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Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead.Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night. Around dawn, floodwaters barreled into the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest that was packed with vacationing families.
The raging torrent poured through the valley with such force that it peeled asphalt off roads and bark off trees. Cabins dotting the river banks were severely damaged. Mobile homes lay on their sides.
Two dozen people were hospitalized. Authorities rescued 60 others.
These parents went camping by a RIVER! In the RAIN! How dare they take their children out of the city and drag them away from their computers where they were safe, and expose them to the danger of weather. Do they expect us to pay for all of this simply because they were camping on federal lands?
The Associated Press: Arkansas flash floods kill at least 16 people
See how stupid this attitude really sounds?