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Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

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Come on. Trump is a "weather expert " too. Who can ever forget the Sharpie hurricane map? NOAA let him get away with it to avoid making him mad. And how does he repay them? He cut their jobs and funding. Why don't those that capitulate to Trump see that is a stupid thing. He doesn't quit.

Reinforce the FACTS! Don’t start tossing in doubt even when it’s just sarcasm. This is how we veer off topic….and never return. But you were funny.

I understand relatively the same thing happened in 1987 in the same area, 11 people died. They had a plan in place for early warning systems then but the public decided it was too expensive and was never implemented. The government should have did it anyway. This is on them.

of course it was a huge contributor to the failed warnings. Where I live in Texas, under normal circumstances, before people are in imminent danger, they would have given a planned and orderly mandatory evacuation....a day or two prior. ..and had people go up and down the streets with bullhorns.

They will. But what’s worse is that the media will run with it as if they have a point, the magas will believe it, so there will be no pushback. There’s no line of defense against the lie when our own media is in on the game.

They shouldn't need to be pressured to fix this because it's in their own best interest to do so. The reason they defunded and fired hundreds of people in the first place was they wanted to invalidate all science that supports global warming. Pretty big sacrifice to control the narrative.

on 7/3 San Antonio tv weather teams were giving flash flood warnings, Ingram city mgr credited his volunteer FD w/saving lives saying they knew it was gonna be bad, ppl ignore warnings, flash floods alerts were ignored in Kerrville, have you seen 1 person saying ‘so glad we saw the warnings & left’

Ya, no shit. Alarms were going off that this administration's actions, including DOGE's chainsaw methods of labor reduction, The GOP's inaction in Congress and SCOTUS's enabling of the Mango Felon in Chief would result in the deaths of many Americans. This is only the beginning. Going to get worse.

There was no warning coordination meteorologist on staff the night of the Gudalupe River flood. That position was made vacant by DOGE. Donald Trump killed those kids in Tx. There is no doubt! Get lawyers and sue sue sue!

The drastic cuts and lack of effective coordination must be considered. In order to avoid repeating tragic mistakes and preventable loss of life, the impact of 600 jobs cut from the National Weather Service must be prudently assessed. A review of such decisions is not political. But complaining is.

The drastic cuts and lack of effective coordination must be considered. In order to avoid repeating tragic mistakes and preventable loss of life, the impact of 600 jobs cut from the National Weather Service must be prudently assessed. A review of such decisions is not political. But complaining is.

Trump the baboon is totally responsible for what has happened in Texas. He doesn't care about all the deaths, and all the children lost in the flood. Trump is the one shut down NOAA. This is how inconsiderate this SOB his. Trumps days are numbered.

A new flash flood started @ 3:30pm today in The Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico. There was 7 inches of rain in less than an hour, the ground is burn scarred from recent forest fires, this was a recipe for disaster. Hoping there was a warning & everyone is safe. Been there, sad to see this happen. 😟

Who knew cutting shit to the bone to give billionaires tax breaks would be potentially catastrophic? Everyone, except republicans apparently. They rely on thoughts and prayers and their orange god who can do no wrong.

I believe this is only going to get worse.Everyone keeps saying things will change in November mid-terms.Well I think it's going to be too late.They will inflict so much damage.I say his mental health is the way to go.

It is true. In the chapter on NOAA and its agencies, Project 2025 clearly states that the data & info studied & published by these agencies & FEMA drive the public’s belief in climate change. Thus those agencies must be dismantled & climate research & data collection & compilation ended.

A classic move by Trump all show no follow through. Warning message sent but no one there to receive it as warning coordinator meteorologist position was vacant due to cuts. He has no idea how to run system. All show no substance that contributed to death of so many now & likely on the future.

Of course they were. When Trump no longer holds all the levers of power, Americans have to bring poweful charges against those who harmed others. Men like Trump don't become powerful unless there are complicit folks who do their bidding.

