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[00:01:21] Speaker A: Now we begin today's broadcast with something.
[00:01:27] Speaker A: So imaginable, so.
[00:01:30] Speaker A: So unthinkable.
And you know what?
It's real.
You see, people lived through it.
[00:01:41] Speaker A: A lot of people did not live to tell the tale.
[00:01:47] Speaker A: There were many men and women and a great number of children who were lost by this tragic disaster.
[00:01:56] Speaker A: Now I will sit here, right now, right here and call this one a silent killer.
[00:02:05] Speaker A: See, it approached silently.
By the time it bore down on you or you even heard a sound, it was too late.
It was already upon you.
Few that were in its path or reach even made an escape.
[00:02:29] Speaker A: It devoured person and property.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: It robs so many of peace.
[00:02:39] Speaker A: There was really nothing that anyone could do as this disaster unfolded.
[00:02:46] Speaker A: Here we go. The story opens.
[00:02:51] Speaker A: Location Kerrville, Texas.
It's Friday, July 4, 2025.
Independence Day.
A day meant for fireworks, family gatherings, celebration.
But this morning, the heart of the Texas Hill country mourns instead of celebrates in Kerrville, Texas, a city that should be brimming with summer camp laughter, river trips, and holiday joy.
Instead, communities are waking up to a nightmare.
[00:03:33] Speaker A: In the darkness before dawn, the Guadalupe river surged.
Not a gentle swell, but a wall of water.
In a matter of minutes, cabins, campsites, childhood memories were all swept away.
[00:03:53] Speaker A: The bedrock of a summer weekend turned into a graveyard of shattered plants.
The worst hit, Camp Mystic. It was an all girls Christian summer camp near Hunt, Texas, on the banks of the Guadalupe.
So when the floodwaters came, more than 700 children were asleep.
And by morning, dozens of those girls, campers and counselors were dead or unaccounted for.
[00:04:30] Speaker A: Other camps, cabins and towns across Kerr and neighboring counties were also caught up in the flood's path.
Lives were lost, families were separated, and entire communities were left reeling.
[00:04:52] Speaker A: Let's take pause.
[00:04:55] Speaker A: Now. Shift in your perspective.
[00:05:00] Speaker A: Go from somber to warm.
[00:05:06] Speaker A: And carry a reflective vision.
Because as even in the darkest hours of this holiday morning, what rose alongside the flood waters was something deeper.
See the call, the courage of neighbors, first responders and complete strangers who refused to let despair have the final word.
[00:05:36] Speaker A: As rivers swelled, volunteer rescue teams from across the Hill country launch boats into dangerous currents.
Firefighters formed human chains to pull families from collapsing cabins.
Helicopter crews, medics and church groups work through the night. No sleep, no hesitation.
Searching, tending, comforting.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: Across Kerrville, Hunt, Ingram and the communities lining the river, people moved as one Families opened their homes to the displaced.
Churches turned their halls into shelters.
[00:06:27] Speaker A: Restaurants cooked meals without charge.
Donation centers overflowed with clothes and blankets and water.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: Hope delivered by the armful.
[00:06:40] Speaker A: This was a day marked by heartbreak, but also by resilience, by the people who ran toward danger, not away from it.
[00:06:53] Speaker A: By neighbors who became lifelines by a region proving that even in unimaginable loss, compassion can rise higher than any flood.
[00:07:08] Speaker A: Today, with this story, we give honor to those who were lost and those who lived it, and to those who refused to let their community face this tragedy alone.
[00:07:25] Speaker A: I mean, ask yourself a few questions with me, would you?
What is a heroic or a kind deed?
I'm waiting.
Oh, holding a door open for someone.
Yeah, yeah, that's cute. But now can we please be real about a true, real deed.
[00:07:53] Speaker A: The kind that transforms someone's life.
[00:07:58] Speaker A: I'm talking about everyday people doing heroic or kind deeds that transform lives, like really transform.
I'm talking life changing kindness or heroics, the kind that, you know, you hear about when people are rescued or when someone returns lost money or property to someone or rallying community support.
