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  • RontunerR Offline
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    Rontuner
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    #3

    Let's see which typical Republican response fits best for this situation:
    Thoughts and prayers
    People die
    They'll get over it

    Any others come to mind?

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    • RontunerR Offline
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      #4

      After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.

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      • NinaN Offline
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        Nina
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        #5

        We're all going to die sometime
        (Edit: that was in response to rontuner's request for typical MAGA responses, not my personal thoughts!)

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        • Piano*DadP Offline
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          Piano*Dad
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          I suspect Republicans will care, since most of the victims looked like them...

          Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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          • rustyfingersR Offline
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            rustyfingers
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            #7

            NPR 's timeline: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5457759/texas-floods-timeline

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            • A Offline
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              AndyD
              wrote last edited by AndyD
              #8

              The area is known as
              Flashflood Alley.

              Seems like 80 dead, half of those children.
              Must be incredibly dangerous for rescuers working in that refuse & pollution filled water.

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              • wtgW Offline
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                wtg
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                #9

                A camp that evacuated.

                https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-summer-camp-evacuation-a1cbf5cfa768b0869e5e299b8f7dfccf

                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                • wtgW Offline
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                  wtg
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                  #10

                  Team from Mexico helping.

                  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/mexico-firefighters-texas-flooding-search-rescue

                  When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                    AndyD
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                    BBC reports flood waters are now receding.
                    More than 160 people still missing, 111 dead 😢
                    Awful. Devastating.

                    Would some sort of warning siren system along the river area be feasible?

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                    • A AndyD

                      BBC reports flood waters are now receding.
                      More than 160 people still missing, 111 dead 😢
                      Awful. Devastating.

                      Would some sort of warning siren system along the river area be feasible?

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                      wtg
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                      #12

                      @AndyD said in Texas Floods:

                      Would some sort of warning siren system along the river area be feasible?

                      It was discussed as long ago as 2016. It didn't happen.

                      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202

                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      • RontunerR Offline
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                        #13

                        Responsible business should probably have weather radios which would serve the same purpose as sirens. Requiring such things and/or sirens in Republican strongholds has proven difficult to pass through government.

                        https://www.nbc4i.com/weather/noaa-weather-radios-an-essential-way-to-get-every-type-of-weather-alert/

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          #14

                          The political comments here are appalling.

                          “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                          ― Douglas Adams

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                            AndyD
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                            #15

                            Personally I'd add siren warning system to the jobs of Fire & Police services. Would it really cost a million dollars?

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                              #16

                              Not sure how the various law enforcement and fire protection agencies work in a rural area like this one in Texas.

                              It does seem like some of the government entities in that area have figured out cost effective ways to build a warning system without having to spend a million dollars.

                              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                @AndyD - here's an overview of the situation. Explains a lot.

                                https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/texas-floods-growth-kerr-county-camp-mystic/

                                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                  RealPlayer
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                                  #18

                                  My wife’s from Texas and attended one of those camps as a girl (not Mystic). At the one she attended, the housing was up a hill and substantially built. Only recreational activities took place near the water.

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                                    Steve Miller
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                                    #19

                                    Sounds very sensible.

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                                      wtg
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                                      #20

                                      At 4:22 a.m. on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff's Office to alert nearby residents, according to audio obtained by ABC affiliate KSAT. But Kerr County officials took nearly six hours to heed this call.

                                      "The Guadalupe Schumacher sign is underwater on State Highway 39," the firefighter said in the dispatch audio. "Is there any way we can send a CodeRED out to our Hunt residents, asking them to find higher ground or stay home?"

                                      "Stand by, we have to get that approved with our supervisor," a Kerr County Sheriff's Office dispatcher replied.

                                      The first alert didn't come through Kerr County's CodeRED system until 90 minutes later. Some messages didn't arrive until after 10 a.m. By then, hundreds of people had been swept away by the floodwaters.

                                      https://abcnews.go.com/US/kerr-county-officials-waited-90-minutes-send-emergency/story?id=123631023

                                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                        Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed himm

                                        https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/us/camp-mystic-owner-warnings-texas-flooding-invs

                                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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