He’s announced he’s going Friday but this aligns with Biden and previous floods by not causing a distraction whilst there’s still rescues etc although I think a week after the event is a bit much.

When there are widespread predictions of unpreparedness to predict and warn of and the ability to respond to natural disasters and a devastating disaster occurs without warning and with an insufficient response, there’s a pretty good likelihood that assumptions used were correct.

"The death toll from the recent Texas floods over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 110, with over 160 people still missing, primarily in Kerr County." Texas flood rescue teams continue to search for more than 160 missing people as death toll climbs www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-f...

cbsnews.comTexas flood rescue teams continue to search for more than 160 missing people as death toll climbsFive days after deadly floods struck central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

Of course the cuts contributed! It’s common sense! But we aren’t allowed to use common sense under the regime. So this will be ignored and discredited by the sociopaths in charge. There isn’t enough pain, misery, or death that can move those empty vessels to do the right thing. Stop expecting it.

NOAA Trump/Musk failures are minor in comparison to global climate change. Warmer air absorbs moisture and then drops more rain when conditions are right. No mention of it in last election except Trump is taking us backwards. The worst is yet to come.

I agree but I believe that most of the blame lies with Governor Abbott’s administration when they denied funding to help upgrade Kerr Counties emergency siren system.

Awful tragedy! From the bottom of my heart I wish love for those families! At some point Texas need to look in the mirror! Every 6 months they have a major tragedy! And keep electing the same worthless leaders! The definition of insanity, well may try something else! Just maybe!

In other words Trump and the Republicans are responsible for the death and damages from the flood in Texas. They are practicing Eugenics by eliminating safety nets, refusing to address the climate crisis and dismantling the Agencies that protect 99% of us!

Of course they were. I saw a great analogy on another post: If you remove 1/3 of the parts of a car, you don't slow it down by 1/3. You incapacitate it. Maybe those billionaires can forego a little bit of their generous tax breaks so the rest of America can be properly warned of natural disasters.

Can’t afford warning sirens; safety grants denied; “asking who to blame…is language of losers”?(source: Gov Abbott, who raised missing count Kerr Cty from 20 to 161). Authoritarian gov’ts like tRUmp’s, and yes, Abbott’s, kill people! “Flash Flood Alley” has long history of flash floods, morons!

If trump cared one whit about flood victims, why isn't he diverting the National Guard and Marines from LA to Texas to help with search and recovery? He has so much power and he has confiscated so many resources, it should be easy. If only he cared.

Who is responsible? Prime suspect. Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Co-author of Project 2025 He is in charge of turning the Trump administrations policy into action. He is the man who makes all the Trump brand evil come to life.

Sadly, with essential agencies & programs being defunded so Billions of $ can exempt the rich from paying a fair share of taxes & overfund the DHS to establish a Gestapo military (ICE), we are going to see more horrific outcomes from natural & GOP -induced disasters. #RESIST #RevolutionNow

The kids deserved better. The floods that these people feared from the Bible arrive and the so called Christians say Dems pushed a button to create floods. If they truly believed their own stories, they'd see a warning, even though it has more to do with firing the people who warn of these events.

A GREAT CHEREKEE NATIVE SPIRITUAL LEADER OFTEN SAID THE WEATHER IS BREATH FROM THE SPIRIT UNSETTLED BY THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHERS FROM GENERATIONS PAST NOW FEELING GREATER PAIN THAN THE PANGS OF BIRTHING THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THOUGHTS AND DEEDS OF THOSE LISTENING TO THE DARK MOVER OF HUMANITYS SOUL

Donald's Extreme Incompetence running wild resulted in the removal of knowledge, experience & critical thinking from everywhere. The consequences will be showing up for some time. This is what I see. OTP vp

You need a senior manager at one level in the weather service to convince the political administration to do something. When the manager job is vacant and the politicians are looking to make job cuts especially if anyone mentions climate change. There is unlikely to be anyone to say it is a disaster