LB12Diamond said:

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This breaks my heart Derm. I pray for strength and support for your family and all those affected.

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Thanks.

2:30 pm press conference today.


MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor Abbott To Hold Press Conference On Texas' Ongoing Response To Hill Country Flooding In Kerrville
AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott will hold a press conference with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and state and local officials in Kerrville to provide an update on Texas' ongoing response to severe flooding impacting Kerr County and surrounding communities TODAY, Saturday, July 5.

The Governor will also be joined by U.S. Senator John Cornyn, U.S. Congressman Chip Roy, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Adjutant General of Texas Major General Thomas Suelzer, Texas Department of Public Safety Colonel Freeman Martin, and local officials.


The press conference will be streamed live at Facebook.com/TxDEM[url=https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTxDEM%2F/1/01000197db746edd-16f69d2a-bc86-4db4-b533-15cf3edfaf24-000000/ElyQp6VTsrDG4xqsLJZvjcr5w0McJSsiZfOIPhNdrCM=412][/url].

WHO: Governor Abbott
Secretary Noem
Senator Cornyn
Congressman Roy
Chief Kidd
Major General Suelzer
Colonel Martin

WHAT: Press conference

WHEN: TODAY, Saturday, July 5 at 2:30 PM
Media setup begins at 2:00 PM

WHERE: Hill Country Youth Event Center
3785 Highway 27
Kerrville, TX 78028

Kerr County Sheriff's Office posted this on Facebook:

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There is a shelter for the general public who needs assistance at First United Methodist Church, 321 Thompson Drive in Kerrville. At present, don't need material or volunteer donations, as we are coordinating with a strong state response. Cash donations can be made to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country.

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Link to that organization

https://www.communityfoundation.net/

Donations website

https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201&fbclid=IwY2xjawLWPVFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtW5dqcpBRSCZrVvGP1qT8Ougbp6ADwP2Y0FGs6I6XmXD40aQIq0mPg5ZuzJ_aem_Gl9DwA7i1NVtuJOHy1vLuA

Still no pics out of Camp Mystic that we've seen. The before and after are gonna be just awful.

Hey guys. So the children in Wiggle Inn with Hazel were kept safe by an individual who works night security at Camp Mystic. This guy came out to their cabin after the dam broke and kept them inside floating on mattresses until their heads hit the ceiling before the water receded.

The parents of Wiggle Inn are in search of this guy but all we've been able to gather is his name is Glenn and he works night security from 10PM to 3 AM and sometimes helps grill burgers for the girls. He is also very tall with gray hair and possibly a retired law enforcement officer.

If anyone has info and is willing to pass it along, please DM me. We want to make sure we can thank him properly for saving our children.

Badace52 said:

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Hey guys. So the children in Wiggle Inn with Hazel were kept safe by an individual who works night security at Camp Mystic. This guy came out to their cabin after the dam broke and kept them inside floating on mattresses until their heads hit the ceiling before the water receded.

The parents of Wiggle Inn are in search of this guy but all we've been able to gather is his name is Glenn and he works night security from 10PM to 3 AM and sometimes helps grill burgers for the girls. He is also very tall with gray hair and possibly a retired law enforcement officer.

If anyone has info and is willing to pass it along, please DM me. We want to make sure we can thank him properly for saving our children.

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Amazing. God bless Glenn.

I'll see if my wife or her friends know him and have his contact

Devastating is an understatement. My prayers are being lifted for all.

For those on this thread with loved ones impacted, you are especially being lifted up by name.

We pray with Hope. Prayers for comfort. Prayers for peace.

This is just terrible… just picked up my daughter from her camp and can't imagine what some people are going through.

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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This is just terrible… just picked up my daughter from her camp and can't imagine what some people are going through.

