This Arkansas storm is heartbreaking

They don't even know how many people are missing since the register of campers was also washed away.

He should have prevented rain from falling or sent the flood waters to clean up the Gulf - or at least warn the people that fucker. Where was Blanche? :evilgrin:

But he should at least be there helping with the search!

Where are the fucking X-Men, Obama? A REAL President would have gotten on the phone with Professor Xavier RIGHT AWAY! Storm could have cleared this up in a few seconds! I guess you just don't care about the people of Arkansas.

why isn't he LEADING!!!!!

of Mexico :evilgrin:

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Geez.

Dh and I went on a camping/canoe trip early on in our marriage and thought it'd be cool to pitch right alongside the river. It started raining late that night, and within a few hours we were swimming with the turtles. :(

This recreation area is 15 feet, up a ledge (or it used to be before the river rose 22 feet in 2-3 hours). The Little Missouri is fed by around 20 smaller streams in a 3-4 mile stretch just above this area (we go swimming in this place every year; pure clear mountain water). It empties into Lake Greeson just down the mountains from this site.

Many of the victims were tourists from Texas and Louisiana. There were local victims also - I may know some of them once the names are released. It's a very popular area (next to the Caney Creek wilderness reserve). But, these mountains are deceptively steep, and the valleys are very rocky. In the past 3 years, we've been having record amounts of rainfall, not to mention we're a tornado magnet (the April 9th, 2009 tornado literally went through my yard). So, there's little storage capacity for water runoff. The immediate area (I live around 25 miles northwest) received approximately 5.5 - 7 inches of rain in a period from 1:30 am to 5 am, and the combined runoff from the entire southeast part of the Ouachita (pronounced Wash-she-taa) Mountains unfortunately went through this valley.

Helps to know the facts on the ground.

Thanks

...tho being driven sopping wet into the dunes did have its rewards.

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Was remembering today when I was a child and we'd visit relatives there.

several years ago.

Mother Nature is in need of respect.

in 2008 - damn I just checked - it happened on June 11th 2008 - same day as this flood in Arkansas

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Mr. Brickbat was a toddler who stayed with his grandma while his parents went camping. 15 inches of rain in 6 hours. More than 200 people died. My in-laws didn't, but they were out of communication for several days, and the grandma taking care of a baby, thinking her daughter and son-in-law had been swept away.

200 people died???? That's a lot of people

of the storm. The campground they had reserved a spot at was washed away. Frankly, I don't think Grandma has gotten over it yet.

back in the 80s, when I frequented that area of Arkansas.

It's beautiful.

Sympathy to the families and friends.

A few miles up the road from Albert Pike.