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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MAGAs didn't care about NOAA or the NWS until this weekend. [/quote]

Republicans take everything the government does for granted, and doesn't miss it until it's gone and too late.[/quote]

This narrative you're trying to spin about NOAA/NWS is pure propaganda.  There were no staffing issues and they sent out one alert after another.  You people need to get a grip.

[b]At 4:03 a.m., the office issued an urgent warning that raised the potential of catastrophic damage and a severe threat to human life.[/b]

Jonathan Porter, the chief meteorologist at AccuWeather, a private weather forecasting company that uses National Weather Service data, said it appeared [b]evacuations and other proactive measures could have been undertaken to reduce the risk of fatalities.[/b]

“People, businesses, and governments should take action based on Flash Flood Warnings that are issued, regardless of the rainfall amounts that have occurred or are forecast,” Porter said in a statement.[/quote]

At 4 AM the flooding had already hit. I am not casting blame, just pointing it out. [/quote]

I don’t think so. I think the rain started shortly after 4 according to eyewitness accounts. A guy was out for a very early jog.[/quote]

The "guy" was the city manager jogging at 3:30 AM. The flash flood was a result of a stalled rain system UPSTREAM from the flooding. That it was not raining in Kerrville yet means nothing. The water was rising at the camps before 3 AM, reaching major flood stage at 4 AM: https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/HNTT2

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