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[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

Can someone find me a source on this. Most of the articles I have read say NWS pushed out a flash flood alert 3 hours in advance but the camp itself didn't have any alerting system in place. So if they had cell reception and turned on the emergency alert then they would've been warned.

I'm sure cuts to the NOAA and NWS can't be beneficial for anyone though

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The money that was cut was to install warning system in remote places and expand cellular access to deliver the warnings, I read a whole article on it I will try to find, but it very clearly explained what was planned, what was cut, and how it's a direct impact on this. Could google the proposed funding that was cut as well and take a look for yourself. It happened all over in many communities, this just happened to be the first to test the cuts and how they keep us safe.

Hey, atleast the billionaires are only paying 1% tax rate while some of us pay 23%.

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nope, the warning system wasn't installed because the citizens of the community thought it was too expensive

During a news conference early Friday morning, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said he didn't know why the camps hadn't been evacuated, but that the county did not have an early warning system or outdoor sirens to alert people to flooding conditions.

“We’ve looked into it before … The public reeled at the cost,” Kelly said.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/national-weather-service-alert-timeline-texas-flooding/3879084/

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they were asleep. Maybe none of them were locals so they didn't think that they would get flooded.

[-] Railing5132@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They should have had NOAA weather radios at least.

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