As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant At National Weather Servce Offices In Texas

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7. It appears there wasn't a coordinated plan to evacuate

The camps and the RV parks along the river.

I don’t know this for a fact. This is my opinion based on information I received by folks on the ground.

Why? Complacency? Been a while since the last catastrophe. This part of Texas has been in serious drought for years.

The little town of Sattler, Tx evacuated everyone along the Guadalupe River on Saturday. The NWS issued a river flood warning and this very small town got to work. The flooding along this stretch of the Guadalupe River is not from Kerrville. Sattler is just below the Canyon Lake dam. The water from Kerrville, Hunt and Ingram has been contained in the lake. The flooding in Sattler all the way to Gruene was not nearly as bad as Kerr County.

The focus right now continues to be search and rescue. Authorities don’t know exactly how many are missing because of day trippers to the hill country.

Once recovery is finished, people in Kerr County and the State need to know what failed and what can be done to mitigate a disaster in the future.

Btw not one word about FEMA helping anyone yet. Abbott told people to register with a Texas.gov website to get the ball rolling. After Ike, we registered directly with FEMA.

I think a lot of people don’t realize FEMA may not be there for them. We’ll wait and see since Abbott, Patrick, et al are such good buddies with the Prez. I’m not holding my breath.