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troph

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  1. 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.
  2. “This was entirely preventable” Jesus Kerr county, are you really this obtuse?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. damn bro so glad you are ok. wow.
  8. 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.
  9. 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."
  10. 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.
  11. he'd be better off with the "too soon" strategy, maybe even "thoughts and prayers" imo.
  12. 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...
  13. I've lived here my whole life and it's always shocking and inconceivable ... every 5-10 years. true this is on the extreme end but tragic death by flash flood in the hill country (including Austin and San Antonio) is relatively common.
  14. San Saba on the cusp again
  15. Mittens posted a statement from the Austin Firefighters Association- interesting timeline - state of Texas started mobilizing on July 2, 2025, a full 1.5-2 days before the flood for those that were assured there would be no math. How were local counties and municipalities not in comms with our state leadership? these mother fuckers are covering up repeated negligence in broad daylight blaming the NWS which did its job, local meteorologists who did their job, and engaging in performative cosplay bullshit. Failures at every level, private, local and state. our state government priorities are so fucking out of whack, and more kids died. Again.
  16. Timeline is interesting
  17. I can never follow this shit so is Rex Kramer the handle his semi behaved persona and then he’s got depraved alter egos? Back in the Dr beeper and some other alter he and I got way into it but I lost track of how he operated, actually never really cared enough to know. I look at my ignore list though and beeper is still on it.
  18. I was sure I knew who it was but was wrong. There’s several posters that I think fit your description.
  19. Yeah this isn’t rocket science, all of this is plain as day.
  20. Those entrusted with 700 girls in low lying areas for damn sure better be.
  21. I agree. I’ve said it a dozen times. Personal responsibility, local government should be a redundancy. State government should intervene when you have systemic risk over a broad area or the costs are too much for local tax base. There plenty of blame to go around.
  22. That’s awesome. Let’s be clear though. That’s humanity, it’s not uniquely Texan.
  23. I think it deflects blame from camp, local and state officials. the storm was stronger than anyone expected but the forecast was severe enough to cause reasonable people to take action, and they did not. Those are the ones to blame.
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