Flashback to the Flash Floods - WED 9.2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Things.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
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a radio show. They want to Yeah, Oh, your job
sounds like so much fun and it's so easy. We
should come up there and do that. Everybody want to
start a podcast now, which is just a cheap array
of getting on the radio. Sure, that's true, and I
don't think most Greg. Greg's a good listener. I'm sure
he's a fine young man. But he emailed us a

(00:20):
joke and it is not even funny.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
What is the joke? Tell me?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
The joke says, what has two wings and an arrow?

Speaker 3 (00:27):
What any think? What has two wings and an arrow?
I don't know, like a bird? I don't know.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
This is his joke. It says a Chinese telephone. It
says wing wing arrow. That's not even funny.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
I don't understand the joke. I don't know. Yeah, I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
I'll never I'll never figure it out.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Whatever it is, Joe, remember the historic floods in Texas
Hill Country last summer? Is everybody wrong?

Speaker 2 (00:54):
See you mean July fourth? Yeah, and the floods that
killed all those kids. It's a really sad news the news,
especially in Texas for weeks on end because it was
so horrible and tragic. Yeah, kind of camp fleeting memory
of something like that camp missed it.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
It's a Christian church, been around for like one hundred years.
It's a summer camp for little girls. And they had
set up some of the camp sites near the river
on a mudbed.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Sadly, it turns out the littler kids were closer to
the river and the older kids were up a high
on the hill. I'm I'm not sure the point of that.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
And then they took away everyone's phone because they wanted
to be disconnected, and then nobody knew when the flood
was about to happen. So there's still I think there's
still a couple bodies they'd never found.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
He's one that I am aware of that supposedly never
got found.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
When that happened, every elected Democrat, every Democrat politician in
the state, elected or unelected, was pretty quick to say,
this is the Republican's fault.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Silly.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Well, wait a second. The Republicans didn't tell you to
camp out next to a river in the middle of
a rainstorm. They didn't tell you to turn your phone off.
They didn't.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Having it been there throughout history of the last one
hundred years or so. Kind of theems like it lived
through both Democrat and republic regimes.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
It's a great point. Twenty years ago the state was
controlled by Democrats.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Right.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
So, families of the flub victims have now filed a lawsuit,
some not against Republican officials, but against Camp Mystic and
its owners. The petition features charges including gross negligence and
intentional infliction of emotional stress. I would bet they'll get
one of those things. They're gonna have a hard time
improving intentional infliction.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Well, at least I did wait a while. It wouldn't
like they come up with the you know, the lawyers
didn't come up with a bunch of law sue happy
people immediately. They had to go through their grieving and
all that. Then the lawyers are probably you know, whispering
in their ears. Big big money. There's some big money
out of that. But if everybody sus can't miss it
to the point where they go under and go bankrupt

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and don't exist anymore, then nobody gets anything from them.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
Right insurance money, Huh, that's what I assume. I don't know.
The family that owns the camp is the Eastland family.
They've owned it for years, and that's where the catastrophic,
catastrophic floods took place. Twenty girls and two teenage counselors died.
It sits on seven hundred and twenty five acres in
Texas hill Country on the Guadalupe River. For those of

(03:18):
you that are not from Texas, you might wonder, well,
where is that Exactly? It's four hours from us. It's
not anywhere near here.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Not near Houston. No, it's out in the hill country.
And this wasn't as Austin.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
Usually when you hear about flooding in Texas, it's because
of hurricanes and stuff. This had nothing to do with hurricanes.
It just started raining out in hill country. Yeah, it
was a lot of rain in a short period of times.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
It had been very dry up to that point, and
so the water just ran off quickly to the low
spots and then flash floods.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
Now. This place has existed since nineteen twenty six. It
is ninety nine years young, and apparently it was purchased
by the grandparents of Richard Eastland in nineteen thirty nine.
The estate of Richard Eastland, a guy who died while
attempting to save campers, is named in the lawsuit, YEP
attorney Paul Yetter, a seasoned commercial litigation attorney, is representing
the planeffs. They are seeking one million in damages. They

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alleged Camp Mystic had extensive history of flooding and that
the defendants knew about the danger but ignored warnings.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
This is a class action suit. It was this one
person looking for a million dollars. If it's class action,
ain't nobody gonna get nothing except the law is gonna
get about two thirds of it, and then you got
to share. Everybody gonna get like seventy five books.

Speaker 3 (04:23):
Three lawsuits were filed Monday related to the catastrophic floods.
They are families, so it sounds like, yeah, it is
class action. Yeah, it sounds like they don't use that
word in the report, but it sounds like this will
take place in the four one hundred and fifty fifth
Judicial District Court in Travis County, and it was just
filed two days ago. Interestingly enough, there was a great
flood of nineteen thirty two. It's memorialized in the camp's
materials given to campers nearly one hundred years later. During

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that disaster, several cabins were swept away and campers were
forced to evacuate across the river in canoes. Subsequent devastating
floods hit the property in seventy eight, eighty five, and
eighty seven, So it's not like this has never happened.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
For just never to that extent, to that great loss.

