The flooding all through the Hill Nation and Central Texas through the 4th of July Vacation has prompted catastrophic injury, value at the least 43 lives within the flood on the Guadalupe River flood with these numbers anticipated to go up dramatically, together with scores presently unaccounted for, together with 27 younger women at Camp Mystic on the river’s shore.
Although a lot of the media protection has been centered across the Kerrville space, areas as far north as Georgetown, Texas and Burnet County north of Austin have additionally skilled damaging and lethal flooding, with at the least three individuals killed within the flood in Burnett County and northwest Travis County.
Central Texas and the Hill Nation are the guts of the music scene in Texas, housing many musicians, and plenty of legendary venues. One such venue is the Hunt Retailer in Hunt, Texas. First opened in 1946, it was the group grocery retailer, music venue, bar, restaurant, and even housed a financial institution for a few years. It’s been owned by John Dunn since 2013.
Together with the historic dance halls in Texas, in lots of rural central Texas communities, these “shops” would even be the multi-functional gathering place for communities. The Hunt Retailer was one of the crucial well-known and vibrant of the Texas group shops.
“It’s gone,” an area Hunt resident instructed Information 4 out of San Antonio. “The (authentic) constructing continues to be right here as you may see. But it surely’s simply destroyed.” One aspect of the venue’s limestone partitions and porch posts nonetheless stay. However the entrance partitions had been fully blown out, and the again portion that housed the stage and the dance flooring struggling main injury. The Hunt Submit Workplace that was close by not exists.
“The shop was greater than only a retailer the place you possibly can go to purchase staples and a beer or a hamburger, or no matter. It was a social assembly level.”
The Hunt Retailer options each native artists in addition to artists touring by means of the area. Dallas Moore and Pauline Reese had just lately performed the legendary stage. “I actually simply performed on the Hunt Retailer Stage on Wednesday Night time,” Dallas Moore says. “The injury and destruction we’re seeing at the moment is simply unimaginable.”
“We’re completely devastated,” co-owner Haley instructed 92.3 The Ranch. “We’re going to be updating our web site, and assembly with the preservation society to see what we will do … we’re going to attempt to save the historic half.”
Gruene Corridor in close by New Braunfels formally cancelled tonight’s efficiency by Josh Weathers because it continues to rain in central Texas because of the remnants of a tropical storm, and different occasions have been cancelled as effectively.
A number of advantages and fundraisers are being deliberate all through the area to assist with cleanup and rebuilding efforts. Saving Nation Music can have extra data on these efforts as they arrive collectively.
