They got watches a day ahead of time and warnings 3 hours ahead of time... I get the whole just blame Trump thing is the go to, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to just read lol. Those cuts DID NOT affect the NWS issuing alerts. They brought in extra people to cover the event. I don't get how this is hard to understand, to be honest. The problem came at the local level because they refused to build storm sirens even after receiving funding for it.
No FEMA. Severe Central Texas flooding
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National Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts
Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.
www.nbcnews.com
Staffing Cuts at NWS and the Tragic Flooding in Texas - FactCheck.org
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause...
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Some Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says
Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.
www.cbsnews.com
Texas Floods: A timeline of NWS alerts
Warnings went out Thursday night but most were asleep.
www.wusa9.com
Some of you sound just like those folks on the other side that refuse to listen to reason. The NWS did what they were supposed to do, the locals did not.
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The Federal people had a little bit to do with the situation, but I blamed the local officials and Texas officials for this issue more soNational Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts
Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.
Staffing Cuts at NWS and the Tragic Flooding in Texas - FactCheck.org
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause...
Some Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says
Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.
Texas Floods: A timeline of NWS alerts
Warnings went out Thursday night but most were asleep.
Some of you sound just like those folks on the other side that refuse to listen to reason. The NWS did what they were supposed to do, the locals did not.
Because that's whose fault it was. Those camps shouldn't have been allowed to be built on a flood plane for one. They should've had storm sirens secondly. Trump is a piece of shit that's gutting the government no question. However, that's not what this situation was about. Being inept at the local level fucked those folks. It was the citizens there that refused to pay for the sirens because they didn't want to accept money from Biden.
Time for Texans to push wheel chair Jimmy off a roof
Where in the world is the FEMA head? Agency leader hasn’t been seen in over a week sparking concern
David Richardson has made no public appearances or statements following his appointment on May 8
Gustaf Kilander
11 July 2025
www.the-independent.com
FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson
David Richardson has made no public appearances or statements following his appointment on May 8
Gustaf Kilander
11 July 2025
FEMA leader hasn’t been seen in over a week sparking concern
David Richardson has made no public appearances or statements following his appointment on May 8
www.the-independent.com
FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson
Agreed. It’s a tough pillow to swallow because folks want to desperately blame Trump admin, but this problem is a long history of people not paying attention to warnings.
This was happening before the Trump admin and the NWS was already understaffed prior. Few discusses how extremely challenging it is to get a job at NOAA. The understaffing was their own doing long before Trump arrived with the cuts. But people not listening to warnings have been going on a long while. I can go on and on about NOAA’s hiring processes and how “club-ish” it can be. Folks not seeing the several thousand old ass white men running all the high positions preventing up and coming talent from earning jobs. Folks not seeing how NOAA had an entire presentation at the American Meteorological Society conference about how difficult it is to get hired there. It’s not because of lack of talent across the nations. It’s because they have systematically made it difficult to give anyone a shot that isn’t closely networked with major universities.
This tragedy was unavoidable, but there could have been some measures of prevention.
Fuck Texas.
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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending. By � Terri Langford � and � Dan Keemahill �...
www.dailykos.com
yep......round 2 hitting them now......
Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?
As days have turned into weeks, the number of missing, still stubbornly high, may be the flood’s biggest lingering question. The total in Kerr County, the epicenter of the disaster, dropped this week to 97 from 173, and then stalled, raising still more questions. At least four others are missing or unidentified from Travis County, just east of Kerr. And one person — Mr. Phillips — is missing from Burnet County, and still others across the region might be out there.
By Orlando Mayorquín and Pooja Salhotra, Orlando Mayorquín reported from Kerr County and San Antonio, Texas, Pooja Salhotra from Burnet County and Kerr County.
July 19, 2025
Jermaine Jarmon lost his longtime partner, Alissa Martin, and his 15-year-old son, Braxton Jarmon, in the floods when their home was wiped out. His daughter, Felicity, 16, was still missing as of Thursday.
As days have turned into weeks, the number of missing, still stubbornly high, may be the flood’s biggest lingering question. The total in Kerr County, the epicenter of the disaster, dropped this week to 97 from 173, and then stalled, raising still more questions. At least four others are missing or unidentified from Travis County, just east of Kerr. And one person — Mr. Phillips — is missing from Burnet County, and still others across the region might be out there.
By Orlando Mayorquín and Pooja Salhotra, Orlando Mayorquín reported from Kerr County and San Antonio, Texas, Pooja Salhotra from Burnet County and Kerr County.
July 19, 2025
Jermaine Jarmon lost his longtime partner, Alissa Martin, and his 15-year-old son, Braxton Jarmon, in the floods when their home was wiped out. His daughter, Felicity, 16, was still missing as of Thursday.
They are really trying to go quiet on thisWhy Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?
As days have turned into weeks, the number of missing, still stubbornly high, may be the flood’s biggest lingering question. The total in Kerr County, the epicenter of the disaster, dropped this week to 97 from 173, and then stalled, raising still more questions. At least four others are missing or unidentified from Travis County, just east of Kerr. And one person — Mr. Phillips — is missing from Burnet County, and still others across the region might be out there.
By Orlando Mayorquín and Pooja Salhotra, Orlando Mayorquín reported from Kerr County and San Antonio, Texas, Pooja Salhotra from Burnet County and Kerr County.
July 19, 2025
Jermaine Jarmon lost his longtime partner, Alissa Martin, and his 15-year-old son, Braxton Jarmon, in the floods when their home was wiped out. His daughter, Felicity, 16, was still missing as of Thursday.
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