A spokesman for the camp operators said on Wednesday that the camp of mysticism was detecting the weather before the deadly flood of Texas, but it is not clear now that it saw an immediate warning by national weather services, which mobilized an emergency alert to call the area.
Jeff Car, a spokesman for the family and camp, said that Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner of the camp, began to take action after more than 2 inches of rain in the Gwadalpe River. He said Eastland had a “homeweather station” and was monitoring the rain July 4.
But initially after presenting the media this week, Eastland received weather warnings about flash floods, the car told the Associated Press that the important moment in the tragedy timeline was not as clear as the first time the family and the staff thought. The car said, none of the family or camp staff could now say whether Eastland received alert at 1:14 am.
The car said, “It was assumed that he had a cellphone just because he had a cellphone and shortly after that warning, he was calling his family on the walking tax,” Hey, we got two inches in the last hour. We need to lift the cano. We need to work. “
The new account was revealed by the family when the camp mystical staff examined their actions, which precautions were taken, and the camp’s emergency plan was during a catastrophic flood during the devastating flood, killing at least 132 people.
Flash Flood has warned that national seasonal services have mobilized emergency warnings for broadcasting outlets, Weather radio and mobile phones for Kerr County on July 4 at 4am. It has warned about “a dangerous and life -threatening situation.” The weather service extended the warning at 3:35 am and increased it in the Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 pm
The car said that Eastland died while trying to rescue the girls and was found in Taho, which was flooded by the flood waters.
Even without a storm, cell phone coverage is excellent in camp mystical, so campers and staff turn on their Wi -Fi. He demanded ridiculous criticism that Eastland waited a lot from the start of the camps, which he said, it seems that it seems that a short time began between 2:30 am to 2:30 pm.
“Communication was a major shortage,” Kerr said. “This community was a hamstring, no one could talk.
According to Kerr, Eastland and others started evacuating the girls from the cabin near the flowing river and shifted them to the camp’s two -storey entertainment hall. According to the Associated Press analysis of the Air Imagery, out of 10 cabins near the river, the recreation hall is the nearest cabin at 865 feet (264 meters), about 315 feet (96 meters) nearby cabin.
The car said that to reach the senior Hill, which was on high ground, they had to cross a flowing crack. Sometimes young camps were climbing the hills in the naked foot, he said.
Some buildings of the camp-which flooded-in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency was considered a 100-year flood field. But in response to an appeal, FEMA modified the county flood map in 2013 to remove 15 camp buildings from the danger area. Kerr said there were “legitimate” reasons for filing appeals, and he suggested that the maps could not always be correct.
Houses and vehicles were washing houses and vehicles by adding 26 feet (8 meters) to the Gadalpe River, just before the day’s break on July 4. Helicopters, boats and drones are looking for victims.
Officials say 97 people may still be missing in the Karewell area.
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Associated Press Author Christopher Keller contributed to New Mexico’s Albuquerk’s report.
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