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So glad your daughter is safe

Fortunately her camp was totally fine (Pine Cove) but just thinking about this the last couple of days and then when picking her up has been really heart wrenching

Badace52 said:

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Hey guys. So the children in Wiggle Inn with Hazel were kept safe by an individual who works night security at Camp Mystic. This guy came out to their cabin after the dam broke and kept them inside floating on mattresses until their heads hit the ceiling before the water receded.

The parents of Wiggle Inn are in search of this guy but all we've been able to gather is his name is Glenn and he works night security from 10PM to 3 AM and sometimes helps grill burgers for the girls. He is also very tall with gray hair and possibly a retired law enforcement officer.

If anyone has info and is willing to pass it along, please DM me. We want to make sure we can thank him properly for saving our children.

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This made me cry. Again.

God bless him.

My daughter weathered the storm at Mystic. We are thankful to God and her counselor for getting the girls to the Rec Center and to the second floor. We picked her up yesterday after she was helicoptered out. We are thankful to all who have been praying. Very tough night and morning with tears and more questions than answers.

Long time rancher friend left yesterday morning after hearing his friends kid was missing. This is a screenshot of his recent FB post. He hunted that area for many years and knows it well. Glad to know he's there helping.
I assumed there would be a huge number of people searching both sides of the river downstream with the clear weather this morning and small helicopters working each side. Very surprised to see his post indicating more help needed now.

Anti-taxxer said:

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Badace52 said:

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Hey guys. So the children in Wiggle Inn with Hazel were kept safe by an individual who works night security at Camp Mystic. This guy came out to their cabin after the dam broke and kept them inside floating on mattresses until their heads hit the ceiling before the water receded.

The parents of Wiggle Inn are in search of this guy but all we've been able to gather is his name is Glenn and he works night security from 10PM to 3 AM and sometimes helps grill burgers for the girls. He is also very tall with gray hair and possibly a retired law enforcement officer.

If anyone has info and is willing to pass it along, please DM me. We want to make sure we can thank him properly for saving our children.

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This made me cry. Again.

God bless him.

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Me too... me too.

The stories are gut-wrenching. Its hard for me to think that there isn't anyone who hasn't shed some tears in the late 24 hrs.

Had family members that live about a mile from Camp Mystic safely rescued but it sounds like many of their neighbors were lost. The missing person total is going to grow significantly im afraid.

Probably shouldn't need to be said, but do NOT go the comment section of any state-wide or bigger news outlet on social media.

Last night, six members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team, along with two Texas A&M AgriLife Disaster Assessment & Recovery agents, deployed from Bryan-College Station to Kerr County to support ongoing search-and-rescue efforts following the devastating flooding in the region.

As canine search teams including those from Texas A&M Task Forces and other regional partners begin the difficult work of locating the missing, the VET is providing essential veterinary care to the working dogs on the front lines. These elite K9 partners are critical to the mission, and our team is committed to helping them stay healthy, safe, and mission-ready.

Our hearts are with the families, loved ones, and communities affected by this tragedy. We are proud to support those working tirelessly in response.

Have a friend with a cabin in Hunt. Found out today that there's nothing left but the slab. They normally spend July there but by the grace of God had not gone yet this year.

Still praying the lost will be found alive today and that God would have grace and mercy on the families that have lost loved ones. Praying especially that Mary Grace is found alive and well.

Gmanoutdoors said:

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Some information from my wife who is directly in contact with some Mystic staff and was once office staff:

She says that the map is relatively correct. Twins I, Twins II, and Bubble Inn are the highest elevation cabins along with Giggle Box and Wiggle Inn on the portion of the campground called the "Flats." They are next to the central office intentionally, and at the same elevations, such that those buildings are the last to need evacuation.

