If this is the kind of toxic denialism and attitude present in the TX politicians, nothing will change. And it’s this kind of attitude why it likely got this bad in the first place. Have some humility. Please.
Not EVERY death can be prevented, but many could have...IN *THIS* particular instance. In *THIS* flood. Period. And the parents know that and that’s what makes their devastation sting even more. Measures were not in place, financial investments and budgets were not set aside even when the issue of an updated flood alert system was brought up for YEARS, and protocols were completely lacking both at the political level and at the camp level. It was human negligence through and through.
“Cile’s life ended, not because of an unavoidable act of nature, but because of preventable failures on just her fifth day of camp,” Steward said, breaking into tears.
And again no blame by you towards the camp owners, are you saying they did no know it was on a flood plain.
How many children died in all of the CA fires?
Have you lambasted CA and YOUR Gov for the ineptitude that caused all of those deaths?
Have you laid out exactly what needs to be done to prevent further atrocities???
This was a catastrophic and horrific event ... for these families and for Texas.
Go fix your own state before chiding another.
As with Cile’s family ... hundreds of other Texas families ... generations attended camps, over the decades, at Camp Mystic.
Give it a rest, Condo.