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You misspelled DAF.
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Woland started following 4th of July Texas Flood
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You dont remember Evangelicals rejoicing for Katrina "cleansing" New Orleans?
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Let’s see. Republicans are running literally everything so
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Free. DM sent.
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I’m on a Fourth of July trip to the Pacific Northwest in California, and I’ve only been following this sporadically. I’m not sure if this information is true, but it seems to me that this is not one of those “nobody could’ve possibly foreseen this” type tragedies. As a scout leader for decades, I was always aware of weather events, I had a portable NOAA weather radar with me at all times set on auto emergency broadcast. I have pissed off scouts that tried to set up tents in obvious rain drainage areas demanding they move, even if it would’ve meant just a wet tent - and not life-threatening wall of water. I do not understand not moving kids in cabins next to the river to higher ground once there is any chance of a rain event greater than average.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Sawbonz replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
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Watching a livestream, and there's a comment "God sent the floods" That's a dipshit thing to say, and yet I'm certain people said that for Superstorm Sandy and again when people drowned in their basement apartments due to a similar tropical remnant torrent in 2021 (Hurricane Ida). Supposing you were the sort of person to believe that natural disasters were a sign of God's wrath, what message would God be sending and to whom?
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My main concern is that the Lasker information is, apparently, true. So, that's a bit of a problem for Mamdani. A separate issue is NYT reporting it while calling Lasker an academic opposed to affirmative action. While that is literally true, it's a pretty horrendous minimization of him. Some other fun tidbits. Lasker is a PhD candidate at Tceh, but that is one well-hidden fact. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-l-b84457304?trk=people-guest_people_search-card He's also speaking at a "Natalist" conference held on the UT campus at the ATT Conference Center. ATT apparently is just a hotel that anyone can book for just about anything but geezus. "Natalists" are white supremacist eugenicists.
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i don't think peña plays until after the all star break
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So the county commissioners in 2016 debated putting in sirens and said nah?
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Could we get the “Awesome JUGGS Pics” back on the front page?
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My family will be donating to the Hunt Methodist Church. The pastor opened the church to all of us yesterday around 4am and we were there until the national guard started taking people out around 5pm. We had ~90-100 people there, many who were missing family members and/or were injured pretty badly, and everyone came together to donate water, snacks, etc. Unfortunately because everyone left so abruptly in the evening, the church was left in quite a bit of disarray. The pastor and his wife left as well as we were told the Schumacher crossing might not make it. huntumc.org
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Markets still falling like whoa
washparkhorn replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
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Agree with ole Troy. But I also layer in the state as well. The state licenses these camps. It is pretty obvious there were failures at Mystic, like lack of disaster preparedness, lack of communication, or just plain incompetence. A competent state government would revisit licensing rules and regulations specifically as it comes to disaster preparedness for sleepaway camps near bodies of water. But we all know the state is a bunch of fucking idiots, so nothing will change.
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People trying to bring the Shuttle Discovery to Texas
Ted Lange replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Daily Texan
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Each county in Texas can opt into a reverse 911 program. This is an alert system that sends warnings throughout the county according to addresses. But the problem is those Reverse 911 systems are linked solely to landlines. Kerr County currently uses a system called CodeRed, which operates like Reverse 911. However, it only reaches registered landlines; cell phones and VOIP numbers must be manually signed up through the county portal people.com+8kerrvilletx.gov+8reddit.com+8. That means standard cellphones were not automatically notified, unless someone had beforehand opted in. Camp Mystic probably did have at least one operational landline, since reverse 911 focuses on those. But if that landline was not registered in the county’s system—or was affected by power/water outages—it likely didn’t relay any alert. Plus, once local systems like phones and internet went down during the flood, that lifeline likely failed. No verified Reverse 911 call went out to residents around midnight on July 4. The system depends on landline registration; cell phones don’t get alerts automatically. If Camp Mystic had a landline—but it wasn’t registered or was down—they would have missed any alert. Overall, this tragedy shines a glaring spotlight on the limitations and fragility of the current system—and the urgent need for more robust, multi-channel emergency alerts. On top of that, how many remember in 2018 when the government set us a Wireless Alert System? I assume that has also been defunded, since it's last one was in 2023. I assume they could tailor WEA for target areas. October 3, 2018 was the first-ever Presidential Alert test sent to nearly every smartphone in the U.S., triggered under FEMA’s IPAWS system. Users couldn’t opt out, and it blared a loud tone with a test message en.wikipedia.org+11en.wikipedia.org+11cbsnews.com+11en.wikipedia.org+2time.com+2weather.gov+2. The most recent nationwide test occurred on October 4, 2023, involving both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) for radios/TV and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for cellphones emergencyalertsystem.fandom.com+9umpdnews.umd.edu+9cityoflaurel.org+9. So yes—and going forward, there are scheduled WEA tests via national broadcast networks. I am going to assume CodeRed is a cheaper alternative to Reverse 911 and the county didn't spend much money getting people to opt in.
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Rancid cunt
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
nnm replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
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This is offensive. Stop. Do you have any idea how high Ted and Heidi are lifting them up in prayer? Still think they're doing nothing?
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Great weekend for it... Did make it up to the second ledge (a bit higher but much better views and less crowded) We always try get there right before sunrise.
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Inks is up about 3 feet. Those cabins are always fine. It's not the same when they release from Buchanan as a flash flood on the rivers.
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SIAP. 22 year old swept away in a vehicle with her family near Ingram. Survived for 20 miles downstream and found in a tree near Center Point. Went over 4 dams. Dodged RVs, refrigerators and god knows what else. No word on her family. Damn.
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