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What You Don't Know About The Kerr County Flood
4 months ago
Despite being a home for the second largest number of millionaires in Texas, and despite knowing that they're subject to frequent flash floods, they decided after the last major flood there in 2015 not to install more water monitoring and flood warning sirens there because it would be "Too expensive". Other communities in the area have installed warning sirens.
And despite recent drastic NOAA and National Weather Service cutbacks, they did managedto get warnings out on time, but those were sent to Xitter, (which not everyone has) and phones in the early hours of the morning. The girls at Camp Mystic had their phones taken away while at the camp, and phone reception is spotty at best in that hilly area.
It's really no surprise that so many people ended up being killed by this flood, and there's no excuse for it.
This flood was particularly bad because of the climate catastrophe. There had been a drought in the area, and those hills are made of limestone, which essentially becomes like concrete when it dries out, so when rain falls, it runs straight off.
This was really due to a compounding of factors, making it a worst case scenario.
Of course the Republicans are all invoking God and calling for prayer, rather than proposing to actually do anything.
The administration SERIOUSLY needs to rethink ending FEMA and their drastic cutbacks to the Weather Service and the NOAA, which returns what's invested in it by an estimated factor of 73 to 1. The anti science shit has got to stop.
And despite recent drastic NOAA and National Weather Service cutbacks, they did managedto get warnings out on time, but those were sent to Xitter, (which not everyone has) and phones in the early hours of the morning. The girls at Camp Mystic had their phones taken away while at the camp, and phone reception is spotty at best in that hilly area.
It's really no surprise that so many people ended up being killed by this flood, and there's no excuse for it.
This flood was particularly bad because of the climate catastrophe. There had been a drought in the area, and those hills are made of limestone, which essentially becomes like concrete when it dries out, so when rain falls, it runs straight off.
This was really due to a compounding of factors, making it a worst case scenario.
Of course the Republicans are all invoking God and calling for prayer, rather than proposing to actually do anything.
The administration SERIOUSLY needs to rethink ending FEMA and their drastic cutbacks to the Weather Service and the NOAA, which returns what's invested in it by an estimated factor of 73 to 1. The anti science shit has got to stop.
Trump isn't the problem alone, there's a cultural root that needs to be pulled.
It's important to keep that in mind.
They're just going to put another psycho up - and I have my eyes on Trump's son.
He's younger, smarter, and at least as evil as Drumpf.
But don't forget: The bar on "Smartness" is not particularly high here.
My deepest condolences to the victims, may they rest in peace, and those missing be quickly found.
In fact, a friend in NJ had a surprise tornado warning this evening! They never got a tornado watch AND the severe storm warnings messed up too. Because of this, I started learning how to read radars to see if there’s clear rotation in it.
Thanks Donald dump!
All because Drumpf wants to deny the climate ctisis.
The update about la fire. It was so massive back then. Its crazy that american president dont even show their sympathy towards the victim.
Last i heard the insurance payment were small. But has there been any changes to the area? Has some people truly lost their home (taken by banks, cannot rebuilt, relocated)? Has there been significant rebuilding from companies and llc? Do you know the amount of people/entities who come and who goes?
People are still ironing out their insurance payouts. It's in the interest of insurance companies to try to get out of paying. I doubt that anyone had their property taken by banks.
Of course everyone there has at least temporarily relocated, and many will not be able to afford to rebuild or may not want to, for many reasons.
A small number of people have started to rebuild. It's going to take decades.
Well you know sir, foreclosure doesnt happen overnight too. These blackrock agents are very patient with their prey. They can wait for years too.
Since la is a blue state, its even more reason for trump to visit them during the incident, to gain sympathy and in the end, to gain vote. But he didnt do that, somebody with "negotiation skill". Something just smells fishy.
Would you like to reccommend me some book to understand the situation better, about the condition of the current united states?
I'll see if I can come up with something. There are an awful lot of recent books on the subject.
Does this consensus mention percentage of race affected, and does it count homeless people too? People who sleep on the street and live in tents/camps? I sure can look for the source online and on google, but i want to ask real american citizen because i trust human more than machine.
It's going to be overwhelmingly white people, but in Altadena, which was affected by the Eaton fire, there were significant numbers of a long time black community, and some hispanic and others.
There weren't anywhere near the number of unhoused people in that area as there are in downtown LA.
An important thing you've mentioned is the wealth of the local residents,
which, combined with the reliance on the defunded weather management departments.
The Southern ethos is rife with the pride in bootstrap self-reliance,
but it is telling that without coordinating with the best the federal institutions
have to offer, the area is both vulnerable and incapable of shoring up
their crisis relief and prevention capabilities, despite their lush capabilities.
Besides that, it is a terrible loss, not lessened by the many other grim numbers
of casualties surrounding us every day. It always pays to remember
that we're still survivors of nature's wrath, and we still
can't match this threat, unless we commit ourselves
to safeguarding ourselves at least against
the known and recurring disasters,
which takes reason and teamwork.
Sadly, the current attitudes to consistently predictable death toll,
like that of the traffic accidents or the hurricane punching bag areas,
still largely amounts to shrugging it off as unavoidable tragedy,
even if the solutions are staring us in the face.
It's important to acknowledge that even if all of the best warning systems were in place, this happened so fast that people likely would have died, but that many lives may have also been saved.
And no, we can't save everyone, or prevent every disaster,
but the best available precautions still need to be in place,
and anyone calling for dismantling them
if a deadly hazard to the community.
They're probably too busy standing around doing nothing at the Mexican border to keep us safe from the brown hordes.