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mwmisses4289

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2. Love how texas officials are still trying to blame the NWS for their callous incompetence.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:49 AM

Jul 6

Several threads here on DU with links to local reporting indicate that the NWS issued warnings about the possibility of flooding some days before, and issued one of the earliest warnings at about 1a.m. on the 3rd. Kerr County officials didn't follow up until after 5a.m., some four hours after the NWS had issued their alert.

Put on your big boy pants, repubs, and acknowledge you fucked up big time.

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant At National Weather Servce Offices In Texas [View all] hatrack Jul 6 OP

No Meteorologist In Charge, No Senior Hydrologist, Staff Forecaster Or Warning Coordination Meteorologist hatrack Jul 6 #1

Love how texas officials are still trying to blame the NWS for their callous incompetence. mwmisses4289 Jul 6 #2

Criminals....all of those responsible for this horrible calamity democrank Jul 6 #3

"Rob Kelly said the county did not have a warning system because such systems are expensive, sop Jul 6 #4

Well said, gab13by13 Jul 6 #6

Saying that the residents wouldn't pay for an expensive warning system gab13by13 Jul 6 #5

It appears there wasn't a coordinated plan to evacuate SARose Jul 6 #7