Speaker 3 (05:04):
The part of this I don't think they're going to
win any money on is charging intentional infliction of emotional distress.
You think they did this on purpose? You think they
made it rain and they had your children buried in mud?
Sorry for being so graphic. On purpose? I don't think
they did intentional I don't think so. No, but I'm
not a lawyer. I don't know. No monetary figure is
presented in this part of the petition, though another action,

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State's plaintiffs seek monetary relief and excess of a million dollars.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
Well, you did mention a million, I'd call that monetary. Well.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeer's lawsuit is the most prominent, as it includes the
most families. Two other lawsuits were also filed against CAMT
Mistic on Monday, so there's more than one lawsuit, some
filed together, some filed separately. Still, no one's really explained
how it's Governor Abbot's fault, and believe me, if it
was it was, I would love to criticize the guy.
Governor Abbot not my favorite politician. I can think of
a lot of reasons not to like him. But it's

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not his fault. It rained while some people were camping
near a river. That feels a little unfair to blame
him for.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
That act to God, but maybe they could have been
a little more all alert, a little more prepared. That's
gonna come up. You weren't prepared for this one hundred
year flood and it's been ninety nine years. Seems like
you were due.

Speaker 3 (06:14):
Yeah, that's a good point.

Speaker 4 (06:15):
I know.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
Well that's unfortunate.

Speaker 3 (06:18):
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Speaker 3 (06:28):
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Speaker 2 (06:36):
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Speaker 2 (06:45):
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Speaker 3 (06:50):
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Speaker 2 (07:09):
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That's a full on choir that looks like three four
dozen people and they're all wearing those Russian military outfits.

Speaker 3 (07:17):
The choir behind them is known as the Alexandrov Ensembles,
sometimes referred to as the Red Army Choir, and it
is also a joke. M I don't think it's a
real musical actor.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
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Speaker 3 (07:31):
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so it's a real I am so confused. Well, then
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and they just went with it.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
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or if it's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

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while bored. Yeah, let's see how thrilling that is.

Speaker 5 (08:08):
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that society has almost hit rock bottom. Please proceed with
whatever this is.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
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Speaker 3 (08:44):
What do we need of that for I know I
can be bored without TikTok. I don't need them to
help with that.

Speaker 2 (08:49):
You got a mirror at the house, right, Just sure
PLoP down in front of it and stare at yourself
for a while. That's gonna save you money too.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
If I'm bored, I'll watch the Democrats do a press conference.
I don't need. Yeah, I don't need TikTok do.

Speaker 2 (09:01):
Those Democrats sure are mad at each other, aren't they.

Speaker 3 (09:04):
I am enjoying it.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
It is a lot of fun because you don't get
to see you. Democrats are just famous for so long
for being in lockstep with one another, even if they
disagreed with each other. They kept that behind closed doors.
They were backstage. They had been fighting, but they came
out holding hands and lifting each other up in victory.
But no more, not after this problem with the government

(09:26):
shut down reopening you guys.

Speaker 3 (09:27):
Ever fly Delta? I forgot Delta. I forgot it even exists.

Speaker 2 (09:33):
I did one time, well more than once, but the
last time was the last time. That makes sense.

Speaker 3 (09:39):
This isn't a commercial for United or Southwest, but I
often fly American.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
I almost never fly that. Yeah, I feel like it anymore.

Speaker 3 (09:47):
I fly United because it goes almost everywhere, but it sucks.

Speaker 2 (09:50):
And you fly South Wales because it's not United or
Delta or American and they'll let me bring my dog.
That's nice.

Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yeah. United's mean to Melton anyway. Yeah, I know.

Speaker 2 (10:00):
I don't like flight airlines that are mean the dogs.

Speaker 3 (10:02):
Kind of like anybody that's mean the dogs. ADULTA airlines
pilot made an announcement before departure over the weekend, saying
that he understands some flyers are nervous with all the
chaos happening at airports, so he reassured them with a
story about ice cream. Oh god, he didn't give him
ice cream, He just told a story about it.

Speaker 4 (10:20):
I know we probably have quite a few nervous flyers today.
It is perfectly understandable. I want to emphasize this aircraft
not move a single inch. Let's book by co Captain
Michael and myself are absolutely certain it's safe to do so.
Before I left the house on this trip, I little
learned the word ice cream and she made me make sure.
I promised her to get her ice cream when I
get back home from the trip. That being said, nothing,
and I mean absolutely nothing unsafe comes in to fit

(10:41):
me that little girl in her ice cream. I know
you guys probably have some similar plans, maybe not tonight,
but probably tomorrow afternoon with pick up for Ali. Please
feel free to join our wife fight and take care
of picking out which place you guys are going to
get ice cream or should a friend in this family
text about what you guys do on the flight. Should
be a really nice day to go flying. We'll get
you guys up there safely.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
I guess I'm not a not a dry eye on
the plane at that point.

Speaker 3 (11:05):
What is this a song about the ice cream man?