I mean.
[00:08:40] Speaker A: I still have to ask. This is what do you know about community support?
[00:08:49] Speaker A: I mean, we've heard stories from July 4, 2025.
We've included a link to a story on our X account. That's X.com public facing pod and you'll find that in regards to a high school football team helping the community with cleanup.
But beyond the high school team, and there were several.
[00:09:23] Speaker A: And we'll get to them again shortly. But the the Houston Texans, which are led by owners Cal and Hannah McNair, they provided significant assistance to the flooded communities in the Texas hill country, particularly Kerrville and Ingram, by traveling to the area in September 2025 to support local high school football games and deliver $350,000 in donations to three school districts.
Now, the team's visit included a surprise presentation of checks to Tyvee High School, Moore High School and Hunt Independent School District, with funds allocated for rebuilding district offices, renovating Gyms purchasing new football helmets and providing new lockers for junior varsity and varsity and middle school teams.
[00:10:35] Speaker A: Now, the Texans effort were really part of a broader response to the July 4, 2025, flood that devastated that region, killing at least 135 people and causing an estimated $1.1 billion in damages.
[00:10:54] Speaker A: So getting back now to the high school teams, we'll look here at Tyvey High School's football coach and athletic director. His name is Curtis Neal. Now, he played a central role in community recovery efforts, organizing cleanup operations, food drives, and supporting first responders in the aftermath of the flood.
Now, Neil, who moved to Kerrville in March of 2025, gathered his team at the Lake House Restaurant before a game to pray and reflect on brotherhood and gratitude, highlighting the team's role in providing emotional and social support to the town.
See, the community's resilience was symbolized by the Tyvey Fight Never dies slogan, which became a rallying cry for residents healing from the disaster.
[00:11:56] Speaker A: And the football games themselves.
They've served as a vital source of solace and normalcy, drawing between 3,000 to 4,000 residents each week to cheer on the antlers and to reconnect as a community.
Now, across the board here, I just, I want to put a little bit of a spotlight on this where, you know, this is how communities have come together and this is how people who maybe were outside of those communities would rally together.
You see, assistance came from the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio spurs, the MLS and Texas soccer teams.
And even though this one is not a sports team, HEB provided critical assistance on the ground by providing hot meals to the community.
[00:13:06] Speaker A: Now.
[00:13:09] Speaker A: Let'S frame something here.
[00:13:13] Speaker A: Let's look at.
[00:13:16] Speaker A: When a community in crisis or disaster actually comes together and serves. Okay, so a community's instinct to serve during a crisis or disaster.
[00:13:35] Speaker A: Is really inspired by a deep seated human tendency towards things like altruism, solidarity, and even mutual care, while often emerging spontaneously in the face of chaos.
[00:13:51] Speaker A: It's as if we're, we're kind of wired a certain way, like as on the totally down to the basic level.
[00:14:03] Speaker A: We are wired to care and to share and to.
[00:14:12] Speaker A: Do these things mutually.
So the phenomenon that's really known as, like, disaster collectivism, that's driven by a shared sense of purpose and the desire to create solidarity when uncertainty prevails.
[00:14:33] Speaker A: This is where.
[00:14:38] Speaker A: It's like the.
[00:14:41] Speaker A: They come together, they work together as one, and they are serving in their community.
[00:14:52] Speaker A: We see this more so when people are.
[00:14:59] Speaker A: Dealing with a crisis or a Disaster. You know, we've seen this with other natural disasters. We see where communities come together when folks are working along with, with the effects of maybe a tornado has run through and damaged, you know, multiple homes or even multiple, you know, they, they follow the, the storm track of how that tornado and what it.
[00:15:30] Speaker A: You know, what it damaged, what it ate, you know, what it consumed on it, on the ground.
So anyway, people are actually.
[00:15:44] Speaker A: Motivated by that as a really, a fundamental instinct to demonstrate love, care and support for one another now, especially the most vulnerable.
Right.
