Truly, Cosplay Barbie, did she recycle w.’s misson accomplished, bet it has the same non-performative meaning here too. she might want to exit government and try making a deal with some toy company(in russia) and spawn a line of action figures…or something…?
Lt. Gov. Patrick, "I'm going to be brief"........then proceeds to filibuster for 5 minutes with a bunch of politician double talk......what a fuck stick.......
There were so many things that went wrong. It was a cascading series of inattention, misdirection,greed, theft, ignorance, complacency, climate change and a whole lot of water that all fell at one time. People will be pointing fingers for years, but it took all of these things and more to create this disaster.
A lot of balls were dropped over the course of several decades.
Do you remember how these assholes howled and screamed last year, during the election, that FEMA didn't get to SC hurricane victims fast enough? And oh yeah, those checks they handed out to people who desperately needed money right away, that's ALL they were EVER going to get. Plus anyone who left would be forbidden ever to come back to their home, which would be destroyed to clear the floodplain. Plus...
You get the idea. They lied and lied and LIED about FEMA's entirely competent response, and the voters rewarded them by sweeping them into office. Now watch. Those same voters will entirely swallow all the lame excuses and rationalizations and just-don't-give-a-shit attitudes they get from the officials who are supposed to help them in emergencies, if they even bother to pay attention.
"In any case, as the Houston Chronicle reported last week (gift link), a decade ago, the board of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority chose not to spend a $3.4 million surplus on a flood alert system, deciding instead to reduce property taxes."
And now their property taxes will be reduced more, as their buildings were all wiped out.
And you libs say Climate change is bad! It's all because you hate seeing taxes cut!
Why are so many people blaming FEMA? FEMA doesn't show up until the state's governor requests federal help, and the president grants it. In the interim, state and local emergency management people are in charge. It can't, and never has, worked any other way, except with emergencies that can be predicted in advance, such as hurricanes. FEMA became involved in Hurricane Katrina even before it made landfall, but that is obviously not the case with earthquakes, tornadoes or flash floods.
They don't think sirens would have helped? That's bullshit, they work better than any other method in an emergency situation.
I bet that guy who slept through 3 phone calls had turned his phone off. I worked with a guy who used to turn his off as soon as he got home every day, even when he was on call. And guess who was next on the "On Call" list if he didn't respond? Me.
We camped at Spring Branch, in Comal County, on the Guadalupe in June, when they tested the sirens. Let me tell you, they work. Scared the bejesus out of both of us. I just assumed these were a matter of course in other counties.
I bet if someone said let's spend a $3.4 million surplus on a system to broadcast the Ten Commandments at all those vacationers and campers they'd have been all over it.
Jonathan Larsen at The Fucking News has some informative and truly terrifying write-ups of Kerr County authorities just absolutely dropped every possible ball for years:
TBF, they ain’t wrong that FEMA’s job is to support the state. But that system is predicated on (a) a functioning state emergency management system, and (ii) FEMA not being a disposable piece in the MAGA culture wars.
Truly, Cosplay Barbie, did she recycle w.’s misson accomplished, bet it has the same non-performative meaning here too. she might want to exit government and try making a deal with some toy company(in russia) and spawn a line of action figures…or something…?
My fear is not that this is what Texas voted for; my fear is that this is what Texas votes for. Yeah, gerrymandering only fucks it up worse.
Lt. Gov. Patrick, "I'm going to be brief"........then proceeds to filibuster for 5 minutes with a bunch of politician double talk......what a fuck stick.......
Welcome to Texas. You are on your own.
I think Noem's banner should read "Fait Accompli".
There were so many things that went wrong. It was a cascading series of inattention, misdirection,greed, theft, ignorance, complacency, climate change and a whole lot of water that all fell at one time. People will be pointing fingers for years, but it took all of these things and more to create this disaster.
A lot of balls were dropped over the course of several decades.
But.. how could anyone ever predict these events?
Vote for smaller government expect no help when disaster strikes. And no matter where you live, disaster WILL strike eventually.
Do you remember how these assholes howled and screamed last year, during the election, that FEMA didn't get to SC hurricane victims fast enough? And oh yeah, those checks they handed out to people who desperately needed money right away, that's ALL they were EVER going to get. Plus anyone who left would be forbidden ever to come back to their home, which would be destroyed to clear the floodplain. Plus...
You get the idea. They lied and lied and LIED about FEMA's entirely competent response, and the voters rewarded them by sweeping them into office. Now watch. Those same voters will entirely swallow all the lame excuses and rationalizations and just-don't-give-a-shit attitudes they get from the officials who are supposed to help them in emergencies, if they even bother to pay attention.
This fucking country.
Government by telephone tree isn't the way to go Texas 😑 but keep killing people who vote for you gop. It couldn't EVER end bad.
"In any case, as the Houston Chronicle reported last week (gift link), a decade ago, the board of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority chose not to spend a $3.4 million surplus on a flood alert system, deciding instead to reduce property taxes."
And now their property taxes will be reduced more, as their buildings were all wiped out.
And you libs say Climate change is bad! It's all because you hate seeing taxes cut!
Why are so many people blaming FEMA? FEMA doesn't show up until the state's governor requests federal help, and the president grants it. In the interim, state and local emergency management people are in charge. It can't, and never has, worked any other way, except with emergencies that can be predicted in advance, such as hurricanes. FEMA became involved in Hurricane Katrina even before it made landfall, but that is obviously not the case with earthquakes, tornadoes or flash floods.
They don't think sirens would have helped? That's bullshit, they work better than any other method in an emergency situation.
I bet that guy who slept through 3 phone calls had turned his phone off. I worked with a guy who used to turn his off as soon as he got home every day, even when he was on call. And guess who was next on the "On Call" list if he didn't respond? Me.
They certainly helped in Comal County that actually installed sirens. This article proves how planning and foresight always works better than denial.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2025/07/10/texas-flood-sirens-saved-a-small-community
We camped at Spring Branch, in Comal County, on the Guadalupe in June, when they tested the sirens. Let me tell you, they work. Scared the bejesus out of both of us. I just assumed these were a matter of course in other counties.
Heartbreaking.
I bet if someone said let's spend a $3.4 million surplus on a system to broadcast the Ten Commandments at all those vacationers and campers they'd have been all over it.
Broadcast the Ten Commandment in Ten different languages.
What Texas needs are more bootstrap-factories.
Jonathan Larsen at The Fucking News has some informative and truly terrifying write-ups of Kerr County authorities just absolutely dropped every possible ball for years:
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/texas-ignored-flood-forecasts-for
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/exclusive-gop-prayer-deficit-led
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/trump-abbott-nixed-flood-warning
TBF, they ain’t wrong that FEMA’s job is to support the state. But that system is predicated on (a) a functioning state emergency management system, and (ii) FEMA not being a disposable piece in the MAGA culture wars.