Arkansas Flash Flood Disaster

I have made an error! My last post stated that there were 20 victims of yesterday's flash flood, but that number is reduced to 16, then up to 18 today. I wonder if they will ever really know how many people have perished, since there were either few records, or the records were washed away in the flood. The article (linked to title) speaks of an 18 wheeler being wrapped around a tree...roads chewed up and spat out...and families tying themselves to trees. It is eerie that after more than a day, they have only found 80 people out of the possible 300 who could have been there that night. Where on earth are they all? When man made disasters occur, it's easier to direct your emotion to the cause, as with BP and the oil spill. But when it's a natural disaster you're really only left with the pain, and no answers as to why. Lots of "what if 's" and "if only's", and a renewed urgency for people to have weather alert monitors...but in the valley I wonder if radio signals would have reached them. It's times like these when it would be awesome to have a "hot line" to God for reassurance that these children didn't suffer, that somehow they were scooped up into His mighty hands, before the agony and terror began. I understand that He gave us choices, and that our free will, and the collective world's free will, all have consequences, but I find it hard to get the image of small children, caught in their tents, being washed away, and perhaps torn from their parents arms. Perhaps there are people, young and old, who are out there in the wilderness, waiting for someone to reach out and cradle them in their arms. I have a vivid imagination, and that can sometimes be a burden!!! This makes me very sad for all those families.

Albert Pike Flash Flood Disaster

This morning, at about 5:00 a.mm., a flash flood devastated a campground at Albert Pike, Arkansas, and has killed at least 20 people.  The following video is a family vacation flick taken in 2009...hopefully these girls weren't camping by the stream this morning. What a beautiful, picturesque place, and what a fateful end to a beautiful day.  There could have been as many as 300 people camping there, and there is no record to ascertain who they could or should be looking for.  Trees were uprooted, trailers swept down stream, cabins destroyed....and children....many children, enjoying "family" time. My heart is so sad for all who have been, and will be, affected.  You just never know what the day ...or night...will bring.