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Chopper

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  1. Officials across the country report being “ghosted” by FEMA - apparently the Trump regime has majorly restricted FEMA’s ability to directly communicate without their words first being evaluated by political appointees (who don’t have disaster experience). https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/politics/fema-critical-funding-disaster-response
  2. Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/06/texas-disaster-warning-emergency-communication-bill-kerrville-floods
  3. I'm tired of not knowing what this meme is so I'm outing myself. Someone please.
  4. That was not real. and also since this thread is supposedly only for weather info, your post ran afoul of the rules, and so did my post correcting yours. Shame on me.
  5. See above. Then someone 3ish posts after yours had something from xitter.
  6. Dumb q probably - but do I understand, he went to the camp after the NWS warning, so probably close to 2 when he got there? Then he couldn't find her after 2 hours of searching, but somehow reached her on a cell phone? And she died in the flood. Jfc.
  7. You could just read what was posted a few posts before yours with links to their archived website. Or you could just surmise based on your experience at some random camp 50 years ago. Which is best? Who knows?
  8. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-not-so-happy-campers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250124220815/https://www.campmystic.com/
  9. Wait 'til more people figure out all the work their children have been putting into school so they can go to med school is for naught because there's no longer any gov't. student loans available. I'm not sure if that'd go into news or CR though so...
  10. I don't think that's the case anymore. Either way many people have stopped using it over the years -- or if they're less than 50 years old they may never have used it -- and the site is antagonistic at best towards its users and real information, anyway.
  11. Wow I stumbled upon a sentient aggy. Oh, wait
  12. https://www.kxan.com/investigations/federal-forecast-concerns-surface-in-texas-deadly-flooding-debate/ This strikes me as extremely fucked up in a multitude of ways. 4 hours later. Posting it on Facebook and pretending that's where people get their news.
  13. I've been thinking a compare and contrast with the emergency response between the floods, the CA fires and Uvalde would be interesting. But maybe not. https://www.kxan.com/investigations/federal-forecast-concerns-surface-in-texas-deadly-flooding-debate/
  14. Anything I write about this will come off as far too ragey so I'll say nada.
  15. I didn't post Jim Spencer's news in this thread last night. i
  16. I wouldn't/don't and that's not what I said. I'm saying significant fault lays at the state's feet for this and so many other natural and environmental tragedies. There's actual shitholes run more professionally than Texas. Governments have open records, public budgets, public meetings, officials who are SUPPOSED to manage them for the public's benefits. I realize that's not how things are in Texas but a private corporation does none of that. The expectation to be able to trust some corporation with you or your kids' lives rather than the gov't seems kinda crazy.
  17. Apparently the state of Texas limited its warnings to xitter and perhaps facebook. They didn't send a cellphone alert. The sheriffs didn't roll through town with their PA systems blasting. There was no other emergency warning system - Just postings on 2 shitty social media sites that barely anyone uses, and which they certainly don't receive emergency alerts from.
  18. Seems clear to me there should have been an important role for the state and county or city. At the very least there needs to be a way to ensure that emergency alerts get filtered to the people in the county, and that businesses have an effective and viable evac plan. Both the state of Texas and the county have mismanaged their alert systems. The camp probably should not have been allowed to legally operate, especially with 1,000 kids and apparently completely mismanaged and/or relying on counselors who are very young and inexperienced themselves.
  19. I disagree. In my mind the blame lies with the state and local governments. Because - and here's the catch - ultimate responsibility lies with the parents. But it would be absurd for parents to individually inspect a camp's preparedness. We're a civilized country and we should be able to count on government to handle basic safety prep and preventive measures, or to ensure they're in place. Especially where it concerns 1,000 isolated children at a camp.
  20. Then use the cybertruck. It can be a boat too!
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