As seen in the aftermath of events like the California wildfires or the Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
See, the immediate response often involves neighbors and helping neighbors with individuals donating resources such as food, shelter, personal belongings, which can evolve into organized community kitchens and centers.
[00:16:33] Speaker A: This type of action.
[00:16:36] Speaker A: Has a unique effect and it very easily does grow into things like instead of just some neighbors coming together now it's, you know, maybe it's a business or.
[00:16:55] Speaker A: Maybe there's a local agency or service or something like that that.
[00:17:01] Speaker A: You know, can better serve that area. But still, still, this is from our community.
And I think that's really what makes.
[00:17:13] Speaker A: I feel like that makes a.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: A stand and it, to me, places a.
[00:17:23] Speaker A: A.
What do I want to call that, like a, A column or a.
[00:17:31] Speaker A: You know, some form of like a, A pole that one would used to signal with a flag or something.
[00:17:42] Speaker A: That sort of thing. But, you know, the collective action is really fueled by local knowledge and existing community structures such as religious institutions, schools, neighborhood groups, which serve as vital hubs for, you know, the coordination and the support. As I said, nobody. What I was trying to say anyway is nobody is going to really know your community better than you. And you, as the.
[00:18:17] Speaker A: Member of that community, are always going to be available first on the ground, then.
[00:18:29] Speaker A: Say, outside sources or outside agencies coming in.
[00:18:34] Speaker A: You, you know, the streets, in and out, you know, shortcuts, you know, all these things. So if somebody coming in after the fact may not know all of those little, you know, idiosyncrasies.
So the, the sense of like, of ownership and, and responsibility that arises when community members are actively involved in planning and implementing response efforts.
And that strengthens into so much because when that builds and the strength is there.
[00:19:17] Speaker A: And I mean, it really has some muscle to it.
[00:19:22] Speaker A: That is where that ensures more, you know, sustainable outcomes. Right.
So.
[00:19:31] Speaker A: Grassroots initiatives and, you know, those led by residents themselves are particularly effective because they're flexible, responsive, and they're rooted in the specific needs of that community. Again, you know, more about what your community needs than an outside, outside entity.
Now.
[00:19:55] Speaker A: These efforts are really.
[00:19:59] Speaker A: The, they're further empowered by things like collaboration across diverse groups and faith based organizations and maybe local businesses and government bodies. You know, you have your local, local government, you have your, likely your county government or yours and then your state government and then your, you know, national resources that build on that. But.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: Always the how these collaborate with one another.
[00:20:38] Speaker A: And I'm going to get into a bit of that here and again in just a few minutes. But.
[00:20:45] Speaker A: Moreover, all this, the act of participating in crisis response that helps to foster civic responsibility and social cohesion and collective efficacy.
See the shared belief that a community can overcome hardship through self reliance and cooperation.
You know, the, the, the goal of, you know, we can do this and we can do this together, that we're, we're not going to wait around for.
[00:21:25] Speaker A: Somebody else to hop in when we have the wherewithal and the, the means to do it for ourselves. Even that means we're, we're, you know, treading water for the, the first portion of time until a larger scale.
[00:21:43] Speaker A: Relief comes in. So now these efforts are.
[00:21:53] Speaker A: Like the.
[00:21:56] Speaker A: I, I guess what I want to say, okay, like the empowerment, okay, that's critical for sure because it, it reduces dependency on external aid and builds longer term community capacity.
The resilience of a community, it's not only measured by the ability to recover, but also by the capacity to transform these crisis experiences and these disaster.
[00:22:30] Speaker A: Events into lasting social change, such as for the like the formation of worker cooperatives and improved emergency preparedness plans.
There is no worse time to find the flaws in your emergency plan than to find those in the midst of an emergency.
[00:22:59] Speaker A: These are why these type of plans and scenarios and stuff, they, they play out on paper so often and sometimes they, they play out in mock drills and whatnot for the simple fact of being able to.
[00:23:18] Speaker A: Tangibly see what it takes to protect and to serve through such a crisis or a.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: Disaster.
