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In reply to the discussion: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show [View all]RussBLib
(9,994 posts)26. It appears Kerr County DID have a warning system
...but they didn't activate it until 2 days after the floods. And as we have heard, Camp Mystic has a no tech policy, so they would not have heard them even if the system was activated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/07/11/texas-flooding-alerts-kerr-county-emergency/
Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods
Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.
The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing had the technology to turn every cellphone in the river valley into a blaring alarm, but local officials did not do so before or during the early-morning hours of July 4 as river levels rose to record heights, inundating campsites and homes, a Washington Post examination found.
Kerr County officials, who have come under increasing scrutiny for their actions as the Guadalupe River began to flood, eventually sent text-message alerts that morning to residents who had registered to receive them, according to screenshots of the texts. But The Posts review of emergency notifications that night found that even as a federal meteorologist warned of deteriorating conditions and catastrophic risk, county officials did not activate a more powerful notification tool they had previously used to warn of potential flooding. The National Weather Service sent its own alerts through this system, beginning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4.
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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jul 12
OP
The thing is that if the warning sirens had been installed and the campers instructed to move to places above
LiberalArkie
Jul 12
#12
Biden or Obama.. Always. They are incapable of admitting any fault. Part of southern conservatism
LiberalArkie
Jul 12
#22
Keep in mind, the constant maggot complaint about how over-regulation stifles growth and limits our freedom
3Hotdogs
Jul 12
#3
To be crude--no important people died--this will fade away in a week or so..........
riversedge
Jul 12
#4
It's far too early to talk about flood control. Thoughts and prayers are the most that can be done...
Ol Janx Spirit
Jul 12
#6
Is this some of that burdensome regulation and red tape that they're always crying about?
Americanme
Jul 12
#15
Imagine the fun that will ensue if Team Trump finds a way to sell off Public Lands
Attilatheblond
Jul 12
#31
Once in a century, and it ended up being far stronger than predicted. Act of God perhaps?
Lancero
Jul 12
#20
FEMA has a flood map tool - I put the camp address in and here is their map
BumRushDaShow
Jul 12
#24
So this is what happens when Republicans push for, and get, "looser regulations."
Beartracks
Jul 12
#29