Texas officials long feared for riverbank summer camps. A warning system was rejected as too expensive

[Dutch Uncle]

Someone monitoring a NOAA radio at the camp when rain and flooding is forecast would have prevented this disaster. NOAA weather radios are less than $50 each.

Thanks for, once again, Ms. Fat Lame, proving you are neither a doctor nor a Christian.

 

[Lionfish]

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Officials in Kerr County, Texas, had long been concerned about kids’ summer camps along the banks of the Guadalupe River, an area known as “flash flood alley.”

The camps in the idyllic Texas Hill Country, where children from the surrounding big cities of San Antonio, Austin and Fredericksburg came to fish, horseback ride, and snorkel, relied on a word-of-mouth system from camps further up river when it came to flooding, according to The New York Times.

But in 2015, a flood in Wimberley, 75 miles east of Kerrville, killed 13 people and hundreds of homes were destroyed and damaged when the Blanco River crested to nearly 30 feet in a matter of hours.

It brought the dangers of flash flooding front of mind for officials in Kerr County who debated at local meetings whether to bolster their flood emergency system with weather sirens now used by other cities.

Tom Moser, a former Kerr County commissioner, proposed that Kerrville establish a similar system to one that had been put in place in Wimberley.

But it was deemed to expensive by fellow commissioners.

Texas officials long feared for riverbank summer camps. A warning system was rejected as too expensive

Camp Mystic, the Christian girl’s camp, reported that 27 campers and staffers had been killed in last week’s flash flooding

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“It sort of evaporated,” Moser, who retired in 2021, told The Times. “It just didn’t happen.”

Guano you feckless moron. There were plenty of warnings sent out long before this unprecedented disaster happened. Get your head out of your ass.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Guano you feckless moron. There were plenty of warnings sent out long before this unprecedented disaster happened. Get your head out of your ass.

Soooo....blame the victims, amirite, Legina? LOL

A flood warning system was denied because it cost too much. That's on Texas. Cutting staffing and the most experienced employees to save money is on your Pedophile-in-Chief.

 

[Cypress]

Soooo....blame the victims, amirite, Legina? LOL

A flood warning system was denied because it cost too much. That's on Texas. Cutting staffing and the most experienced employees to save money is on your Pedophile-in-Chief.

It's also widely understood that climate change will result in more of these extreme storm runoff events, and we are supposed to have been preparing to adapt to a new climate reality. But Republican state and federal government leaders refuses to even talk about climate change, let alone prepare for it.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

It's also widely understood that climate change will result in more of these extreme storm runoff events, and we are supposed to have been preparing to adapt to a new climate reality. But Republican state and federal government leaders refuses to even talk about climate change, let alone prepare for it.

I'm curious to see how Trump reacts when Florida is hit by another Cat 5.

It's also clear Trump is still biased in distribution of Federal funds. He denied the Blue governor of NC funds for cleanup but is dumping a ton of cash onto the Red governor of TX.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

I'm curious to see how Trump reacts when Florida is hit by another Cat 5.

It's also clear Trump is still biased in distribution of Federal funds. He denied the Blue governor of NC funds for cleanup but is dumping a ton of cash onto the Red governor of TX.

Gov. Josh Stein tours flooded Mebane, urges preparedness as state awaits emergency services budget

Gov. Josh Stein visited Lake Michael Park in Mebane, one of the areas most impacted by Tropical Depression Chantal, to assess flood damage and highlight the critical role of proactive government measures in averting disaster.

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