Now why are there not more communities that come together in crisis and in disaster?
Well, what I'm about to tell you might shock you. You see, while communities often do come together during crisis, the, the extent and the effectiveness of this cohesion can really vary and quite significantly because research has shown that the strength of social ties and community interconnectedness before a disaster is a key predictor of how well a community survives and recovers after a disaster.
[00:24:16] Speaker A: One reason for limited community cohesion is the disruption of existing social networks caused by the disaster itself.
[00:24:32] Speaker A: Now, disasters can erode communal trust and group functioning.
It can leave residents really being distressed emotionally. And even after, say relocation, even that can hinder recovery efforts.
[00:24:55] Speaker A: So additionally, like communities that have fewer resources, they are the ones that often face great, greater challenges in organizing and sustaining collective action. Because the low resource communities, those are the ones that may rely heavily on informal networks and traditional knowledge.
[00:25:26] Speaker A: For.
[00:25:28] Speaker A: Survival.
[00:25:31] Speaker A: The problem is that even armed with those items which are critical, no doubt.
[00:25:40] Speaker A: They still often, often lack the financial reserves, the infrastructure and the access to external aid needed for long term recovery.
Now what I'm sharing here is, is a.
[00:26:01] Speaker A: It'S sort of a exercise on.
[00:26:07] Speaker A: Emergency preparedness.
[00:26:10] Speaker A: It is also.
[00:26:13] Speaker A: Arming with some information that will protect you.
So.
[00:26:22] Speaker A: Not all emergency preparedness or whatever has to do with tangible things. Oh, I need a generator. Oh, I need, you know, all these things, I need wood, I need, I mean there's the list goes on and on for someone to have a totally stacked out survival kit.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: But.
[00:26:49] Speaker A: One of the things that, that doesn't prepare you for is what you're going back to, what your plan is.
[00:26:59] Speaker A: You know, I.
[00:27:02] Speaker A: Several times in my life have been through times of disaster and times of crisis.
[00:27:15] Speaker A: So I've, I've walked through some of this before.
[00:27:21] Speaker A: I've even at times had lent my hand to some of the agencies that.
[00:27:28] Speaker A: Are there to.
[00:27:31] Speaker A: You know, prepare and warn and.
[00:27:36] Speaker A: And to send.
[00:27:38] Speaker A: Resources, help to send everything, food, medical.
[00:27:47] Speaker A: Everything. There's no time like a disaster to really see what you have, right, what you have in place and the things that you're still lacking in. And.
[00:28:02] Speaker A: It'S a bitter pill to swallow when you realize you're missing something and then only find out from that, oh, it would have been so easy to have taken this into consideration.
You may have even had a different outcome had that been there. So yeah, I wanted to share that with you. But.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: Barriers to, you know, effective community engagement, you know, those also exist.
See, decision making under pressure can be very difficult, probably more so for non experts, but also, you know, navigating complex recovery.
[00:28:48] Speaker A: Bureaucracies, you know, I'm talking about your local government situation, things getting tied up in red tape with that, you know, that's often overwhelming as well.
Now, despite the challenges that we've been looking at, you know, that the power of community in disaster recovery is really well documented and communities are often the primary agents of recovery and.
[00:29:20] Speaker A: Our involvement in our communities, that's what leads to more effective and sustainable outcomes when we find ourselves face to face with a crisis or a disaster. So.
[00:29:39] Speaker A: There are some things like.
[00:29:46] Speaker A: I guess like where communities do come together during crisis.
[00:29:53] Speaker A: That they look into things, structural, social and psychological barriers, because those can prevent widespread.
[00:30:04] Speaker A: Effective cohesion within our communities as we all walk through this same situation together. And that highlights the need for intentional investment in social infrastructure and inclusive recovery framework.
You know.
[00:30:27] Speaker A: It, we have to, it's, it's one thing to bring the stuff to deal with a disaster and everything.
[00:30:39] Speaker A: An event even.
[00:30:43] Speaker A: It becomes more.
