that long for lunch, but it was nice to see people showing out to support their charitable giving. Maybe I will try again at dinner time.

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Same everywhere in Austin. At least an hour to get in.

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txags92 said:

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FWIW, I just tried to go to P Terry's in Bastrop since all their locations are donating 100% of their profits today to flood relief orgs. The line came out of the parking lot, down the row in the Walmart parking lot, and out towards the entrance from 71. Probably 60 cars in line. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to wait that long for lunch, but it was nice to see people showing out to support their charitable giving. Maybe I will try again at dinner time.

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Same everywhere in Austin. At least an hour to get in.

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They put out a note on facebook thanking everybody and stating that they were expecting to run out of food early today and were closing all locations at 11pm tonight.

Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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That is amazing and terrifying. Incredible that only one of them didn't make it.

Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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Wow- such a horrifying and sad story that these people went through. They were all heroic to be able to live through that with the exception of the young so , especially the mother saving her young daughter. They must have all been terrified when the house broke lose and started floating. So sad for the couple to lose their young son, the mother tried her best. RIP little one.

Stayed up late Tuesday night reading this thread, knowing I had an early day at work yesterday. This was the sunrise I saw as I got off 45 and turned east into Conroe for work. Picture doesn't do it justice. The amount of dust in the air was so thick I had to pull over.

Praying for every family affected by this. I cannot begin to imagine the pain. However, the tributes on this thread and online to these littles is amazing. It's gutwrenching knowing a parent has to endure that.

Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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I just saw that article shared on fb. Sick to my stomach and tearfully sad just reading it. Unimaginable.

TexasRebel said:

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Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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That's a devastating read.

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no kidding. i just cannot imagine going through that.

Thanks for sharing but my was that a tough read.

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DG-Ag said:

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My wife told me that the Mystic counselors have their girls write two letters home per week. So, these moms and dads will likely see letters from their little angels some time this week...

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We just got a letter in from Hazel today. It was pretty rough lots of emotions. If these had been the final words from my little girl, they would have stuck in my heart forever and the letter would be my most precious keepsake.

My parents got a similar letter Monday and it nearly wrecked them. But it was so sweet...

The handwriting is all my fault... bad dad genes. I think it might actually be better than mine. Yes some of the words are misspelled. She's a little girl and she is working on it. Be kind internet



Edit: Fixed my parents note pic... should post now

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this one broke me. Thank you so much for sharing your story on here and God Bless

I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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Incredible! Well done. I'm adding 2 stops to your store next week on our way in/out of the area!

Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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I'm in Lakeway. Sounds like I just found my new favorite DQ. Thank you sir!

Great job to you and all your crew!

If ever I'm in Marble falls I will be eating at DQ!

Derm - prayers of support, peace and comfort for you and your family on this day.

STL_aTm said:

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Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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Incredible! Well done. I'm adding 2 stops to your store next week on our way in/out of the area!

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Same for me. We visit MF fairly often so will need to start a family Blizzard tradition! Kudos to you, sir.

Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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Good bull. Will get me some DQ if I am in Marble Falls.

Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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As soon as Cow Creek bridge gets replaced and I get back to MFs, you got my business and will be spreading the word. Kudos to you!

Deerdude said:

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I've gotta brag. I own DQ in Marble Falls. One of my granddaughters friends is still missing from Mystic and we've sent some donations to Kerrville.
We felt the need to do something local to maybe aid in recovery of my friend and frequent customer Mike Phillips the rural VFD Chief that went missing during a rescue.
Yesterday we did an all proceeds donation day to a local group, ARC of Highland Lakes. With a knee jerk reaction and not much planning and virtually zero media assistance we still managed to close the day at about $14,000 which is about $10,000 higher than a normal Thursday.
I could not be more proud of my crew for pulling it off, and our small town for participating in this effort.
Now to speak with my CPA before writing the check. We will be donating all of it, not just profit.

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Amazing!!

Driving through MF on Monday, I'll have to swing by.

well, this has been the longest 7 days i can remember, still praying for everyone effected by this event.

Real time video of what it was like waking up in the middle of the night to find 1-2" of water in your house. Already 18"+ of water outside and rising as you can see in the 9 minute video. Can see the confusion about what to get and where to go. They ended up going to a slightly elevated porch outside and the water went up to their shoulders before it started to recede. These are the people that own the handmade outdoor furniture store between Hunt and Ingram. They've had their furniture for sale by the side of there road there for at least 3 decades so you've probably seen it if you've ever driven that way.

https://www.facebook.com/100055927324497/videos/2455145144822068

Not to be critical - I guess I'm just wired different, but going for my phone to do some videography in this kind of situation is not something that would occur to me. But I'm an old.

He's an old too but yeah I wouldn't be filming it either. I'd have both hands free to do what I needed to. Also shows the importance of planning what you will do in an emergency ahead of time. Trying to figure out what needs to be done in the moment when you're panicking wastes time and can result in bad decisions.

Terrifying. The water coming into the house looked like a sinking boat. So sad to think about the many many people that experienced this.

What was outside the door? When he was telling her they couldn't get out of the door, it looked like there was something wedged against it. Or was that water?

