Talk:1987 Comfort flood

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Rename to 1987 Guadalupe River flood?

It's not immediately clear what the "Comfort" is in the title, considering that Comfort isn't even a city, it's an unincorporated community. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:18, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, 1987 Guadalupe River flood is the common name for this as shown in the cited sources, and it affected more than Comfort. The "1987 Guadalupe River Flood". NOAA's National Weather Service. October 2, 2019. is cited twice, attributed to US Department of Commerce, NOAA. It says the massive flood wave that traveled down the Guadalupe River through Ingram, Kerrville, and eventually Comfort, Texas.
The following shows wider relevance; Forrester, Megan (8 July 2025). "Deadly floods at Camp Mystic: How the tragedy compares to a similar event in 1987". ABC News. Retrieved 25 July 2025.</ref> That tragedy on July 17, 1987, known as the Guadalupe River Flood, began when 5 to 10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the Guadalupe River basin, which resulted in a "massive flood" that traveled down the river through Ingram, Hunt -- near Camp Mystic -- Kerrville and Comfort, Texas, according to reports from the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. .... Then at 4:30 a.m., an alert was released saying officials at camps along the river -- including Camp Mystic -- "should have everyone well away from the flood plain and to high ground already," according to the report from officials. Five minutes later, Camp Mystic officials said they had "polled camps in the area and all campers are accounted for," according to the report. . . dave souza, talk 12:05, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]