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hamsterjill

(17,035 posts)
2. It's horrible.
Sat Jul 5, 2025, 12:23 AM
Jul 2025

This area is north of San Antonio and all very active with tourists, etc. this time of year. It's horrible what happened.

The missing little girls from Camp Mystic tear at my heart strings. Children are innocent. I can't imagine the fear these babies must have felt as they were swept away in the darkness, and I shed tears today thinking of that.

This area, particularly Kerrville, is a mega MAGA area. I feel like these people are going to get a slap of reality when they are confronted with the fact that Trump gutted the National Weather Service, which might have been able to give better warnings had it not been gutted, and when it's time to rebuild, will FEMA be there for them? Many of them will most assuredly defend Trump, but when the court cases start and evidence is presented, reality is going to hit them in the face. At a minimum, there will be parents who will sue the camps for not evacuating earlier.

As a believer, I pray for the children. That they be found even as hope is fading. That's really the extent of the compassion that I'm able to muster right now. I'm not sure what that says about me because it certainly isn't very charitable of me. But I'm really, really, REALLY weary of these types expecting compassion when they think they deserve it, yet being unwilling to extend compassion to someone else that they deem unworthy.



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... Solly Mack Jul 2025 #1
It's horrible. hamsterjill Jul 2025 #2
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