Anti-taxxer said:

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What was outside the door? When he was telling her they couldn't get out of the door, it looked like there was something wedged against it. Or was that water?

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I think it was an outward opening door and he said something like "it can't open, it is too high".

Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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Holy ***** I should not have read that in the office between meetings. I cant imagine the horror. The pain of loss. My prayers will continue for everyone in the Hill Country, those in Ruidoso, and those in the other floods that have happened all over the country recently.

lexofer said:

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He's an old too but yeah I wouldn't be filming it either. I'd have both hands free to do what I needed to. Also shows the importance of planning what you will do in an emergency ahead of time. Trying to figure out what needs to be done in the moment when you're panicking wastes time and can result in bad decisions.

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There is tremendous value at times to looking at situations like this and learning from what other people did right or wrong. Having spent even just a few minutes thinking about how you would react in an emergency situation and talking it out with your loved ones can be incredibly calming in that moment and helpful at giving you a clear idea of what you need to get done.

I regularly read a scubadiving forum dedicated to after action evaluation of fatal incidents and near misses and had that come back to help me when my wife's autoinflator on her BC got stuck on when she was about 60 feet underwater. Having read about a similar incident recently, I was able to get to her and slow her ascent long enough while I disconnected the air hose to the auto inflator to keep her from having a runaway ascent all the way to the surface that would have been very dangerous.

In this case, the desire to run around the house gathering stuff they thought they needed almost proved fatal for them. It highlighted the need to have a flashlight available for each person, a go bag ready at all times with your vital needs in it, and a plan for how to get out of the house. It is also important to understand what are not "vital needs" when you are in a life threatening emergency. A lot of what the woman wanted to go back and get were things she could easily replace.

Horrifying video all the way around and I am glad they survived, but definitely lessons that can be learned from it.

That was one of the things that struck me - they just spent a lot of time hollering back and forth to each other the things they needed. I'm not judging - I have no idea what I would do in a situation like this, but I'm sure it would not be jumping into action.

I found myself yelling at them while watching the video, though. Like, get out!!!! It's all so scary.

Also, it was frustrating to me that he was filming. I appreciate the firsthand account of it. But I'm shocked his wife didn't tell him to put down the ****ing phone and help her get all the **** she wanted to take. She may not have known he was filming, though, just shining the flashlight.

Anti-taxxer said:

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That was one of the things that struck me - they just spent a lot of time hollering back and forth to each other the things they needed. I'm not judging - I have no idea what I would do in a situation like this, but I'm sure it would not be jumping into action.

I found myself yelling at them while watching the video, though. Like, get out!!!! It's all so scary.

Also, it was frustrating to me that he was filming. I appreciate the firsthand account of it. But I'm shocked his wife didn't tell him to put down the ****ing phone and help her get all the **** she wanted to take. She may not have known he was filming, though, just shining the flashlight.

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One of the things she kept yelling for was a light. right after she grabbed her phone. Pretty much every phone has a flashlight in it now. In her panic she either forgot, or didn't know how to use it.

Anti-taxxer said:

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That was one of the things that struck me - they just spent a lot of time hollering back and forth to each other the things they needed. I'm not judging - I have no idea what I would do in a situation like this, but I'm sure it would not be jumping into action.

I found myself yelling at them while watching the video, though. Like, get out!!!! It's all so scary.

Also, it was frustrating to me that he was filming. I appreciate the firsthand account of it. But I'm shocked his wife didn't tell him to put down the ****ing phone and help her get all the **** she wanted to take. She may not have known he was filming, though, just shining the flashlight.

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Yeah, although I appreciate having the record, watching people putting their lives in danger to film stuff like this (standing in front of plate glass windows filming the debris kicked up by a tornado, etc.) drives me nuts. He should have been focused on getting leashes on the dogs or something like that. I suspect it was an "I woke up to something and decided to film what it looked like" that took over in his brain and he was slow to transition from that mindset into the realization that he was in a life threatening situation.

Ag87H2O said:

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https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

This is terrifying, heartbreaking, and miraculous all in one story about the flood. Not camp related, but a first hand account from a family that had a house in Hunt.

If this isn't the appropriate forum, just delete the post.

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Oh man I know this family, in all the camp mystic stuff I didn't realize it happened to them.

txags92 said:

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Anti-taxxer said:

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That was one of the things that struck me - they just spent a lot of time hollering back and forth to each other the things they needed. I'm not judging - I have no idea what I would do in a situation like this, but I'm sure it would not be jumping into action.

I found myself yelling at them while watching the video, though. Like, get out!!!! It's all so scary.

Also, it was frustrating to me that he was filming. I appreciate the firsthand account of it. But I'm shocked his wife didn't tell him to put down the ****ing phone and help her get all the **** she wanted to take. She may not have known he was filming, though, just shining the flashlight.

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Yeah, although I appreciate having the record, watching people putting their lives in danger to film stuff like this (standing in front of plate glass windows filming the debris kicked up by a tornado, etc.) drives me nuts. He should have been focused on getting leashes on the dogs or something like that. I suspect it was an "I woke up to something and decided to film what it looked like" that took over in his brain and he was slow to transition from that mindset into the realization that he was in a life threatening situation.

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Not positive that the guy recording was exactly sober...