Current Events > flash flooding hit Texas - at least 13 people have died; 20+ missing

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Death toll stands at 18 adults and 9 children with more than 25 children still missing according to CNN. Hoping for more miracles like the girl found in a tree

Death toll stands at 18 adults and 9 children with more than 25 children still missing according to CNN. Hoping for more miracles like the girl found in a tree

It's not FEMA, it's what happened to the NWS.

Wow, at some of the posts in this topic. Simply abysmal. I really hope more people are found alive. RIP to those deceased.

How about stop being mean to those who just had their children drown?

Yes, republicans are evil and the people who vote for them are idiots. But its really disgusting how many people in this thread are pointing and laughing at victims of a horrible tragedy.

But warnings were actually issued here

But there's definitely a lot of "they caused their own suffering" and maybe some hope that they'll take it to heart and prevent it from happening to anyone else. That they'll learn from their mistakes that cost them so dearly.

"These people deserve to suffer because their state voted for Trump" - Guy from a country that voted for Trump

As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian DOGE cuts earlier this year under Trump, with no reason given except for the need to cut a paltry amount of the governments budget, experts warned repeatedly that the cuts would have deadly consequences during the storm season. And they have.

Dozens and dozens of stories have been written in the media citing hundreds of experts which said that weather forecasting was never going to be the same, and that inaccurate forecasts were going to lead to fewer evacuations, impaired preparedness of first responders, and deadly consequences. I quoted many of them in my daily Bulletins and wrote about this issue nearly 20 different times.

And the chickens have come home to roost. Hundreds of people have already been killed across the US in a variety of storms including deadly tornadoes - many of which were inaccurately forecasted. And we are just entering peak hurricane season. Meteorologist Chris Vagasky posted earlier this spring on social media: The worlds example for weather services is being destroyed.

Now, after severe flooding in non-evacuated areas in Texas has left at least 24 dead with dozens more missing, including several young girls at a summer camp, Texas officials are blaming their failure to act on a faulty forecast by Donald Trumps new National Weather Service gutted by cuts to their operating budget and most experienced personnel.

At a press conference last night, one official said: The original forecast we received on Wednesday from the National Weather Service predicted 3-6 of rain in the Concho Valley and 4-8 of rain in the hill country. The amount of rain that fell in these locations was never in any of their forecasts. Everybody got the forecast from the National Weather Service. They did not predict the amount of rain that we saw.

Reuters published a story just a few days ago, one of many warning about this problem: In May, every living former director of the NWS signed on to an open letter with a warning that, if continued, Trumps cuts to federal weather forecasting would create needless loss of life. Despite bipartisan congressional pushback for a restoration in staffing and funding to the NWS, sharp budget cuts remain on pace in projections for the 2026 budget for the NOAA, the parent organization of the NWS.

But Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose agency oversees NOAA, testified before Congress on June 5 that the cuts wouldnt be a problem because we are transforming how we track storms and forecast weather with cutting-edge technology. Under no circumstances am I going to let public safety or public forecasting be touched. Apparently the cutting edge technology hasnt arrived yet.

And now presumably FEMA will be called upon to help pick up the pieces of shattered lives in Texas - an agency that Trump said repeatedly that he wants to abolish. In fact, Trumps first FEMA director Cameron Hamilton was fired one day after he testified before Congress that FEMA should not be abolished.

The voters of Texas decided that they wanted Donald Trump and Greg Abbott to be in charge of the government services they received. That is exactly what they are getting. And as of this writing on Saturday morning, Trump still hasnt said a word about the storm and the little girls who were killed at the camp.

However, Trump was seen dancing on the balcony of the White House last night celebrating the latest round of cuts in his budget bill that just became law so billionaires and corporations can have huge tax cuts. People are dying and more will die because of their recklessness, just like we saw during covid. And now millions wont even have health insurance to deal with the consequences.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/texas-officials-blame-agency-gutted?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My heart goes out to the children impacted by this, but we've been speaking about how this was going to be a devastating hurricane season due to Trump and Doge. We're only going to be seeing more and more of this in this first year of Trump's cuts to the NWS and FEMA. This is going to be a very rough and tragic 4 years for this nation, and we're only here due to the voters just not giving a shit about anything. Apathy kills.

Death toll stands at 18 adults and 9 children with more than 25 children still missing according to CNN. Hoping for more miracles like the girl found in a tree

Yeah, I live in the Round Rock area. I work in Austin, so if need be, we can go up to the roof.
Wife says that the rain is past them so at least it seems like my family is ok. The part of Round Rock we're in isn't a flood zone, so I think that everything should be good on my end.

Glad to hear that it seems like you're doing well. I was actually just wondering about you.

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It will all be further exacerbated by climate change, too. Prediction models from data scientists need to be updated, but they've all been turfed. Literal hurricanes crossing mountain ranges. Good luck, Tornado Alley.

but they've all been turfed

My father keeps on insisting that he's safe from hurricanes cause he lives in the mountains so he barely even notices them. But every year they're only getting stronger and more devastating.

Did he not see last year when the hurricane climbed three quarters of the elevation of the Appalachians, and hit communities who'd never heard the word hurricane before?

How does he possibly think he could still be untouchable after watching that?

An update was given

18 adults deceased
14 children deceased
27 people still missing, mainly children.

Kneejerk reactions much?
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25 girls are missing.

"Snuck out day before". APPARENTLY NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED TO SOME CE accounts. PLS ask the ai.

Yeah, girls sneak out to town--- even from a remote camp. Human ingenuity.

I think this us a prefered outcome to their being hurt by the flood.

But warnings were actually issued here

Kneejerk reactions much?
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25 girls are missing.

"Snuck out day before". APPARENTLY NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED TO SOME CE accounts. PLS ask the ai.

Yeah, girls sneak out to town--- even from a remote camp. Human ingenuity.

I think this us a prefered outcome to their being hurt by the flood.

To the people saying everyone in my state deserves to suffer because the state voted for Trump, children fucking drowned.

Look I'm not happy that we have to keep bailing out states who continue to gut services and funding for disasters but people are going next level gross here.

Good grief.

I won't pretend I don't get schadenfreude. Those instances of someone being a racist asshole only to start crying and begging for forgiveness once it goes viral? Damn that's that good shit!

But guys, people fucking died here. Some of them children. Have some fucking class.