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Ice cream man that's going to live baby, he's bringing
it to you, mister.

Speaker 3 (11:11):
Oh, is this something salacious?

Speaker 2 (11:13):
No? I think it was American.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
No, No, it's a sexual It was it dirty black eyes.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
Well, that's in the eye of the beholder. Something that
always surprised me behind her. I don't know what idea.

Speaker 3 (11:23):
It always surprised me that black guys like bonjob. They
do though to black guys like Van Halen.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
Uh, some ovels. I'm reluctant to jump in with this.
All anybody like everything, anything or nothing at all, that's
not true.

Speaker 3 (11:40):
All black guys like women with big butts. I never
met one that doesn't.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
Well, yes, especially white women with big bus because that's
an anomaly.

Speaker 3 (11:46):
All the white guys I know like money phenomenally. Think
about that money. I like money, Jake sex, I'm okay,
well sick, Yeah, you like money insects. What a weird coincidence?

Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah, but it ain't making me rich, No.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
It sure ain't.

Speaker 2 (11:59):
It's actually having the oppo a effect. I would imagine.

Speaker 3 (12:01):
I why my life's better when I go chasing after
money than chasing after sex. And that's what Bill Belichick
should be doing. Everyone loves a comeback story.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
We know this.

Speaker 3 (12:09):
But the other story everyone loves almost as much as
a comeback story that is a coming home story.

Speaker 2 (12:13):
His girlfriend is one third of his age.

Speaker 3 (12:17):
Jordan Hudson. Okay, what could be one of the best
homecoming and coming home stories of all time is suddenly possible.
In the NFL. Then New York Giants have a coaching vacancy.
Brian Dobbles Stabbles Dobbled, Brian's gone.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
Don't get attached these coaches they come and go, you
know right now? Nick saban is Vegas is odds own
favorite to go to l issue, but that's another story
for another time, And it's not even a story yet.

Speaker 3 (12:39):
And some people think Bill Belichick, former defensive coordinator to
the New York Giants, could end up back at the
team as their coach.

Speaker 2 (12:45):
Well, what does Bill Belichick say about that?

Speaker 3 (12:47):
Okay, well, I don't know. Let's look at the football
side here. Belichick is a defensive coach. New York happens
to be absolutely loaded with talent on the defensive side.
They got Abdul Carter, Brian Burns, Cavon Thibodeau.

Speaker 2 (12:59):
Dexter Laurence, got a cave on Tibadeau. They got a
cave on Tibodeau. Well, you should have mentioned that sooner.

Speaker 3 (13:04):
And they have struggled this year. But a defensive guru
like Belichick could quickly bring credibility instability to that side
of the ball. Oh a guru, Oh he's a guru.

Speaker 2 (13:11):
Yep, solute.

Speaker 3 (13:12):
Yeah, Giants current quarterback Jackson Dart appears to be the
real deal. Belichick wouldn't have to go searching for a quarterback.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (13:18):
Belichick says he's committed to North Carolina. Of course, he
says that he can't say anything else.

Speaker 2 (13:22):
That's to get the money up right, there's I haven't committed.
You couldn't pride me out of here with a with
a giant crowbar. And then they go, well, how about
if we doubled your salary?

Speaker 1 (13:31):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (13:31):
Okay, Well his his buyout is only one million.

Speaker 2 (13:34):
Oh that's just embarrassing, isn't it?

Speaker 3 (13:36):
And I'm gonna guess it's not because he's all in
at North Carolina. A million is not a lot, you know,
you think the you think the Giants can't afford a
million dollars?

Speaker 2 (13:43):
They can get borrow it from LSU. They won't miss it.
I mean they're out fifty four, what's fifty five instead
of fifty four?

Speaker 3 (13:50):
They should probably borrow it from Brian Kelly.

Speaker 2 (13:52):
I mean, yeah, no kidding.

Speaker 3 (13:54):
The Giants don't just need a new coach, They need
to regain credibility. And despite belichick struggles without Brady, who
wouln't strug go after Brady, Ballichick still brings instant credibility
in the NFL Do it New York.

Speaker 2 (14:04):
He deflected the questions instead of just answering them with
a rock solid no. That would have been handy, who
would have stopped all the speculation when the coach goes, uh,
you know, I'm not I'm not even thinking about that
right now. I'm thinking about my team and what I
got to do this week. That means he's thinking about it.

Speaker 3 (14:21):
And one more, My favorite loud black woman in America
right now is Tish Hyman.

Speaker 2 (14:26):
I thought it was a Letitia James.

Speaker 3 (14:28):
No, it's never been.

Speaker 2 (14:28):
I thought it was, you know, a wacky what's your
wacky jazzy Ken came to sellen Jess jess a Fina.

Speaker 3 (14:35):
We're gonna talk about loud black women on the show
tomorrow and all of our favorite loud black women, and
of course we love them all, but my favorite is
Tish Hymen, Right, John.

Speaker 2 (14:43):
Don't forget boys and girls to eat it every day.

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