People Are Frustrated With MAGA Politicians' Responses To The Deadly Texas Floods
Trump, who spent Sunday golfing, disputed the suggestions that his administration's cuts to key federal agencies may have hurt the response to the deluge.[image or embed]
" HuffPost (@huffpost.com) Jul 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good thing no one said "if you gut NWS indiscriminately, without caution and study, then there will be actual people, maybe lots of people, who will die."
They didn't gut forecasters .... thanks for playing.
Weather service had extra staffers
The National Weather Service office in New Braunfels, which delivers forecasts for Austin, San Antonio and the surrounding areas, had extra staff on duty during the storms, Runyen said.
Where the office would typically have two forecasters on duty during clear weather, they had up to five on staff.
"There were extra people in here that night, and that's typical in every weather service office " you staff up for an event and bring people in on overtime and hold people over," Runyen said.
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Christian girls summer camp devastated by floods holds decades-long history with presidents, Texas politicos (Mon, July 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM EDT)
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... More than two dozen children have died from the devastating flash floods gripping Texas' Hill Country, which is home to popular youth summer camps, including Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' summer program that holds deep roots with Texas politicians and presidential families stretching back decades.
Flash floods inundated Kerr County, Texas, and the surrounding area in central Texas' Hill Country early on the Fourth of July holiday. Warnings over the flooding were issued Thursday, but the devastation hit the area in the early morning hours of Friday, taking residents by surprise.
Kerr County, Texas, is home to a handful of youth summer camps, including Camp Mystic, a Christian girls summer camp established in 1926 by University of Texas football and basketball coach "Doc" Stewart.
At least 27 campers and counselors were confirmed dead, and the camp was devastated by the waters that flooded the Guadalupe River and tore through the surrounding communities, according to Camp Mystic's website.
"Today I visited Camp Mystic. It, and the river running beside it, were horrendously ravaged in ways unlike I've seen in any natural disaster," Abbott posted to X Saturday. "The height the rushing water reached to the top of cabins was shocking. We won't stop until we find every girl who was in those cabins."
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The camp describes itself as one that focuses on promoting spiritual growth and bringing out the best in campers during their stays, according to its website.
"Camp Mystic is a private Christian summer camp for girls," the camp says on its website. "Established in 1926, Mystic is nestled among cypress, live oak, and pecan trees in the hill country of west-central Texas on the banks of the beautiful Guadalupe River. Mystic is located near the geographical center of Texas, 18 miles northwest of Kerrville. The staff at Mystic strives to provide young girls with a wholesome Christian atmosphere in which they can develop outstanding personal qualities and self-esteem." ...
Something else that jumped out at me (google Camp Mystic) is several dam like structures that appear to bound the waterway into swimming areas. One of these appears to be very new, in the proximity of the cabins the youngest children were in, which were also very close to the creek. The entire creek and about half the cabins are in Flood Zone A (below 100 year flood zone elevation)
I don't know much about Texas law, but I am very familiar with Florida laws for construction in flood zones, which are based on FEMA, DEP and Army Corps of Engineers guidelines. Generally all construction must have all finished floor areas at least one foot above the 100 year flood elevation, and you can't you can't build retaining walls or other structures which would impede the passage of flood waters through the area.
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Texas safety inspectors approved Camp Mystic's disaster plan two days before the deadly deluge: apnews.com
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