Realizing I didn’t know how floods work
A story from the devastating flooding along the Guadeloupe River in Texas.
A young woman was on a family camping trip when the floodwaters swept her away, along with her mother and father. They held on for a while, but got separated.
The young woman was found high in a tree - beat up - but conscious.
In order to get to where she was found, she had been washed 14 miles through debris-clogged surging currents.
Five of her family members are still missing.
I had never thought about that, probably because I lived most of my life in the mountains, where such flooding was not expected. That flood victims could be swept so far, still alive, surprised me.
A young woman was on a family camping trip when the floodwaters swept her away, along with her mother and father. They held on for a while, but got separated.
The young woman was found high in a tree - beat up - but conscious.
In order to get to where she was found, she had been washed 14 miles through debris-clogged surging currents.
Five of her family members are still missing.
I had never thought about that, probably because I lived most of my life in the mountains, where such flooding was not expected. That flood victims could be swept so far, still alive, surprised me.
