"After severe flooding in non-evacuated areas in Texas has left at least 24 dead with dozens more missing, including several young girls at a summer camp, Texas officials are blaming their failure to act on a faulty forecast by Donald Trump’s new National Weather Service gutted by cuts to their operating budget and most experienced personnel."
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm
Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAARon Filipkowski (Meidas+)
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The voters of Texas decided that they wanted Donald Trump and Greg Abbott to be in charge of the government services they received. That is exactly what they are getting. And as of this writing on Saturday morning, Trump still hasn’t said a word about the storm and the little girls who were killed at the camp."
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"However, Trump was seen dancing on the balcony of the White House last night celebrating the latest round of cuts in his budget bill that just became law so billionaires and corporations can have huge tax cuts."
There will, sad to say, be more and more consequences to the path we — many of us — have chosen for our nation, serious, lethal consequences.
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Texas officials blame local weather prediction services for not predicting the devastating flooding that has now killed at least 24 Texans."
~ Aaron Parnas
As W. Nim Kidd, head of Texas's Emergency Management program, says in the video linked below,
"Listen. Everybody got the forecast from the National Weather Service, right?
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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ThreadsWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"You all got it. You're all in media. You got that forecast. It did not predict the amount of rain that we saw."
WHY IS NWS MALFUNCTIONING? DID SOMEONE GUT ITS PERSONNEL AND SLASH ITS FUNDING?
Just asking for many friends.
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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Dr. Flowers
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Cra
in reply to William Lindsey • • •CEDunn
in reply to William Lindsey • • •One of the strategies in play is to destroy government and then blame it for the results of the destruction
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Just a year ago, the U.S. was better at predicting storms’ tracks than it had ever been. But now, Zoë Schlanger reports, the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane season’s busiest months."
~ The Atlantic
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"32 dead in Texas floods, including 18 adults and 14 children
The number of dead from the Texas flood has increased, according to the Kerr county sheriff.
Thirty-two people have died in the floods. Eighteen adults and 14 children are among the deceased, according to the latest numbers from Saturday afternoon."
~ The Guardian
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Texas flooding latest: 32 dead, including 14 children, as search for 27 girls continues
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •"There are still 27 people missing from the flooding event. Of the bodies recovered so far, five adults and three children are still unidentified.
The emergency management chief says they’re 'looking for live people right now', but Texas’s governor Greg Abbott instructed responders to assume every missing person is still alive."
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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Nazani
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Darwin Woodka
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Kim Possible
in reply to William Lindsey • • •aprilfollies
in reply to Kim Possible • • •They have *no warning system whatsoever*… for an area locally known as “flash flood alley.” Texas shares the blame in this.
ETA: Citing source: apnews.com/article/texas-flood…
Julescelt
in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to Julescelt • • •@julescelt01 So drastic cuts in NWS resources are unimportant in understanding what happened here?
I tend to see things otherwise.
Julescelt
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Oh, sorry for any confusion; I absolutely agree those drastic cuts are to blame. But only in as much that missing data (from staffing cuts to reduced equipment) leads to less predictable weather outcomes. Not the fault of staff, those folks are doing their level best here.
I'm saying local EMS has known these threats for years. And that they were forewarned about increased risks from climate change.
William Lindsey
in reply to Julescelt • • •Julescelt
in reply to William Lindsey • • •TC Won't Give In To Lies
in reply to William Lindsey • • •I guarantee calls are being made in Texas to pressure officials to stop blaming the National Weather Service (it makes Trump angry).
I expect today to be filled with the phrase "act of God", like no one had any power to mitigate this tragedy.
JohnW
in reply to William Lindsey • • •It's pretty scary because these cuts and the resulting lack of information comes at the exact time when severe weather ramps up fueled by climate change, and contagious disease is getting much worse.
Being on top of locations that report disease carrying ticks and mosquitos could be lifesaving but that information is really hard to find now.
William Lindsey
in reply to JohnW • • •DoNotPunchDown
in reply to William Lindsey • • •@TheEffekt
Abbott gave more time and pretended to have more care about this weather disaster than the 19 children and 2 adults murdered by a crazy person with a gun. But he did the same with both, refused to even allow questions about why. Refused to blame the people who deserves the blame, Abbott and Trump; the cuts made to NOAA
I don't know if you watched the press conference but it seems those who are really to blame are those who didn't pray hard enough for the rain not to come.
Ivey Janette McClelland
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉
in reply to William Lindsey • • •As far as I know States did get FEMA emergency funds 'when needed'.
Maybe it won't be a problem for Republican States, but we have to see if the other States will get some.
William Lindsey
in reply to Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉 • • •Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉
in reply to William Lindsey • • •🙈🙈 i expected that T would help them..
@sjar
mastodonphan HAS MOVED
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Passwordsarehard4
in reply to mastodonphan HAS MOVED • • •William Lindsey
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •xs4me2
in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to xs4me2 • • •xs4me2
in reply to William Lindsey • • •And I respectfully disagree.
There is evil in this world and we see it happening right now. It should not go unpunished.
Darberoom
in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to Darberoom • • •@Darberoom1954 Interesting, isn't it, that those unpredictable flash floods have begun to produce tragedies of this enormity only after Trump and DOGE drastically cut NWS staffing and funds.
That's where I intend to keep the focus.
Darberoom
in reply to William Lindsey • • •crazyeddie
in reply to William Lindsey • • •It seems to be really common for MAGA types to blame the effects of their own bullshit on others.
Mighty good at pointing fingers. Less good at solving problems.
William Lindsey
in reply to crazyeddie • • •WL
in reply to William Lindsey • • •William Lindsey
in reply to WL • • •Jeri Dansky
in reply to William Lindsey • • •But there's also this:
AccuWeather said the private forecasting company and the National Weather Service sent warnings about potential flash flooding hours before the devastation.
“These warnings should have provided officials with ample time to evacuate camps such as Camp Mystic and get people to safety,” AccuWeather said in a statement that called the Hill Country one of the most flash-flood-prone areas of the U.S. because of its terrain and many water crossings.
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Jeri Dansky
in reply to Jeri Dansky • • •And this: "In this particular case, we have seen absolutely nothing to suggest that current staffing or budget issues within NOAA and the NWS played any role at all in this event. Anyone using this event to claim that is being dishonest. There are many places you can go with expressing thoughts on the current and proposed cuts. We’ve been very vocal about them here. But this is not the right event for those takes."
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Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal
The EyewallWilliam Lindsey
in reply to Jeri Dansky • • •William Lindsey
in reply to Jeri Dansky • • •Jeri Dansky
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Well, there's plenty of evidence that the warnings were sent; NWS warnings aren't a private thing! If/how they were received by Texas officials is another matter.
And I saw Texas officials talking about Wednesday forecasts not being so alarming. But a lot happened forecast and warning-wise on Thursday and very early Friday. If they stopped paying attention after Wednesday ...
Robin Barton
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