How about the NOAA and NWS cuts?Vrede too wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:14 pmWith all the other abominations going on, including 12M losing Medicaid :angry-banghead: , I haven't heard anything about the FEMA cuts lately. Y'all?
Maybe we'll have to wait for the first hurricane. :problem:
14 children in Texas are among the 37 dead from flash floods as the search continues for the missing
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others missing after a wall of water blasted down a river in the Texas Hill Country. The storm killed at least 32 people, including 14 children.
The destructive fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 meters) in just 45 minutes before daybreak Friday, washing away homes and vehicles.
26 feet!
That's what happened here. It was still dark on Friday morning when we got blasted.... Authorities were coming under growing scrutiny Saturday over whether the camps and residents in places long vulnerable to flooding received proper warning and whether enough preparations were made....
Raging storm hit camp in middle of the night
Some 27 children were among the missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the river, he said....
AccuWeather said the private forecasting company and the National Weather Service sent warnings about potential flash flooding hours before the devastation.
“These warnings should have provided officials with ample time to evacuate camps such as Camp Mystic and get people to safety,” AccuWeather said in a statement that called the Hill Country one of the most flash-flood-prone areas of the U.S. because of its terrain and many water crossings.
Officials defended their actions while saying they had not expected such an intense downpour that was the equivalent of months' worth of rain for the area.
One National Weather Service forecast earlier in the week "did not predict the amount of rain that we saw,” said Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Helicopters, drones used in frantic search for missing
... Authorities said about 850 people had been rescued. U.S. Coast Guard helicopters were flying in to assist.
One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet Saturday after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.
“We still have people coming here looking for their loved ones. We’ve had a little success, but not much,” said Bobby Templeton, superintendent of Ingram Independent School District....
‘No one knew this kind of flood was coming’
The forecast for the weekend had called for rain, with a flood watch upgraded to a warning overnight Friday for at least 30,000 people. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the potential for heavy rain and flooding covered a large area.
“Everything was done to give them a heads up that you could have heavy rain, and we’re not exactly sure where it’s going to land," Patrick said. "Obviously as it got dark last night, we got into the wee morning of the hours, that’s when the storm started to zero in.”
There were NWS warnings, but people are questioning whether they were assertive enough. Being nighttime were cell phone alarms adequately utilized? Were Emergency Services adequately mobilized by NWS? These questions will inevitably include the effects of DonOLD's NWS and NOAA cuts.Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the county's chief elected official, said: “We do not have a warning system.”
When pushed on why more precautions weren't taken, Kelly said no one knew this kind of flood was coming....
:think: Xtian camps in rural Texas - There were unconfirmed reports of leopards roaming during the night.
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