4 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Then there's this to consider:

 

 

 

Tragic, and we know who was not in the position, how quick he was to Blaim the sitting power for all their mistakes. The blaim game starts at once SH. 

5 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Then there's this to consider:

 

 

Actually, warnings have been diffused quite early.

Republicans lying and blaming others  as usual....

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20w16wz953o

5 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Then there's this to consider:

 

 

 

2 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Random cr@p from social media. How utterly pointless, except for the chance to clutch some pearls, of course.

 

14 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Talked to my daughter there, who is miles from the nearest river. Very sad, they still haven't found the 27 who were hit first. All those children who were camping and having fun wake up to this, with 15 gone already. Can't imagine what those parents are going through. A flood prone area with no early warning and when rain like this hits Texas, this happens, just like it did when I was there in 1987. 

With that and all the mass shootings it is quite a dangerous place for teenage girls.

3 hours ago, BLMFem said:

 

And here is a MAGA GOP politician bringing sanity and class into the mix....

 

MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods ‘Fake’: It’s ‘Murder’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-congressional-candidate-calls-texas-215509077.html

 

"Kandiss Taylor, who is running to represent Georgia in the House of Representatives, posted on X Saturday: “Fake weather. Fake hurricanes. Fake flooding. Fake. Fake. Fake.”

Her bizarre post came as authorities searched for dozens of people thought to have lost their lives in Texas’ flash floods. Of the 30 people confirmed dead so far, at least nine were children, and 27 girls are still missing from Camp Mystic, a riverside Christian camp in Hunt, Texas."

 

 

 

The whole country is full of looneys on both sides of politics, from the north to the south and east to west.

Strange people.

4 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

An early warning system anything like that would have given them time to get to higher ground, which was only a minute away from their cabins. 

Have to ask why didn’t they build the cabins on the higher ground?

Idiots.

10 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Why on Earth would you run a children's camp in "one of the most flash-flood-prone areas of the U.S."?! Why would you allow any housing structures or any building permits in such an area?! It also appears there were several warnings sent out to officials days ahead of time, and especially hours ahead of impending doom, all of which went ignored?! WTH is wrong with people?!

Greed and stupidity. Americanness 

14 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Texas is getting some early find out, thoughts and prayers.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/severe-weather-nws-trump-cuts

Find out what you nasty disgusting leftist.

11 hours ago, gargamon said:

Hmmm. NOAA staffing cuts, FEMA going away. Let's see how the red states get treated...

This is an example of the derangement displayed by the loony left. Disgusting. Latest death toll around 70. This will rise.

Tragic. As for red states this happened in TEXAS.

16 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Greed and stupidity. Americanness 

What a crass comment!

R.I.P. to the lost people!

4 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

An early warning system anything like that would have given them time to get to higher ground, which was only a minute away from their cabins. 

There were early warnings. What are you talking about?

25 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

With that and all the mass shootings it is quite a dangerous place for teenage girls.

What a sad person you must be to make such a disgusting post!!!!

4 hours ago, BLMFem said:

 

And here is a MAGA GOP politician bringing sanity and class into the mix....

 

MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods ‘Fake’: It’s ‘Murder’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-congressional-candidate-calls-texas-215509077.html

 

"Kandiss Taylor, who is running to represent Georgia in the House of Representatives, posted on X Saturday: “Fake weather. Fake hurricanes. Fake flooding. Fake. Fake. Fake.”

Her bizarre post came as authorities searched for dozens of people thought to have lost their lives in Texas’ flash floods. Of the 30 people confirmed dead so far, at least nine were children, and 27 girls are still missing from Camp Mystic, a riverside Christian camp in Hunt, Texas."

 

 

 

The big leader has other things to do: Trump slammed for 'hiding on golf course' as Texas flood death toll rises to 51 and 27 girls missing

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Ill let ya know after all the bodies are found and all the reports are in.

What a sickening response to such a subject!

Have you no compassion or sympathy for your fellow countrymen/women?

12 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

The big leader has other things to do: Trump slammed for 'hiding on golf course' as Texas flood death toll rises to 51 and 27 girls missing

The stupidity of the deranged left right here.

12 minutes ago, DezLez said:

What a sickening response to such a subject!

Have you no compassion or sympathy for your fellow countrymen/women?

Im not the one making this extreme natural disaster political, yet. I didnt start this sick topic.  Let the families mourn.

28 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

The big leader has other things to do: Trump slammed for 'hiding on golf course' as Texas flood death toll rises to 51 and 27 girls missing

Are you surprised he doesn’t care?

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Greed and stupidity. Americanness 

 

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Have to ask why didn’t they build the cabins on the higher ground?

Idiots.

 

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

The whole country is full of looneys on both sides of politics, from the north to the south and east to west.

Strange people.

Behold! Your America Hating neo National Socialist.

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

 

 

Behold! Your America Hating neo National Socialist.

So if it wasn’t greed or idiocy to put a kids camp in an area known to flood then what was it?

If the Thais had done similar they would be accused of idiocy.

