TX - Central Texas Flash Floods leave missing and deceased victims, May 2015

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Y'all, look at Austin stepping up to foster animals during the flood! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #atxfloods (pic by Brunie Drumond) pic.twitter.com/lAfl63kw2y

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Yes, he did.

[video=youtube;UtLwuPCUEdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLwuPCUEdg[/video]

Awesome. Thanks for posting this link.

We have a neighbor who made custom guitars for Stevie Ray as well as his brother Jimmy Vaughan & some members of Jimmy's group (the Fabulous Thunderbirds?). Our son met Jimmy one time over there.
 
  • #43
I think the top photo in this collage is near 12th & Lamar downtown, the one closed street noted on the city flood map. It looks a lot better in that photo than this afternoon on the live stream when cars were floating down it.
https://twitter.com/LynaeM_KVUE/status/603000301134614528
Lynae Miyer ‏@LynaeM_KVUE
And the clean up begins in downtown Austin #atxwx

Same 7-11 in a photo the reporter retweeted from an individual: https://twitter.com/LynaeM_KVUE


ETA: More photos on Fox 7 Austin's Instagram: https://instagram.com/myfoxaustin/
 
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This is crazy. Now, Florida is in the news.

Police: 3 kids injured when waterspout uproots bounce house
http://news.yahoo.com/police-3-kids-injured-waterspout-uproots-bounce-house-174148865.html
MIAMI (AP) — A waterspout uprooted an inflatable bounce house with three children inside it on a South Florida beach Monday, but the youngsters were ejected before it flew above palm trees across four lanes of traffic into a parking lot, police said.

All three children were tossed to the sand while another unoccupied bounce house nearby also took flight westward over the state road and landed in the same lot, authorities added.

The children were injured, but alert and conscious when they were taken to a hospital, Fort Lauderdale Police spokesman Keven Dupree said.

Video of it at link.
 
  • #46
Y'all, look at Austin stepping up to foster animals during the flood! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #atxfloods (pic by Brunie Drumond) pic.twitter.com/lAfl63kw2y

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YAY!!! I was involved with Boston Terrier Rescue while I lived there...and my Rescue Mentor has pulled so many from there over the years! (over 500!!!) So happy to see those willing to help them out - TLAC (now Pets Alive) is almost entirely outside pens (unless something has changed drastically in the past few years) so those animals are in danger, being across from Lady Bird Lake.

Thanks for sharing!
 
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MISSING: Larry Thomas - Wimberley, Texas (5/23/15)

74 year-old Larry Thomas was swept away from the roof of his home by floodwaters in Wimberley, Texas on May 23rd 2015. There is no clothing description available for Larry. Larry suffers from paralysis on one side of his body, and other health issues. If you have seen Larry Thomas since his disappearance, if you know of his current whereabouts, or if you have any information concerning his disappearance; please contact the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 393-7896 - or call Texas EquuSearch at (281) 309-9500.

Texas Equusearch
https://www.facebook.com/texasequusearchandrecovery?fref=nf
https://www.facebook.com/texasequus...0086846690414/990752914290466/?type=1&theater
 
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MISSING: Larry Thomas - Wimberley, Texas (5/23/15)

74 year-old Larry Thomas was swept away from the roof of his home by floodwaters in Wimberley, Texas on May 23rd 2015. There is no clothing description available for Larry. Larry suffers from paralysis on one side of his body, and other health issues. If you have seen Larry Thomas since his disappearance, if you know of his current whereabouts, or if you have any information concerning his disappearance; please contact the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 393-7896 - or call Texas EquuSearch at (281) 309-9500.

Texas Equusearch
https://www.facebook.com/texasequusearchandrecovery?fref=nf
https://www.facebook.com/texasequus...0086846690414/990752914290466/?type=1&theater

Heartbreaking...
 
  • #50
Missing womans sister on the phone with her before being swept away
http://kxan.com/2015/05/24/family-of-former-nueces-county-commisioner-missing-following-flood/

KXAN spoke with Laura’s sister who was on the phone with her when their cabin was swept away.

Julie Shields says, “We are floating in a house that is now floating down the river. Call mom and dad. I love you and pray.”

Those were the last words Julie Shields had with her sister Laura. She was on the phone with her when the cabin she was staying in with her husband Jonathan and 2 kids was carried away in the rushing water.
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The McCombs were with Ralph and Sue Carey along with their daughter, Michelle Charba, her husband Randy and their 4 year old son Will. All are still missing.
 
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Ah, KateB..we cross-posted. Moving article.
 
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The McComb family dog was found alive Memorial Day, stuck in a tree downstream:

A glimmer of hope as the search for survivors continues in Wimberley this evening. A yellow lab named Maggie was discovered stuck in a tree down the river. She was alive and she had her tags. Tonight we've learned the dog belongs to Jonathan McComb, a local resident who was swept down the river along with his family during the flooding. Jonathan continues to recover in a San Antonio hospital.
https://www.facebook.com/KIII3News?fref=nf
 
  • #60
Jose Alvaro Arteaga Pichardo
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Another missing man identified. I saw this on the Statesman subscriber only section via a 3rd party press reader. So this is also published in MSM.
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/austin-american-statesman/20150526/281487864944748/TextView

Jose's information is posted for the public on this local San Marcos FB group.
https://www.facebook.com/OperationTurkeySanMarcos/posts/841691059247103
Jose Alvaro Arteaga Pichardo
28 Years old
DOB: 01-17-1986
Vehicle. 2001 Red Chevy Blazer
VIN # 1GNCS18WX1K154766
Last seen on Fisher Rd. Saturday May 23rd
If anyone has any type of information. Please call
210-632-3231
Help us bring him back home
 

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