Bone rattling thunder echoed through the Texas Hill Country on July 4 as heavy rains triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River.
The fire department awoke residents of an RV park in Ingram, about 60 yards away from the water, by yelling on bull horns and knocking on doors.
Thomas Rux was one of them. In a panic, all he had time to think about was grabbing his keys and his wallet as he made his way to the entrance of the park. He had nowhere else to go, so he sat there.
His alarm company called him to alert him the door to his RV was breached. He watched his belongings float out of the park entrance and down the road. At that moment, he knew his trailer was lost to flood waters.
Read more of his story below:
Thomas Rux was awoken in his mobile home by the fire department yelling on bull horns and knocking doors, evacuating a RV Park in Ingram, about 60 yards away from the Guadalupe River.