NEWS: Flooding in TX and NC Wipes Out Campgrounds, 2 New Motorhomes, New RV Water Heater

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this episode, we cover the tragic flash flooding in Texas Hill Country resulting in at least 95 deaths and extensive damage to RV parks and campgrounds. Plus, the impacts of tropical storm Chantal in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. We cover updates in RV technology, including AquaHot's new tankless water heater, the Wingamm Oasi from Italy, Grounded's electric motorhome, and more. Check out Hughes power protection products at https://hughesautoformers.com/ Find Parkography here: https://www.youtube.com/@parkographypodcast Get RV Miles HOMECOMING tickets and info here: https://rvmiles.com/homecoming/ Get your one-month free Mile Marker Membership at https://rvmiles.memberful.com/checkout?plan=96363 with code RVMILES. Subscribe to the RV Miles Podcast Channel: https://www.youtube.com/RVMilesPodcast. ******************************Connect with RV Miles: RV Miles Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rvmilesShop the RV Miles Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/rvmilesRV Miles Mailing List: https://rvmiles.com/mailinglistMile Marker Membership: https://rvmiles.com/milemarkers 00:00 Introduction00:19 Tragic Flooding in Texas Hill Country02:13 Tropical Storm Chantal's Impact on RVs03:50 Sponsor Message: Hughes Autoformers05:13 New RV Products and Updates06:58 European Motor Home Hits US Market08:15 Grounded G3 Electric Motor Home09:43 Coleman Camping Cot Recall10:24 New Boat Company with RV Ties11:35 Conclusion

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Epperson. This is RV Miles, and it's time for the latest in RV and camping news.
0:06.1	Welcome back, everybody. I'm on the road here in Charlottesville, Virginia, coming from inside the rig
0:11.2	because it is absolutely way too hot outside for me to be recording out there. It's like 92 degrees
0:17.4	and incredibly humid. Of course, the big news over the past week, tragedy struck the
0:22.8	heart of Texas Hill Country over the 4th of July weekend as catastrophic flash flooding
0:27.8	swept through Riverside communities, killing at least 95 people and leaving dozens more missing.
0:33.9	Among the hardest hit areas, as often is the case in disasters like this one,
0:38.3	where RV parks and campgrounds and trailer parks near the Guadalupe and Medina Rivers,
0:43.5	where rising waters swept away entire rigs in a matter of minutes. At the Blue Oaks RV park in
0:48.7	Ingram, owner Lauren Gehan encountered a horrifying scene. She and her husband raced from door to door of RVs trying to warn them to evacuate.
0:57.9	Quote, in about 40 minutes, we had 30 feet of water, she told NBC affiliate News 4 San Antonio.
1:04.0	Every single RV and vehicle was gone, washed away, she said.
1:08.2	A family of five camping near the river could not be reached in time.
1:11.6	Their rig and others ended up nearly a half mile downstream, forming what she called a wall of about 30 to 40 vehicles all smashed together.
1:20.6	In Bandera County deputies went door to door at Pioneer RV Park along the Medina River,
1:25.6	urging residents to evacuate.
1:31.4	Most complied quickly, shaken by the news of neighboring county's devastation.
1:37.1	Search and rescue efforts are ongoing with helicopters, boats, and divers scouring flood-stricken zones.
1:43.2	Officials say the Guadalupe River and Hunt rose more than 26 feet in just 45 minutes,
1:46.6	an unimaginable surge that washed away cabins, trailers,
1:52.2	and campsites in the dead of the night. The Kerr County Sheriff confirmed that at least 75 people have died there alone, including what I'm sure you've heard already about 27 children,
1:57.8	many from Camp Mystic, a historic all-girls summer camp situated along the river.
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