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Vrede too wrote:
Tue Jul 08, 2025 7:22 pm
110 dead. NC's Helene toll is surpassed. :cry:

173 missing :o . Helene's national toll, 251, could be exceeded. Holy crap.

119 dead. 170 still missing. :(

Now NM, 500 miles away. Emotional ABC video of a teenage son talking to his mom, separate trees :o . Both were rescued. The family's 2 daughters were at Camp Mystic :shock: . Both survived. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Will blue NM receive the same federal support that red TX has?
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Well, Texas isn't getting much.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-respons ... 51684.html

ICE Barbie has to personally sign off on every expense over $100K.

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Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:42 pm
Well, Texas isn't getting much.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-respons ... 51684.html

ICE Barbie has to personally sign off on every expense over $100K.
:wtf: You wouldn't know that from Admin* press appearances. They ALWAYS self-promote and LIE.

:roll: I never asked but it might have cost us $100K just to go out the warehouse door with our full field hospital. :angry-banghead:
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O Really wrote:
Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:42 pm
Well, Texas isn't getting much.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-respons ... 51684.html

ICE Barbie has to personally sign off on every expense over $100K.
We're doomed.

For example, as central Texas towns were submerged in rising waters, FEMA officials realized they couldn’t pre-position Urban Search and Rescue crews from a network of teams stationed regionally across the country.

In the past, FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams, which are specifically trained for situations including catastrophic floods, closer to a disaster zone in anticipation of urgent requests, multiple agency sources told CNN.

But even as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, FEMA officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending those additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.
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Christian girls summer camp devastated by floods holds decades-long history with presidents, Texas politicos

More than two dozen children have died from the devastating flash floods gripping Texas' Hill Country, which is home to popular youth summer camps, including Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' summer program that holds deep roots with Texas politicians and presidential families stretching back decades.

Flash floods inundated Kerr County, Texas, and the surrounding area in central Texas' Hill Country early on the Fourth of July holiday. Warnings over the flooding were issued Thursday, but the devastation hit the area in the early morning hours of Friday, taking residents by surprise.

Kerr County, Texas, is home to a handful of youth summer camps, including Camp Mystic, a Christian girls summer camp established in 1926 by University of Texas football and basketball coach "Doc" Stewart.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/christ ... -politicos

Have you prayed for the families?
Oh, that's right, you don't do that sort of thing.
Why start now? In just a very short time this tragedy happened. Forty days & nights would have been much worse.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:49 pm
O Really wrote:
Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:42 pm
Well, Texas isn't getting much.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-respons ... 51684.html

ICE Barbie has to personally sign off on every expense over $100K.
We're doomed.

For example, as central Texas towns were submerged in rising waters, FEMA officials realized they couldn’t pre-position Urban Search and Rescue crews from a network of teams stationed regionally across the country.

In the past, FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams, which are specifically trained for situations including catastrophic floods, closer to a disaster zone in anticipation of urgent requests, multiple agency sources told CNN.

But even as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, FEMA officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending those additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.
TV News: No one was rescued after Friday, the day of the flood. :(

There were searchers, but we have to wonder if these pro teams would have made the difference for some survivors on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
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She wasn't done.

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Who would ever have thought Brownie's work would turn out to be so heroic in retrospect.

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