So why not you guys?

7 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

So if it wasn’t greed or idiocy to put a kids camp in an area known to flood then what was it?

If the Thais had done similar they would be accused of idiocy.

So why not you guys?

ill let someone else address that, because even reading what you say makes me feel like I have fallen into a cesspool.

57 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

So if it wasn’t greed or idiocy to put a kids camp in an area known to flood then what was it?

If the Thais had done similar they would be accused of idiocy.

So why not you guys?

 

It was neither stupidity, nor greed to locate the camp there. Yes, it was a flood zone, but much of the USA is a flood or windstorm or earth movement zone.  The food risk was manageable. The japanese  and even the mainland Chinese manage to do so.

 

The national weather service is not to blame because the. flood risks were declared and warnings given. People did not listen and act responsibly. The federal government is not to blame because it was the state and the local community responsible for flood risk mitigation.

 

This Texas  business, Texas community, and the state itself chose not to have a risk management plan in place. A catastrophe risk management program would have seen;

- The camp take precautions once the flood threat was declared. This would have had the children move to a safer place for the duration of the storm  if a flood risk was declared.

- The local county would have installed a local warning system such as a  siren or an automated phone messaging system that would call all residents to warn of the threat and the steps to take. The local county residents did not want to pay for the warning system. Now the locals can take responsibility for their own poor choices.

- The state did not require a children's camp to have a catastrophe response plan.  The state did not require the local county to have a catastrophe  warning system in place.

 

The failure to minimize the flood risk exposure rests solely with the local community and the state itself.

 

4 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

The failure to minimize the flood risk exposure rests solely with the local community and the state itself.

AS to solely NY Times headline this AM:

 

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

With that and all the mass shootings it is quite a dangerous place for teenage girls.

Nowhere near as dangerous as a place where females are looked at as secondary from birth, and where up to 70% are molested , many in schools, before they turn 18. Educate yourself by actually living in a country for years before you comment on things you know nothing about besides videos.

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

There were early warnings. What are you talking about?

The camps had the usual flash flood warnings that happen when rain is predicted. This was not the usual although they should have taken to higher ground buildings in the camp because this has happened in the past on the Guadalupe, the last time in 1987. The water rose so quickly they had little chance to get out as they were asleep when it started. What he referred to was a siren that would signal water rising in a river where it's usually very slow moving. Flash floods happen so fast in Texas because of ground conditions and feeder creeks, along with water coming down off mountains. I lived there 32 years, near this, and my children are still there, one withing a few miles of the Guadalupe River. 

7 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Greed and stupidity. Americanness 

Natural disasters happen worldwide and the main thing is that people shouldn't live where they can happen, including beaches, near volcanoes, next to flood prone rivers or creeks, in tornado alley. Think for a second how many resorts are built near water, a reason they're built there, including where you live. Remember the tsunami that hit Thailand?If you want to live in these areas you take a risk.

 

The Mississippi River delta areas, where thousands live to farm, is flooded many times, but it's one of the biggest farming areas worldwide.

 

People live near volcanoes, because they think they might not erupt again.

 

Oceans have ports with millions living near them, where we get much of our imports and fish from, but hurricanes happen there.

 

The US Midwest, another of the worlds biggest farming areas, has tornadoes every year, but where would all that grain and vegetables come from if it was shut down and everyone chose a safer place to live? Yes, a lot of it is greed, but it happens in every country, and it isn't stupid needing farm produce which can't be grown in deserts. You need to think before you put down the US, as your country also has it's share of ignorance and greed.

Head of local weather warnings takes early retirement as NOAA cuts continue

Updated: Apr 21, 2025 / 09:02 PM CDT

 

 

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Paul Yura, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio office, has announced he has taken the early retirement offer as part of NOAA’s recent cuts to personnel and budget.

 

Yura has over 32 years experience, spending more than half of his career at the NWS Austin/San Antonio office. In the process, he gained tremendous experience understanding local weather patterns while ensuring timely warnings get disseminated to the public in a multitude of ways.

 

The warning coordination meteorologist (WCM) is a senior role at a local NWS office. According to NOAA, “The WCM coordinates the warning function of the office with the outside world. This would include heading the Skywarn Program, conducting spotter training and being a voice to the local media for the office.”

 

As for a replacement to the WCM, the current hiring freeze, as mentioned by Yura in his message, may make filling that role more challenging.

 

https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/head-of-local-weather-warnings-takes-early-retirement-as-noaa-cuts-continue/

Death toll hits 80.

8 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Find out what you nasty disgusting leftist.

The consequences of gutting the NWS, I provided a link which discusses the risks of doing so before this tragedy occurred,

 

Lives lost for tax cuts to the hyper wealthy, you nasty disgusting rightwing reactionary.

8 hours ago, dinsdale said:

The stupidity of the deranged left right here.

I am not left, stupidity of MAGA people calling anyone who has a different opinion a lefty.

One of my good friends lost his 9yr old daughter in the flood. She was one of the kids at Camp