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

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  • #61
The news coming out of Houston, TX, is heartbreaking today, with whole neighborhoods flooded as well as major freeways this morning. The immensity of damage is astounding.

Livestreaming: http://abc13.com/live/
 
  • #62
I live in Houston. We have a 20-30% chance of more rain this afternoon. This is just crazy.
 
  • #63
Sporky said:
I live in Houston. We have a 20-30% chance of more rain this afternoon. This is just crazy.
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Prayers for you and yours, Sporky.
 
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Emergency Officials and Hays County Officials speaking at a press conference in progress now: http://kxan.com/live-stream/

2 confirmed fatalities now. 1 in Hays County, 1 in Caldwell County.
4 warning alerts were sent to land lines & cell phones, 3 before midnight. Long before the fiber cable cut. A door to door alert was also executed.
US Congressman Lamar Smith speaking now about federal assistance.
County Judge giving the weather forecast. This is not over. President Obama has declared (the county or the state?) a disaster area. Now, the area has county and national disaster designation.
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Concluded.
I'm sure there were more important details, but will wait for video replay and/or print articles later.

I obviously came into late for this part. USA Today banner: 30 people missing in flooding along Blanco River in Central Texas, official says
only a banner so far.
 
  • #66
They found a casket in Houston. Presumably floated from somewhere.
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KaaBoom said:
That is why bodies should be cremated.
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A better argument for cremation would be cost, rather than a 100-year flood event. :)
 
  • #71
PoirotryInMotion said:
A better argument for cremation would be cost, rather than a 100-year flood event. :)
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That too, but every time there is a major flood, there are these stories of caskets floating away. It doesn't seem to me to be a proper or environmentally sound way of disposing of bodies. I think the caskets were buried with the idea of them being there for more then 100 years.
 
  • #72
KaaBoom said:
That too, but every time there is a major flood, there are these stories of caskets floating away. It doesn't seem to me to be a proper or environmentally sound way of disposing of bodies. I think the caskets were buried with the idea of them being there for more then 100 years.
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No way of telling, of course, but it could be that this casket even came from a flooded or destroyed funeral home. Just not enough info yet to know one way or the other. Certainly strange, though.
 
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corundogs said:
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Not sure, corundogs, but sometimes if I get that I just refresh the page and it then allows me to post.

Maybe the mods know if there's a time limit to posting after opening up the 'post' page?
 
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corundogs said:
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When it's happened to me, it's because I've been idle on the page longer than 15 minutes & my login/cookie has timed out. You probably look logged in if you still have the page up but it may have been with a stale login.

Checking that "keep me logged in" box next to user/password on logins should eliminate the problem, but you still need to stay active at least a click every 15 minutes. I believe that is the time limit allowed for the server to detect you're still around, might be a few minutes different either way. It's always a good idea to copy the post to your clipboard before submitting, just in case, anyway. Especially on long posts.
HTH.
 
  • #78
An update to the San Antonio news report upthread:

Texas storms leave 10 dead: 30 unaccounted for have been contacted but 13 still missing in Hays

Updated 8:13 p.m.

The Hays County Sheriff has recovered three bodies and also released a list of people who remain missing after the Blanco River flooded early Sunday.

The possible list of disaster victims include:

Ralph Hugh Carey, 73, Sue Carey, 71, William R. Charba, 42, Michelle M Carey-Charba, 43, William Charba, 6, Laura McComb, 34, Andrew McComb, 6, Leighton McComb, 4, Dayton Thomas, 74, Jose Alvero Arteaga-Pichardo, 29, all last seen in Wimberley; and Kenneth Reissig, last seen in Blanco County.
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In other news, the Galleria Mall in Houston also has seen some flooding.
 
  • #79
I have many family and friends in Houston. Have heard from most. Still on pins and needles about the rest.

Also, have friends near the Blanco River in the hill country who are now homeless as in their homes were washed away.

Frantically trying to contact everyone I know.
 
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