Hindsight is always 20/20.
State of Texas has been running in the black for at least that long, so there is no excuse for not funding it. Currently the state is dropping big bucks on school security. Flood warning is also security
Why couldn’t Kerr Country prioritize the flood warning system and pay for it themselves? What was a higher priority budget item? Why did they have to push those costs to the state?
Gate. Horse. Barn.
Don’t they have sirens? Anywhere there are tornadoes they should have them.
bttt
Trump was president 8 years ago, so it’s still Trump’s fault.
/sarc
An upgraded flood warning system would have been nice to have but probably would have made little difference
There were warnings in place that should have put people on notice to evacuate to higher ground or to have someone stay up during the night to monitor the situation
Kerr was hit with so much rain so fast that people had little time to respond by the time the flood sensors showed flash flood waters were on the way
The county can’t afford $1 million? Bullfeathers. Sounds like blame misdirection to me. That’s a handful of SUV cruisers and overweight sheriff’s deputies for a year.
The system worked. AccuWeather and NWS were spot on and warned back to July 2. Some ignored the eventual grave flash flood warnings and didn’t ANTICIPATE the intensity of the flooding. I’m shocked that camps of that magnitude didn’t have protocols, procedures, communication and night shift personnel for SHTF contingencies like this.
Kerr County can’t pay for a flood warning system?
What do they do with their taxes?
Maybe they need a better grant writer...
The whole theme of the hill country is natural beauty. That’s why out-of-state people flock there. Miles of power lines and towers don’t exactly fit in. Maybe now there is a way to set something up that is aesthetically pleasing. Otherwise, make it a requirement for everyone staying overnight in the area to have a satellite phone.
Nothing is stopping Kerr County from doing this on their own. Quit passing the buck.
Closing that barn door that was deliberately left open several years ago.
So all of us should move into areas prone to earthquake, tornados, hurricanes, wildfire and floods so government can provide us with early warning systems and protect us from what nature can wreak.
I am surprised they didn't have Lena "the Comrade" Hildago co-author an op-ed with world renown intellectual Jasmine Crockett about why Trump, Dan Patrick, and Ken Paxton should be charged for manslaughter.
Money would be better spent on a $50 emergency radio and trained staff with an evacuation plan.
Sirens are obsolete and cellular coverage is unreliable. This is why $30 NOAA weather radios exist. But even with SAME there are so many alerts that people ignore them.
So let’s start with “What will it take for true emergency warnings not to be ignored”?