I went to a week long camp in 6th grade

[berniesandersmittens]

We stayed in one big dorm on rows of bunk beds. We had windows overlooking the creek. At night it was all giggles, farts, and flashlight stories.

Within 45 min, with no warning, children in TX were swept away from their beds. I cannot imagine the horror of their little bodies trying to fight the power of that river.

Cuts to the NWS let this happen. Lack of a proper warning system let this happen. Boarding the younger children closest to the river let this happen. Climate deniers let this happen. Someone's version of God let this happen.

May there be a reckoning day for the people who caused this. God, mother nature, the universe, etc may have sent the flood, but they also had given us the tools and knowledge to prepare for one.

Selfish, greedy, hateful, ignorant people took those tools away. May karma be just as swift of that raging river.

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[Passages]

1. It is a deep heartbreaker.

[berniesandersmittens]

3. To the core

Yesterday I was so angry, like most of us, at the state of the world. Today, it's profound and utter despair.

Terrible things are happening so fast that we're not given time to properly navigate the stages of our grief.

I hope you feel the hug I just gave you. Hope is on the horizon, even if we don't see or feel it yet.

[Passages]

5. Same to you, and thank you!

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. This is deeply tragic

I went to a two-week camp when I was 12. No one was worried even though I was miles from my parents. It was 1955 and there was at least a radio that got regular weather reports. The orange slime has taken us back to time before that.

[pansypoo53219]

4. i did a winter weekend trip in grade school + i distinctly remember going snowshoeing BY MYSELF.

not that anything happened..