Scary info from a USGS gauge on the Guadalupe River

[Ms. Toad]

20. I was just responding to your assertion that the only way

Would have been a likely ineffective last minute siren and a mad dash for the cars.

That doesn't address the very real terror they felt but that terror isn't the result of there being no alternative. It is the result of people in charge making reckless decisions about the very real threat putting a camp in the floodplains posed, without creating a viable safety plan.

It's kind of like schools in tornado alleys deciding not to do tornado drills, or to identify the safe places to wait out a tornado. I grew up in places where there are tornadoes, and more recently have spent hours in the basement of the school where I was faculty waiting out tornadoes, after risking my safety to clear the floors of students who preferred to hang out on the second or third floor. Nature can be destructive - and those in it's path who are responsible for others must take steps to minimize the potential for loss of life.