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Chopper

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  1. There may be reason for concern.
  2. This is also news - it's not just more frequent storms, and more water in the atmosphere to be aware of, but the “trapping” effect that causes weather such as heat domes or rainstorms to remain over one region is becoming more frequent. Further, the current-generation climate models do not do a good job in capturing this phenomenon.
  3. The CNN article, which mentioned how other counties were interacting with NWS on the night of the floods and requesting additional information but that Kerr County was totally radio silent, seems especially damning. The county officials were likely all drunk or fast asleep.
  4. from the comments to that article - thought these 2 were interesting
  5. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-response-deadly-texas-floods-delayed-deficient-noem
  6. I know (okay I don't know for surrrrre) that you're being sarcastic but I thought I posted it to CR. Oh well. #toomanythreads
  7. A reminder that Kristy Gnome sucked even when she wasn't shooting puppies in SD
  8. A mostly worthless opinion column by a posturing Michael Bloomberg illustrates that even one aggy knows what's up https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-08/michael-bloomberg-texas-floods-made-worse-by-climate-denialism
  9. Ominous excerpt from the 2016 Monthly article about the Wimberley flood https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/when-the-river-rises/
  10. I don't recall seeing this so siap - WSJ https://archive.is/zhj5M
  11. WSJ article about the flood published online last night. I hadn't seen this before but back in 1990 the county apparently had a warning system. The article mentions it only once. It also discusses some of the advance preparations but that it was mostly treated as fun or an inconvenience. archived article https://archive.is/wxj7x#selection-2135.64-2135.71
  12. I thought it goes, "And the sign said 'Long-haired freaky people Need not apply'" I take it Ghost has ruled out his BIL as being the perp?
  13. FEMA working slowly, like they did when Brownie was in charge. The Handbasket is a Texas news/journalism site.
  14. It's fine. I give it a c+ but I don't care for auto racing of any variety and uninspired acting and screenwriting annoy me. The movie is like the first Rocky but on a race track. I imagine that was in the pitch meeting. "And then we add in a bit of corporate double cross!!" There was nothing else to see in the theater near us so I gave it a shot. My wife and sister were less critical of it than me. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting.
  15. This was mentioned in part upthread, so credit to that person https://www.hccommunityjournal.com/article_fd3f3e9c-3eb8-11ef-9bb2-b32dd8fc6b3d.html
  16. What about DPS? If there had been women standing in line to get an abortion at 30 days of pregnancy they'd have fucking SWAT out there.
  17. Co-founder of wunderground
  18. It certainly shouldn't be your or any parent's responsibility. I'm not advocating for that. But somewhere in the chain well-qualified people need to review and approve emergency contingencies, and make sure they're prepped every year.
  19. Does anyone recall from their children's books about when it's a good idea to cry wolf, or should I ask grok? Afaf
  20. Oops www.reddit.com/r/sanantonio...
  21. I stole this
  22. Maybe we'll eventually find out if the camp even had a plan and if so how comprehensive it was. Does the county have a plan? Does the county have a plan for the camps? Does the county know if the camp had an emergency plan? Did they review it with the camp? Did any of them follow a plan? Were they all negligent? I won't hold my breath waiting for answers. I understand why nobody wants to blame the parents but if there's nobody else checking what the camp was up to, it was incumbent on them.
  23. If anyone wants to revisit the Wimberly flood of May 23, 2015 this is a good article https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/when-the-river-rises/
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