Is there anything infra-structurally or pre-planning wise the state govt could have had in place to alert people? Texas for all its accolades seems to be notorious for this things like big freezes, power grids going awry etc…
It’s inexplicable that every 5 miles or so down the river there isnt a flood gauge with a satellite connection. It could easily provide real time warning of impending flash floods. Also, Texas has abandoned the warning sirens in favor of the modern cell phone notification. Cell notifications can be useful here and there, but they are no substitute in the middle of the night for the Old Faithful tornado/air raid siren.
But it’s not like it ever floods in Texas, it’s not like Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and every blues singer in the world has a song about floods in Texas. It’s not like the Guadalupe has flooded countless times. And if you ask any more questions they’ll tell you about the heroic first responders, and tell you that you need to pray, and how they’re all one big family. If you ask again they’ll tell you the same thing.
Which has NOTHING to do with the state itself.
The geography of the US is what allows for those kinds of events to happen in that area.
And what happened was weather, not climate.