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troph

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  1. The other thing I’m going to say and this is political but fuck guys and gals we can’t be partisan on this, a special session is being called for other stupid reasons but the public welfare and flash flood warning systems will take all the air, we absolutely need these fucking assholes to make real change. The good news is their people died so we have a legit shot at real, good, and lasting change. Let’s get on board and see to it that it happens.
  2. Y'all need to chill out. Snowflakes aren’t going to listen or change (DT MAGA). So it doesn’t matter. Furthermore, when “we” briskettexan a DT thread it does detract. Yeah, the state passing mystic’s license a week ago, Kerr county/kerrville minutes and more are absolutely fucking damning news and they get very little traction in DT - so what? Yelling at dumbfucks isn’t going to remove their moral cataracts. The reality is “they” politicize everything and then “we” rail on them for it and everyone is miserable. There’s no need for it. I’ll also say there are threads on DT that are safe havens for liberals, there’s a fair amount of DJT criticism on the Ukraine thread, the Elon thread is scathing at times, LA thread, Covid thread and others. so anyway, fuck the snowflakes and their feelings but cut imma some slack and you want to go full briskettexan do it in the CR it’s a fair ask.
  3. Jim Spencer’s assessment is 100% on point and it was easily known from about 9am on July 4th.
  4. Man I’ll tell ya, it’s a luxury I didn’t know anything about. Filtration is so simple. No scale, no spots, water tastes so good, rain style shower head is pushing … get this… real rain water out of the shower head. Man it’s so great. I need to get our water tested for PFAS (there’s some evidence it evaporates with water molecules) but even with a PEX plumbing system I’m confident we are well below average water supplies on PFAS. but if it tests positive on any I’ll just add an RO for added filtration under the sinks that we use for drinking water. It’s just an amazing water experience. It’s far superior to well water, that’s not even debatable. Key is the math, we did 75% of historical rainfall * roof surface area = max water collection capacity, then add a proper sized tank and you’re in business.
  5. We got 4-5 inches total so up 14,000 gallons, at about 37,000 up from 23,000. That’s just above half full. We’re pretty much set at this point. We will have excess over the next 12 months even if we only get half the rains we usually get.
  6. He also said we all love pro football.
  7. Edwards aquifer up 3 feet … not surprised it isn’t more most of the water ended up in creeks rivers and lakes https://www.tpr.org/environment/2025-07-07/canyon-lake-edwards-aquifer-water-levels-jump-after-flooding?_amp=true
  8. 110 dead 160+ more missing. total deceased is going to push 300 it looks like, maybe exceed it.
  9. I just opened the thread to post this thought. Grrrr.
  10. Haha here in SMA that’s what I’m using and they are pain. Re your first post above - I’m all in on extreme physical fitness, true believer. Intense workouts are the best.
  11. I agree with this. The rants get in the way big time. I’ll admit I blew a gasket for about an hour or two mostly because I wanted my weather thread back and was told start your own thread which happened and didn’t really stop the parade of posts with dead little girls, second because FUCK dozens of little girls are DEAD and it’s clear gross leadership up and down the chain are the reason and I lost my shit. BUT THAT IS NEWS - not me losing my shit, the ABJECT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP. I’m generally fine with opinions being censored in purely news threads BUT sometimes politics is the news because the news is about government leadership and the acts the government takes or doesn’t take. Drawing reasonable, short and rageless conclusions should be fine. As long as the news can be posted in news threads I’m good. But like he said, ain’t no one here going to change their minds. in the end what do I want? I want dead kids to stop happening. So you know what? I hope the lege and Abbott do their job in the special session. Won’t change my view they are bad for Texas but I would love if change happens and prevents me from adding to my list why they are fucktards.
  12. in many parts of Austin this time around is harder than anytime since 1986-1987. 2008-2009 was nothing really, a year or two of basically a pause but very little declines.
  13. “This was entirely preventable” Jesus Kerr county, are you really this obtuse?
  14. that failure can almost be forgiven but for the repeated failures up and down. to me redundancy is the key in disaster prep. there were 3 failure points though in this situation with zero redundancy. NWS and local meteorologists either did their job as required or they did a good enough job. okay now the info is available. from there at least 3 failure points and then the lies about it. anyway, I'm just on fucking repeat. I think i'll put this shit down for a while. I think it's been beaten to death and I think it's going to come out in the wash, once again. conservatives in charge up and down the chain DNGAF and in the end as long as god almighty is invoked and state leaders look like they are prepared then the good people of the state of texas will believe it because they eat that performative shit up with a spoon.
  15. we hiked through a slot canyon in Utah once that was notorious for flash floods and death. not a cloud in the sky and i was nervous.
  16. ah sorry, saw you quoted and I had made a post about this so I wanted to respond. this is gonna get real ugly for Texas officials, it won't do anything, but once again, complete incompetence.
  17. the accusation isn't really about the AFD, it's about the State's knowledge of the potential for a disaster. The State knew the situation was serious, had started mobilizing (including the admin aspects of that) on July 2nd and it remains to be seen but it does not appear that the State and local counties and municipalities were talking to each other as they should have been. Cuts against the notion that this was unforeseen and nothing else could have been done. Everyone was caught flat footed for reasons. negligence, gross negligence, all the while they lie about the causes of the EXCESS loss of life. and again, nothing will come of it. The thing is, this is EXACTLY what government is supposed to be here for, but no, we have to legislate against the boogeyman and do performative bullshit instead.
  18. damn bro so glad you are ok. wow.
  19. this is good actually. I mean they are going to lie about everything, but the only way we have any hope for change is to have blame at the feet of those truly responsible and here's a hint, it wasn't the weather nerds, they did their jobs.
  20. I read this while assuming the storm trooper in your avatar comes in rocking after "fuck it, letting Jesus take the wheel is much cheaper."
  21. parents were not to blame for sending their kids. I mean in hindsight maybe they should ask about emergency preparedness but to be honest, what do you think the camp would say? yay nah bro, we aren't prepared for rain in july, who the fuck thinks that's a real risk. bitch, we got you covered for heat injury but floods, no way, not a concern no need to plan. simple diligence questions which is about all you'd expect a parent to ask will always be met with the what you want to hear answer. this is where legit and proper licensing should come into play.
  22. he'd be better off with the "too soon" strategy, maybe even "thoughts and prayers" imo.
  23. for purposes of accurately assigning blame in the hopes change could occur I agree the NWS did it's job and the cuts had no impact ... this time. now let's talk about Kerr County, local municipalities, state responsibility, camp responsibility, and starte making sure we don't have to deal with this level of gross negligence again. oh wait this is the Great State of Texas... nevermind...
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