4 homeless in Austin flood culvert
A flood of Shoal Creek in Austin caught four people experiencing homelessness in a dangerous drainage culvert; two were rescued and two died.
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Amber Alerts, Floods, and Austin Homeless Tragedy
At 12:52 · chapter starts 11:20
A tangent about parental vigilance at bars leads to a riff on how frequently Amber Alerts fire in Texas, with the guys noting that the Houston-San Antonio-Dallas triangle seems to generate a disproportionate number of child abduction alerts. The conversation turns darker when Lemaire Lee confirms a real story: Shoal Creek in Austin flooded and caught four people experiencing homelessness in a drainage culvert — two were rescued, and a man and a woman died [1] — Lemaire Lee "4 homeless in Austin flood culvert: A flood of Shoal Creek in Austin caught four people experiencing homelessness in a dangerous drainage c…" 12:52 . The hosts briefly try to find humor in the absurdity (Shane muses that at least the two victims might have been lovers, like something from Pompeii) before acknowledging the tragedy sincerely. Shane delivers a pseudo-PSA: no matter how far outside society you feel, you still have a personal responsibility to stay away from stormwater management channels.
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