In Texas this week, estimates, in 161, placed the number of people disappearing from the floods of the hill country, which is a difficult figure with at least 120 deaths confirmed by the authorities.
But the missing person tally cannot be as accurate as it seems.
Confusion and uncertainty can catch after a shocking disaster and, despite the best efforts by the local authorities, it can be difficult to tell how many people have reported the disappearance, really unaware. In 2018, some people in a list were found to be fine in 2018 after California’s camp fire wildfire. The count of death in 2023 Maura was 102, which was initially feared missing 1,100 people.
After the July flood in Texas, several hundred people were reported missing for officials in Cair County, said the Texas Department of Public Safety Director Freeman Martin. Investigators reduced that number by 161 by Tuesday, after knowing that some were counted twice and others were found alive.
Martin said, “There is nothing to celebrate about how well we have done this, but a lot of work is to be done.”
The officials announced a phone number and email address for the people to report missing friends or family.
Jonathan Lamb of Kerville Police Department said in a petition for the public on Wednesday, “We need to keep an accurate count, as much as possible,” Jonathan Lamb of the Keraville Police Department said in a petition for the public on Wednesday. “So if you have reported someone to disappear and they have safely recovered, please tell us.”
The floods sent water walls through the hill country in the middle of the night, killing at least 27 campers and consultants in the Camp Mystic, which was a century-old all-gourd Christian Summer Camp along the Gwadalup River. It is missing more than that camp and elsewhere.
The search in 88-Digry Fahrenheit Summer (31 ° C) has been made harder by overturning cars, trees, mud and other debris in view of cruel floods.
“We won’t stop until every missing person is accounted for,” said Gov Greg Abbott. “It is also known: a lot of possibilities can be added to that list.”
In 2017, more than 20 people died in Tubes Fire in Northern California. SGT. Juan Valencia of the Sonoma County Sheriff Office recalled that most of the 100 people who reported the disappearance to their agency were found safely.
He said that working through the list of names in one disaster is both careful and time consuming work.
“Put yourself in the shoes of a family member,” said Valencia. “They are worried about their loved ones. Are they really a disaster victim or have they probably lost their cellphone? Originally you start calling temporary shelters, family, friends check. You check the social media. That’s how we were able to receive many of them.”
And he admitted that there are different challenges in search of a water disaster victims.
“Sometimes you find them miles away,” said Valensia.
About 100 people were killed by the 2018 camp fire in California, although there was a list of 1,300 people at one point in the office of Batta County Sheriff.
Abbott said that Texas officials were trying to learn more about those who were not registered in a camp or a hotel for a holiday and left no paper or digital marks in the region. He had a firm message to contact the police about a missing person.
“If you do a mischief or provide false information, it is a crime. … So you can be better,” the Governor said.