[00:30:48] Speaker A: Prudent when we find that there's more than just a show up situation that's required.
[00:30:58] Speaker A: We find that there are many times that.
[00:31:05] Speaker A: Not just the showing up with stuff, but the social networking and the, the aspect of talking to one another and communicating with one another. It's, it's amazing. And you know, I'm telling you all this, but remember I premise this with the story from Kerrville, Texas, because those people as, as things were, you know, being swept away with.
[00:31:40] Speaker A: The surging river, those people had no idea where or when help was coming.
None.
It wasn't like with that particular situation that the help was coming from around the corner. It absolutely was not.
[00:32:02] Speaker A: So.
[00:32:06] Speaker A: Sometimes we have all that we have right here where we are and.
[00:32:11] Speaker A: We'Re all we have to help someone else out.
So I want to also it's important that we engage like community members.
[00:32:26] Speaker A: Especially those marginal groups I was talking about and include them in planning the decision making and response efforts.
[00:32:36] Speaker A: You never know. You know, the. I, I think there are times that people take those say marginal groups or whatever for granted.
But don't, don't be up on your pedestal and your high horse because there may come a time that you are going through a crisis or a disaster in those same.
[00:33:04] Speaker A: Groups that you call marginalized.
[00:33:10] Speaker A: That.
[00:33:12] Speaker A: They'Re the ones coming to rescue you.
So it's training local leaders and forming community response teams that helps enhance preparedness and ownership.
[00:33:30] Speaker A: If I think some of the biggest parts.
[00:33:36] Speaker A: If we will invest in like education.
[00:33:42] Speaker A: The training of people to deal with.
[00:33:48] Speaker A: Things like this, you know, even if we ourselves get trained, we're that much better prepared than someone without that training. And then also.
[00:34:00] Speaker A: Not just with the, the training, but with the resources as well to be able to take care of yourself and to take care of others.
[00:34:14] Speaker A: We have to kind of build, you know, partnerships can like collaborations, that sort of thing with like health providers, maybe some private stakeholders, local governments, that sort of thing.
And that will help us to.
[00:34:38] Speaker A: You know, improve resource sharing and coordination and long term recovery abilities.
[00:34:50] Speaker A: Because that way if, if these are all included, then nobody's double dipping, nobody's duplicating Any of the steps when it could all be streamlined and, and you know, used as a, a tool to.
[00:35:10] Speaker A: Kind of keep everything through one vein, if you will, in one streamlined.
[00:35:20] Speaker A: Plan. You would want that same plan where you are versus someone else that's in another area.
Because all of those steps in that plan, whatever that plan might be, should be the ones that will work for both of you, no matter your location.
[00:35:39] Speaker A: So why should I even care about any of this?
[00:35:44] Speaker A: Have you ever asked yourself that? And.
[00:35:49] Speaker A: You might want to think about that because you should care because your well being is deeply connected to the strength of your community.
[00:36:02] Speaker A: When communities are resilient, everybody benefits everybody. You're safer, healthier and more supported. And you know what? So are they, so are they.
Strong social ties will reduce loneliness, it will improve mental health.
There's a mental health element to going through a disaster, especially.
[00:36:34] Speaker A: You know, one that is like a catastrophic.
[00:36:40] Speaker A: Situation. Like maybe.
[00:36:43] Speaker A: I don't know, like your house is gone from around you because say a severe storm or tornado maybe took it out or something. You know, that is mentally a.
[00:36:59] Speaker A: A moment that you're going to have to.
[00:37:03] Speaker A: Address, you're going to have to embrace, you're going to have to address.
Now we can also create networks that would help people recover faster from disasters. And again, that comes down to the education, the training, the, the resources and the preparation.
[00:37:26] Speaker A: These, all of these elements.
Think of these as ingredients to.
[00:37:34] Speaker A: How to make this work more cohesively instead of as a more individual situation.
So.
[00:37:45] Speaker A: Helping your community isn't just altruism, it's really self preservation.
So what do I mean? Well, when you contribute, you're building trust, you are gaining skills and strengthening systems that may support you in the future.