The elevation of the aforementioned cabins, the Office, and the Rec Hall are all 30-35 feet above the normal water level. There is no precedent, even in the '87 flood, for water to come up to the level of the Office/Bubble Inn/Twins. She found from a friend that the plan was likely to keep those campers in place while lower elevation cabins successfully evacuated to the Rec Hall (as evidenced by the photo of the older campers walking in the rain towards the Rec Hall). The waters then rose far beyond what was ever planned for and there was no more time to evacuate the three youngest cabins. Allegedly Dick drove his truck through the floodwaters to try and reach them once they realized it was cresting the hill they are situated on. Then the flood wave came. Even though they are limestone structures, someone told her an entire cabin, Twins or Bubble, may have been washed away with campers inside. For that to happen, the flood waters have to have been 35+ feet above normal. A truly unprecedented situation.

There is still no official word on Dick Eastland being alive. Everyone she is in contact with is tight-lipped. She hypothesizes they are waiting to find the missing girls before drawing attention to the loss of one of the camp directors.

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It was Bug Hall (*edit House) that washed away. No one was in it at the time. Nut Hut roof collapse. It was also evacuated prior to roof collapse. Bubble Inn was in the process of being evacuated when the wall of water hit and everyone was washed away. The twins 1 and 2 cabins were left to fend for themselves from what I can gather and some made it out and some didn't. My daughter said some of the Twins kids were hanging in the trees when she came out of Wiggle Inn.

Wiggle Inn and Tumble Inn and possibly one other cabin (Hazel can't remember) rode out the surge in and on their cabins and all survived in those cabins.

None of this is gospel and most of it is coming from the traumatized mind of a 9 year old but this is the story I have so far.

Mas89 said:

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Long time rancher friend left yesterday morning after hearing his friends kid was missing. This is a screenshot of his recent FB post. He hunted that area for many years and knows it well. Glad to know he's there helping.
I assumed there would be a huge number of people searching both sides of the river downstream with the clear weather this morning and small helicopters working each side. Very surprised to see his post indicating more help needed now.

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Afraid too many people will interfere, afraid others will get hurt, afraid volunteers may make discovery and screw up notification, afraid gov be made to look irrelevant.

Independence H-D said:

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Last night, six members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team, along with two Texas A&M AgriLife Disaster Assessment & Recovery agents, deployed from Bryan-College Station to Kerr County to support ongoing search-and-rescue efforts following the devastating flooding in the region.

As canine search teams including those from Texas A&M Task Forces and other regional partners begin the difficult work of locating the missing, the VET is providing essential veterinary care to the working dogs on the front lines. These elite K9 partners are critical to the mission, and our team is committed to helping them stay healthy, safe, and mission-ready.

Our hearts are with the families, loved ones, and communities affected by this tragedy. We are proud to support those working tirelessly in response.

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Just donated to VET.
God be with the survivors, those yet to know the status of their loved ones, the souls lost, the response teams, and the communities devastated by this once in a lifetime tragedy. Pray without ceasing.

Anti-taxxer said:

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Badace52 said:

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Hey guys. So the children in Wiggle Inn with Hazel were kept safe by an individual who works night security at Camp Mystic. This guy came out to their cabin after the dam broke and kept them inside floating on mattresses until their heads hit the ceiling before the water receded.

The parents of Wiggle Inn are in search of this guy but all we've been able to gather is his name is Glenn and he works night security from 10PM to 3 AM and sometimes helps grill burgers for the girls. He is also very tall with gray hair and possibly a retired law enforcement officer.

If anyone has info and is willing to pass it along, please DM me. We want to make sure we can thank him properly for saving our children.

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This made me cry. Again.

God bless him.

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A real life guardian angel

austinag1997 said:

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The stories are gut-wrenching. Its hard for me to think that there isn't anyone who hasn't shed some tears in the late 24 hrs.

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We had a noon prayer vigil at our church for the one known deceased and his missing wife and two young sons that are members of our church and community. There just were not enough boxes of Kleenex tissues. It will continue in 30 minute shifts until something is known about the rest of the family. Will continue to pray for those still missing. Derm, I said a couple of prayers for your great niece during the service and will continue to pray for her.