The Hunt Store was badly damaged by the Texas floods, but the owner vows to rebuild the landmark where Kinky Friedman and other music stars performed.

Using Fredericksburg as a proxy for the region, the average July rainfall over the last about 40 years is 2.2 inches. But most of the time, July seems to be closer to either extreme, whether it’s less than an inch or more than four.

Satellite imagery taken on Wednesday shows the devastating aftermath of the Fourth of July floods in Texas. The looped video below includes images of Camp Mystic near Hunt, Texas, where 27 girls and counselors were swept away early Friday morning by a flooded Guadalupe River.

Nearly a week after floodwaters swept away more than a hundred lives, Texas officials are facing heated questions over how much was – or was not – done in the early morning hours of Friday as a wall of water raced down the Guadalupe River.

The county’s largest city, Kerrville, declined to participate in a joint grant application that would have required a $50,000 contribution. Meanwhile in the nearby community of Comfort, a long, flat-three minute warning sound signifying flood danger helped evacuate the town of 2,

At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.

Governor Greg Abbott shook the hands of locals and volunteers before addressing the cameras with the latest on flood recovery efforts. The road into the community of Hunt, along the Guadalupe River, told a story of how quickly lives were changed there. On the ground, Governor Greg Abbott addressed reporters after surveying the destruction.