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Posted on 07/05/2025 5:11:08 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
If true, there should not have been a problem.
“You knew this was coming...”
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― Tennessee Williams,
...Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(You could smell this one coming a mile away.)
The traditional use of military weather radar has abruptly ended (Hegseth), which makes me think our enemies were using our weather radar for bad purposes. DOGE came along and cut the programs too, but the military cut access to military satellite weather radar first.
But as others have said, rivers can have alerts for rising water - Texas needs to step up their game.
If true, there should not have been a problem.
However, as it was pointed out, whenever there is a natural disaster you can count on Texas to fail.
Let’s talk about Chinese balloon data gathered by O’Biden
Finger pointing intensifies. We know its Trump’s fault. /s
Indeed state taxes should be going toward things like. Each state has their own challenges with regard to natural disaster risk…
Gov DeSantis is so on top of things he sends out Florida first responders, electricians, builders, and the like to go to *other* states when THEY need help.
Standard hogwash...
The local politicians are the ones who should have issued a warning, based on past experience...
You answer this by asking if the National Weather Service without layoffs during the Biden admin was incompetent and was responsible for the surprise flooding in the Ashville and surrounding areas where many more people died and were left to die after the major floods.
DOGE cuts do not go into effect until October 1st so I don’t see how that could be the problem.
Yes that seems to be the conclusion; that TX never learns.
Abbot needs to take a page out of DeSantis’ book.
I have a free app on my phone, MyRadar, that lets me see all the current weather, weather warnings, and the forecast for 2-3 days.
It provides about two hours of doppler playback, so I can see the progression of weather fronts and rain amounts.
Was nobody equipped with a cell phone?
Parts of this area are not within cell phone range, or some people are at camp and intentionally off the grid.
“It is a legitimate question and deserves to be answered.”
Are you so suggestable that the mere positing of the question by a Trump hating paper makes you think it is legitimate?
The answer is no.
Thank you. The damn left wasted no time in finger-pointing. Couldn’t they at least wait until everyone has been rescued/recovered?
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I am surprised they waited as long as they did for this crap.
They new heavy rain was coming, and they did start issuing warnings beforehand.
You can see this initial warning at midnight:
https://x.com/NWSWPC/status/1941005820969255187
“As CNN has previously reported, the NWS issued a flood watch early Thursday afternoon that highlighted Kerr County as a place at high risk of flash flooding through the overnight. A flash flood warning was issued for Kerr County as early as around 1 a.m. CT on Friday. A more dire flash flood emergency warning was then issued for Kerr County at 4:03 a.m. CT, followed by another one for Kerrville at 5:34 a.m. CT.”
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