Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but, in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Amen.
God help the lost kids be found, and give strength and courage to the parents.
Gods Grace and Mercy be with all who are affected by these floods. Prayers 🙏
Prayers.🙏🙏🙏
Amen. I know this area and it is beautiful but rugged country. The searchers will need much support, both prayer and otherwise, if one is able to help in any way.
Those of us that don’t live in this area have no idea how fast the water rises when they get really substantial rain. Texas isn’t used to the quantities of rain that they had in this area and a lot of the ground is rock so it doesn’t permeate in, it just runs off. I don’t think it was this camp but my 2 eldest went on 2 week camp trips in this area. The area is popular with canoe campers. May the Good Lord be with all of them and their families.
LKL, I’d venture to guess that no place is used to the quantity of rain that fell in central Texas this week. In my experience, gully-washers in Texas are not that rare, and in my time living in San Antonio (12 years) and now near Dallas since 2008, 2 or 3 inch rain totals in just an hour or two are fairly common, and I’ve been through two storms, one in 1998 and another in about 2005, in which we got 10 inches or more in a single day. This time, it was 5″ to 10″ in just about three or four hours, and as you noted, in that part of the state, which sits on a gigantic limestone caprock, the water has no place to go when it rains that hard. The larger cities in Texas are generally well prepared for such events, with careful attention to drainage and with underground baffling systems to keep storm sewers from being overwhelmed. (For example, in the 1998 flood, downtown San Antonio and its Riverwalk suffered no serious flooding, as the baffled storm sewers were able to keep the water levels within the riverbank, while much of the rest of the area was underwater for a couple of days.)
I can’t imagine what those parents are going through right now. Prayers for all concerned. 😔
The Magnificat is a powerful prayer. Praying for rescues..
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