I am reminded of the scene in True Lies when the bomb is going to go off in the Keys. Now, I realize that nuclear bomb is a little bit more intense but the overall point remains the same... You put out weather alerts on FB, X, local radio/TV, state wide alerts, smoke signals, whatever the fuck works. Sirens in the most suspectible places (at a minimum.) I don't fucking care that it was July 4th, local PD AND the state troopers should have been out warning the camps and campgrounds. Instead, we get videos of state troopers standing and gawking at the flooding.
Will some of these storms be nothing burgers? Absolutely. Will people still die Yep. Will 50 die needlessly? I'd bet Greg Abbott's wheels that they wouldn't. Does anyone think Greg Abbott was woken up at 4:00 when the shit hit the fan? Roller Boy was probably sleeping soundly in his Trump PJs dreaming of mushrooms.
GIB --you tell the son of bitch this is Bright Boy Alert. Repeat, a Bright Boy Alert. And I need a patch of the White House ASAP. That's right--
HARRY (overlapping) ... the Coast Guard has to clear them back to a twenty mile radius. Anybody that can't make the minimum safe distance we need an airlift on, immediately--
Gib whips around to Harry, lowering his headset mike.
GIB I can get 3 Marine Corps Harriers here in about 12 minutes. They're on maneuvers out of Boca Chica.