[00:38:08] Speaker A: Now resilient communities, they adapt better to change. Whether it's climate events or economic shifts or public health crises.
[00:38:21] Speaker A: Those.
[00:38:24] Speaker A: You know, really change starts locally.
By knowing your neighbors, supporting local efforts or volunteering, you're not only making a difference, you're building a safer and a more connected life for yourself.
[00:38:42] Speaker A: Now there are plenty of.
[00:38:47] Speaker A: Ways to connect with assistance.
We find that there are.
[00:38:55] Speaker A: Different federal and national agencies such as fema, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[00:39:06] Speaker A: The National Weather Service, and National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[00:39:13] Speaker A: CC and of course I do want to make sure that this is mentioned. The national center for Missing and Exploited children hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST but we also have humanitarian relief organizations such as the American Red Cross, Salvation army, the United Way, Catholic Charities, Samaritan's Purse.
[00:39:42] Speaker A: And your local emergency services that you would likely find if you are in an area that utilizes 911, you ought to be able to reach your immediate.
[00:39:58] Speaker A: Services.
Local police, sheriff, fire department, there's others like search and rescue, things like the civil air patrol, your local and state emergency management offices, the National Guard primarily with those state units.
[00:40:20] Speaker A: Now, because I did allude to this a little earlier, we were discussing the aspect of mental health.
Well, mental health takes its.
[00:40:34] Speaker A: Its place where it needs to and we don't always get a choice of how that works, but we do have a choice when it comes to reaching out to health and you know, mental health crisis lines such as the SAM HSA Disaster Distress Hotline.
You can find them at at by texting.
Talk with us as one word. Talk with us to 66746.
[00:41:10] Speaker A: The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, dial 988 and.
[00:41:17] Speaker A: Of course your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222.
[00:41:26] Speaker A: Now there's also, you know, our utilities and infrastructure. We look upon our local power companies and our water authorities, maybe city utilities, gas companies, that sort of thing.
We don't want to leave any of these that, that, you know, off the list. We want to make sure they're included.
[00:41:48] Speaker A: And our pets, when there's a disaster, my lord, our pets are affected as well sometimes in a disaster, unfortunately, our pets seem to.
[00:42:03] Speaker A: Out of fear or what have you.
[00:42:07] Speaker A: They run away.
[00:42:11] Speaker A: So it's point to keep an eye out for the ASPCA Disaster response and also the Humane Society of the United States.
Followed by community level resources such as cert, which is the community Emergency Response teams and also VOAD which is volunteer organizations active in disaster.
As a bonus, do you know that there are even more resources that respond and coordinate with authorities during community crisis and disasters?
I'd like to share a few with you.
[00:42:57] Speaker A: They.
[00:43:00] Speaker A: Are activated and move into action.
[00:43:05] Speaker A: Via the Amateur Radio Emergency Service or ARIES and races, the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
These are your local amateur radio operators.
Now ARIES is the premier amateur radio emergency communications service to the United States and it provides effective emergency and disaster communications techniques and who are committed to to supporting their partners missions in service to the public.
[00:43:44] Speaker A: They are on the radio and probably behind the scenes largely out of sight, out of mind perhaps. But they are providing a wonderful service because they are coordinating with.
[00:44:03] Speaker A: Various services.
[00:44:05] Speaker A: You know, whether it be the local, state or.
[00:44:10] Speaker A: Federal services.
[00:44:12] Speaker A: Now races they provide radio amateur civil emergency services in an organization.
As part of the fcc, the Federal Communication Commission licensed amateur radio operators who volunteer to provide radio communications for state and local governments during times of emergency.
Now this was created in 1952 primarily to serve in civil defense emergencies. However, races operators provide essential communications and warning links to supplement state and local government agencies during emergencies and they and they provide that support during disasters.
Now, severe weather really may warrant activation of trained severe weather spotters like me who observe and report weather activity in coordination with the National Weather Service.
Some of these spotters are also amateur radio operators like me. Yep, we're everywhere.
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