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After the Flood

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Ainsley's Escape: Carrying Girls Through the Rising Flood

After the Flood · Jun 30, 2026 News

When water swept through her cabin door and knocked her off her feet, Ainsley Bishara didn't wait for orders. She broke out a screen window and carried girls through chest-deep water three at a time to a nearby pavilion — and then up a steep, rain-soaked hill as the water kept rising.

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The Storm Builds: July 3rd Night into the Early Hours of July 4th

At 7:25 · chapter starts 7:10

The episode traces the meteorological catastrophe that unfolded through the night of July 3–4, 2025. A storm system stalled over central Texas, repeatedly hammering the same area. Dick Eastland was awake and watching the weather when the first flash flood warning was issued at 1:14 AM. Less than 30 minutes later, Lucy Kennedy — in a cabin down the road from Ellen and Blakely — woke to thunder so violent it roused the whole cabin. By 2:14 AM, a normally dry creek cutting through the camp had become a torrent. The river was rising at a record rate, and time was running out.

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