Disaster declarations have been issued for parts of central Texas after heavy rains produced “a catastrophic flooding event” and killed an as yet unconfirmed number of people.
The National Weather Service issued multiple flash flood warnings followed by a flash flood emergency early on Friday morning for Gillespie and Mason counties, after more than a foot of rainfall fell in just a few hours in the hill country west of Austin.
The local news outlet KXAN warned that “life-threatening flooding is imminent or occurring. Leave low-lying or flood-prone areas immediately, but do not drive over water-covered roads.”
Reminder that some people think all this weather science and the programs that use it are a waste of money, as well as any money used to help those who lose everything in such events. Yeah, that’s crazy to even contemplate in the second quarter of the 21st century, but here we are.
As someone from San Antonio, hearing that over 30 children 7 and up got washed away and likely died in a flash flood is heartbreaking.
There are lots of people who are liberal as fuck who live in Texas. We have to deal with gerrymandered districts and a shit ton of rural people who have more voting powers than us.
Local here too. For the longest time I used to blame it on gerrymandering, but the Governor, Lt. Governor and President are all straight votes with no gerrymandering and we still lost. I know some of it can be chalked up to disenfranchised people, but it still should be something we could flip.
a ton of republicans moved to texas during the pandemic, that made it worst.
Also in TX. Seeing loads of heartless comments here. Hopefully we can come together as Texans and make some positive change.
Agreed. The negativity here is astounding
Knowing america has written you off is disheartening, but at least you have your fellow texans to rally together.
Ted Cruz frantically trying to book a flight to anywhere outside of the states.
They should call for federal aid.
Number’s been disconnected
*government handouts
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FEMA money coming in 3…2…oh wait…
Sorry FEMA can’t help you
This is good Christian Texas, they all believe in arks so I’m sure that each, individually, with personal funds, and by the sweat of their own brows, have built themselves private arks. They’ll be fine.
An ark is a boat, an arc is a curve
Thank you. Fixed.
I’m sure they have two of each animal onboard.
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What a horrific thing to say about children at a summer camp being washed away by flood waters. Can’t imagine what it’s like to live with a heart like that.
EDIT: If anyone with a soul stumbles upon this thread… Turn back. There’s no humanity to find here.
I’m sure Governor Abbott and Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton are sure losing sleeping over it. I’m out of fucks to give.
they flee the state the moment something like this happens.
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I’m a Texan. I care. I didn’t vote for this and neither did the majority of my city.
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These people don’t care man. This thread is sickening.
Lemmy doesn’t care that Texas is a purple state. They just go ahead and say “fuck you” to the 15 million people in Texas left of center anyway.
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Did you know that people who aren’t right wing conservatives live in red states?
What? Where are they pouting about it?
to say about children at a summer camp being washed away
Will no one think of the children?!?
Only while they are still in the womb.
Welcome to Lemmy
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Don’t talk ill of him, he might be near children.
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If only we could’ve predicted this. Oh well
Well, if the state wasn’t bought by the fossil fuel industry this wouldn’t be happening on this scale, would it? How’s the lone star state feeling now? Punished by plague (Measles), Floods, and instead of locusts they have the massive proliferation of ticks and the spreading of them far outside the state. Life imitating Art.
Time for the first borns to die and then it’s complete.
Build a wall around the water.
And make Texas pay for it.
Just shoot it in the face
Ask some private businesses to save you. “Sure, it’ll be $1000/hr to extract your family (max 3 people). $500/dog. If you join our platinum rescue service we’ll grab your tv and provide snacks.”
The amount of assholery in this thread is hilarious.
They can pick themselves up by their bootstraps. Small government and all that.
