Will FEMA get involved?
There is a county in central Texas, where 76% of its voters went for Trump in the last election. In this county, there is a sallow valley in which the Guadeloupe River Flows. A normally tranquil river. Except when it has what amounts to a tropical rain event. These past few days, the river rose 25 feet in less than a day. A current report says 25 people were killed, something like 26 children from a local camp are missing. 850 people rescued.
There obviously was not adequate warning.
Where is the federal government in all of this? Will FEMA get involved?
Is this a result of climate change?
Do you think it might change the way people in that area are voting?
I think it is one of the worst disasters in Texas.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the deceased and the missing.
But, given the recent track record of FEMA under Trump, I doubt they will be much help.
Might as well build another Alligator Alcatraz.
There obviously was not adequate warning.
Where is the federal government in all of this? Will FEMA get involved?
Is this a result of climate change?
Do you think it might change the way people in that area are voting?
I think it is one of the worst disasters in Texas.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the deceased and the missing.
But, given the recent track record of FEMA under Trump, I doubt they will be much help.
Might as well build another Alligator Alcatraz.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said the flooding in Texas is “unprecedented,” adding that the federal government will be providing further resources.
Noem confirmed that various DHS agencies are actively working in efforts, including the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
She added that the Border Patrol’s tactical unit named BORTAC, a special operations group, is also on the ground assisting.
My italics.
Whether or not FEMA will be of much help remains to be seen, surely.
Just a band aide to larger problems. Climate Change, lack of adequate warning systems, etc.
Just because Noam says the Feds will be coming does not mean it will happen. Heck, South Carolina is still waiting for promised aid from last year's disaster. Even in Washington, there were two small hamlets that never got needed aid during the previous Trump administration--even though the voters in those hamlets nearly all voted for Trump. Trump is known to play favoritism.
From the Guardian again:
“Prayer matters,” Abbott said. Prayers “could have been the reason why water stopped rising”.
Make of that what you will.
Reminds me of the story of Chanticleer. the rooster. Every morning, he thought he could cause the sun to come up every morning when he would crow. True enough, he would crow and the sun would come up. Then one day, he overslept. When he finally got up the sun was already up.
Several videos and photos of the flooding.
BORTAC sounds so Soviet.