Thank you for this summary. I'd read bits and pieces of it. Good to have the timeline. I look forward to more about those meetings. Something I saw said one of the commissioners said, at the time, the people wanting to put up sirens were starting "to tick him off," or something like that.
I've also seen some remarkably hateful comments on some of the stories posted on FB. Either from a political or religious angle.
I guess I'll stop being surprised pretty soon about how low people will sink, but it won't be today.
Here it is (just finished writing tomorrow's column).
Commissioner Baldwin: “I'm going to vote no because of numerous reasons. I think this whole thing is a little extravagant for Kerr County, and I see the word sirens and all that stuff in here… But step one of taking these funds out of special projects, out of Road and Bridge, that ticks me off a little bit.”
That's what I said! I don't even HAVE X and I sure wouldn't think to look on FB for weather info. Luckily our local news station sends out alerts to my phone and i have a weather radio too. And the neighbors look out for each other too.
I realize I’m old but I don’t have my phone where I can hear it when I’m sleeping ……..other end of the house on the charger. I don’t want to listen to all the sounds all night. And I don’t have any other social media except this one.
I have to have mine near me, though I keep it on silent. Unless there's weather about. I also have a weather radio and if you've never heard one of those things go off.. it WILL wake you up.
I know, right?? I couldn't believe anyone would think that was adequate. And that those idiots didn't use cell phone alerts and thought sirens would be "too annoying"!! WTF?!
FWIW All the warnings went out on Twitter and Facebook; No cell phone emergency blast.
No warnings on the weather service in that area, checked wayback on this...
And Chip Roy is an a$$hole U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who was in the area for the July 4th celebrations, asked for people to focus on the ongoing rescue work. "I'd just [ask] everybody like, pause, take a breath for the recriminations and the Monday morning quarterbacking,"* https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/trump-budget-chip-roy-deficit-20420617.php Chip Roy casts decisive vote as Trump's megabill clears final hurdle ... This bill cuts NOAA even more
THIS ASSHOLE: “Kelly said ‘We’ve looked into it before—the public reeled at the cost.’”
I’ve already read Nancy‘s column for today, with the meeting summary. The public didn’t reel at anything. The public — I should say, at least one of them
— was motivated by propaganda-fueled hate. And the county commissioners reeled at the idea of actually doing anything to protect their citizens and tourists. WITH MONEY IN HAND. Just sitting there. Deliberately not being used, so it couldn’t help anybody anywhere else either.
They should all be doxxed, and by that I mean, someone needs to print out 8x10 photos of every person who has died in this flood, stick them on stakes, and put them in the front yard of every one of these assholes. And be prepared to replace them every day until this shit goes viral.
Oh wait, this is Texas, and their front yards are private property, and they can probably shoot anybody in their yard they don’t like. But surely there’s a public road in front of the house, and it probably has trees, and photos can be stuck to trees. Etc. etc., etc., until the end of time.
It's rare that one of your posts makes me cry (this is probably a first) but it did and that makes it important for all of us. Thank you. Very well -researched and -written from a place of facts and compassion. It's exactly what we need right now.
Thank you for this summary. I'd read bits and pieces of it. Good to have the timeline. I look forward to more about those meetings. Something I saw said one of the commissioners said, at the time, the people wanting to put up sirens were starting "to tick him off," or something like that.
I've also seen some remarkably hateful comments on some of the stories posted on FB. Either from a political or religious angle.
I guess I'll stop being surprised pretty soon about how low people will sink, but it won't be today.
Here it is (just finished writing tomorrow's column).
Commissioner Baldwin: “I'm going to vote no because of numerous reasons. I think this whole thing is a little extravagant for Kerr County, and I see the word sirens and all that stuff in here… But step one of taking these funds out of special projects, out of Road and Bridge, that ticks me off a little bit.”
Warnings on Facebook and X are useless. What if you don’t follow the account? Stupid.
That's what I said! I don't even HAVE X and I sure wouldn't think to look on FB for weather info. Luckily our local news station sends out alerts to my phone and i have a weather radio too. And the neighbors look out for each other too.
I realize I’m old but I don’t have my phone where I can hear it when I’m sleeping ……..other end of the house on the charger. I don’t want to listen to all the sounds all night. And I don’t have any other social media except this one.
I have to have mine near me, though I keep it on silent. Unless there's weather about. I also have a weather radio and if you've never heard one of those things go off.. it WILL wake you up.
I know, right?? I couldn't believe anyone would think that was adequate. And that those idiots didn't use cell phone alerts and thought sirens would be "too annoying"!! WTF?!
FWIW All the warnings went out on Twitter and Facebook; No cell phone emergency blast.
No warnings on the weather service in that area, checked wayback on this...
And Chip Roy is an a$$hole U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who was in the area for the July 4th celebrations, asked for people to focus on the ongoing rescue work. "I'd just [ask] everybody like, pause, take a breath for the recriminations and the Monday morning quarterbacking,"* https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/trump-budget-chip-roy-deficit-20420617.php Chip Roy casts decisive vote as Trump's megabill clears final hurdle ... This bill cuts NOAA even more
He's a penis wrinkle.
Thank you for this. What a lot of info you had to go through. This is so devastating.
Yeah, a lot of info but that’s the job. I have a lot to go through for tomorrow too. But I don’t mind.
I'm too angry at all those in charge in Kerr county to adequately express myself.
Wait’ll you read the transcript of their meetings.
Wonder if Judge Dipshit thinks tornado sirens are annoying?
Well, actually, a lot of counties in Texas don't have them. Brazos county (where I am) doesn't.
Thank you for the truth
I promised you I'd always tell you the truth, even when it wasn't pleasant.
THIS ASSHOLE: “Kelly said ‘We’ve looked into it before—the public reeled at the cost.’”
I’ve already read Nancy‘s column for today, with the meeting summary. The public didn’t reel at anything. The public — I should say, at least one of them
— was motivated by propaganda-fueled hate. And the county commissioners reeled at the idea of actually doing anything to protect their citizens and tourists. WITH MONEY IN HAND. Just sitting there. Deliberately not being used, so it couldn’t help anybody anywhere else either.
They should all be doxxed, and by that I mean, someone needs to print out 8x10 photos of every person who has died in this flood, stick them on stakes, and put them in the front yard of every one of these assholes. And be prepared to replace them every day until this shit goes viral.
Oh wait, this is Texas, and their front yards are private property, and they can probably shoot anybody in their yard they don’t like. But surely there’s a public road in front of the house, and it probably has trees, and photos can be stuck to trees. Etc. etc., etc., until the end of time.
Your summation was the best I’ve seen so far Nancy, and the fairest also.
I can't help wondering why people send their kids to those camps when they flood every year?
No idea. It doesn’t flood every year but it’s getting worse. I went to camp near Tyler, so it wasn’t an issue.
I guess I should say I wonder why they still have camps there if it floods every year. Even though it hasn't flooded as bad previously
It's rare that one of your posts makes me cry (this is probably a first) but it did and that makes it important for all of us. Thank you. Very well -researched and -written from a place of facts and compassion. It's exactly what we need right now.
I'm glad it helped.
Thank you, Nancy, for giving us the lowdown on this horrible catastrophe. The timeline is really helpful.
There wasn't anything like it out there, so I felt like it would be a good thing to have.