"Even though the water was only a few inches high, it was flowing quickly into the nearby creek. So, rescue crews strapped helmets and life jackets on each child and carefully guided them across."

 

 

*blink blink*

SMH

 

I was hoping the rest of the title was 'rescued by Boy Scouts', lol.  Even better... a girl's Troop.

Our district holds Klondike there (using several of the pavilions). It includes rope rescue (however, on a steep hillside).

I have been in the park on an orienteering course during a flash flood. It can get sketchy fast.

A month has passed and, sadly, we now know how wrong things can go. Mrs. Q took the tragedy of the Guadalupe river quite hard. Most of us have dropped our young kids off in youth camp cabins, promising we’d see them at the end of a week or weekend. So, we all can relate.

The leaders who can see a potential catastrophe and act decisively even when the probability is low are too few. The co-leaders willing to hear them out and join in action are even fewer. Be those leaders.