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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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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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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
shadow_operative2.0 replied to ztejas's topic in Baseball
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
shadow_operative2.0 replied to ztejas's topic in Baseball
That's on little Josh, catch the throw. -
The only thing I'm confident about is Texas will do absolutely nothing and voters will forget about it in a week
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There will be no change until and unless life long republicans stop viewing that as a source of pride and start voting for democrats.
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Don’t make a shit
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Can’t post that on the DT thread! Troy Kimmel is woke!
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It should have opened up our eyes?
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callers are on point tonight : astros need to pay jake more so he can get a decent haircut 😂😂😂
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Day's Final Update: - Convection/rainfall has greatly diminished this evening as hoped & mentioned in my previous post. Latest NWS guidance keeps open the possibility of scattered heavy rain just like last night, although factors aren't as strong. This means hopefully spottier rains. But I expect it to pick up in the post-midnight hours as influx of warm, moist air re-feeds the column of saturated mid-level core. - However, the system hasn't moved much, in fact seems to have wobbled a bit SW to just west of Round Rock. Unfortunately the trough I hoped would pull it up is just too weak in this part of the country to drag it out - there's just nothing to influence moving it away right now. So what's going to happen is default - a high pressure ridge to our east is going to slowly work its way in from the Mississippi Valley region and nudge the system back westward. It's weakened somewhat but by no means isn't still strong enough for another round of flooding rain - but not to the destructive degree before. - However, this means again more heavy rain for some part of the Hill Country - were exactly is impossible to predict (models are suggesting the more northern quadrant again)- possible early a.m. tomorrow. Flood watches are now well into Sunday afternoon/early evening. I think ATX will escape the worst, lying just to the east of the core (again!) - our flood risk is a 1, vs. 2 or 3 west of Travis/Williamson. This is still a potentially dangerous situation west of 281 for tomorrow. Unfortunately, this thing is going to die a slow, gradual death, not finally GTFO. But again, the hopeful prediction here is less than the last 2 rain bombs. Sunday will see this system move over the Hill Country and hopefully a little weaker. It'll either finally meander SW and die out or kick up towards the panhandle, then out. But that's for tomorrow, hopefully I can get a handle on how this thing is gonna end once and for all. Finally, I know adults are among the deceased and I grieve for them as well, I just want to leave this in memory of those lovely little gals who've perished in this disaster. We remember you. (This was my daughter's favorite stuffed animal when she was at that age.)
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*Papi
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Took this last year about as close as you can get to the bouys atthe dam at Inks. Constant level lake, except for a few small creeks, any water released from Buchanan goes over the dam at Inks. With the drought, Inks was about a foot low last August.
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
Herbie Hancock replied to ztejas's topic in Baseball
Higgy is hot -
Raking tonight.
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