From our magazine: I studied water. I studied rivers and tributaries and floodplains and watersheds. Hydrology was a main focus of my research. But theory is one thing, and seeing 100-year-old cypress trees laying flat on the ground, completely uprooted, is another.
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#photography #Texas #environment #ClimateChange #flooding #TexasFlood #weather #culture

Photos: Where the Water Reached

One photographer’s view of the July 4th Hill Country flood, the state’s deadliest in more than a century

^{Brenda Bazán (The Texas Observer)}

Our top story: I studied water. I studied rivers and tributaries and floodplains and watersheds. But theory is one thing, and seeing 100-year-old cypress trees laying flat on the ground, completely uprooted, is another.
texasobserver.org/where-the-wa…

#photography #Texas #environment #ClimateChange #flooding #TexasFlood #weather #culture

Photos: Where the Water Reached

One photographer’s view of the July 4th Hill Country flood, the state’s deadliest in more than a century

^{Brenda Bazán (The Texas Observer)}

In our magazine: "I walked into an apartment slipping and stumbling on mud so thick I couldn’t see the floor underneath. The table in the dining room was set, decorated with charger plates, flowers, and napkins nicely folded. The mud and debris covered everything." texasobserver.org/where-the-wa…

#TexasFlood #photography #Texas #flooding #culture #weather #environment #ClimateChange

Photos: Where the Water Reached

One photographer’s view of the July 4th Hill Country flood, the state’s deadliest in more than a century

^{Brenda Bazán (The Texas Observer)}

From @gusbova in our magazine: Kendall Scudder bills himself as both a progressive firebrand and a self-sacrificing devotee of the party. The Texas Observer spoke with him in mid-July about Bernie Sanders, the Hill Country flood, and diversity.
texasobserver.org/texas-democr…

#politics #USpol #Texas #news #Democrats #TexasFlood #weather #environment #ClimateChange #flooding #TXlege

'Disrupting Systems to Help the Little Guy': Texas Dem Chair Embraces Economic Populism

Kendall Scudder on Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, disaster politics, and his state's economic success

^{Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)}

"We forget what we don’t want to remember. While I understand that impulse, there are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley."
texasobserver.org/san-antonio-…

#politics #USpol #news #Texas #history #environment #weather #TexasFlood

The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn

There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.

^{Char Miller (The Texas Observer)}

People did not die solely because of forgetfulness but because this amnesia allowed succeeding generations to erase the past and their responsibilities to the future. When they could have enacted post-flood, life-saving interventions, they chose not to act on their progeny’s behalf.
texasobserver.org/san-antonio-…

#politics #USpol #news #Texas #history #environment #weather #TexasFlood

The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn

There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.

^{Char Miller (The Texas Observer)}

I remember the river
how it felt like a silent companion and always gentle guide
how it felt timeless, ever present and patiently waiting for our return

I remember singing “Peace, I ask of thee oh river, peace, peace, peace”
texasobserver.org/poem-guadalu…

#poetry #poems #water #Texas #CentralTexas #KerrCounty #Kerrville #environment #TexasFlood

Poem for the Guadalupe River from a previous Mystic camper

I remember the river,  flowing so peacefully and slowly you could almost miss its motion I remember the river, mirroring the vastness of the starry sky stretched far beyond the nestled valley I remember the river,  with its deep, dreamy green reflect…

^{Maggie Pfeffer (The Texas Observer)}

Old dog new trick?

Cancun Cruz busted sight seeing in Greece more than 24 hours after the Guadalupe River in Texas burst its banks killing >100 Texans. Cruz returned to the USA on Sunday July 6. thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-was… #Vacation #TexasFlood #Texas #CancunCruz #TexasHillCountry #Kerrville #Cruz

On July 4th the monstrous flood masses in Texas were met with Kristi Noem's bureaucratic monstrosity keeping FEMA response on hold until queen Kristi had personally approved all expenses required in the framework of FEMA's help, search & rescue operations.
Long live Kristi's dilettantish & obstructive bureaucratorship costing American lives! NOT!

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#KristiNoem #FailureToAssist #CriminallyNegligentManslaughter #TexasFlood #Texas #Kerrville #CampMystic #RuleOfLaw #InvestigateNoem #DerelictionOfDuties #UnseatTheTrumpRegime #Pathocracy #Psychopathy #Law #Justice #CommunityCare #PublicService #FEMA #FirstResponders #USPol #USPolitics

didn't texas' fema grant proposal for sirens to warn their citizens and equipment to monitor that there historically flood prone deadly river come in lower than $0.001b?

#votesmarter #texasflood

but... the overworked meteorologists still manning the office warned about the high risk of severe flash flooding days before the event. they were ignored because hard science is fake news in texas. once flooding got underway reverse 911, sirens, maybe even the lone ranger driving about the county with a loudspeaker come into play- these systems lie apparently just out of the grasp of the people running the state and counties of texas.

#texasflood

Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine. Climate change, extreme weather, supply chain disruptions and natural disasters hit us harder and faster than others.

We need our communities to look out for us, and we need to look out for one another.

My latest is about my tips for surviving heat waves and wildfires, and includes my top tips for staying cool and cleaning the air:

disabledginger.com/p/heat-wave…

#climatechange #disability #ableism #eugenics #heatdome #wildfires #cleanair #emergencypreparedness #texasflood

Heat Waves, Wet Bulb Temps and Wildfires

Extreme weather events put disabled lives at risk. We are generally more susceptible to temperature fluctuations, power outages, supply chain issues and more. How can we protect one another?

^{Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)}

Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls still missing

“My kids are safe, but knowing others are still missing is just eating me alive"

sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo…

#TexasFlood #CampMystic

Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls still missing

"My kids are safe, but knowing others are still missing is just eating me alive," Elizabeth Lester said.

^{HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press (Sentinel Colorado)}