Doge reduced warning and response time for the Texas flood.

[Conservative from Georgia]

Cuts aren’t even in effect yet Conservative from Georgia

At the San Antonio/Austin NWS office, key positions such as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist became vacant: the person holding that role took an early retirement package and departed on April 30, with no replacement hired

Cuts happen in October, moron.

You’re lying.


That’s false.
At the San Antonio/Austin NWS office, key positions such as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist became vacant: the person holding that role took an early retirement package and departed on April 30, with no replacement hired.

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

So you lied…..again.

You’ve been asked for links and you don’t provide them because you want to disappear the April firing.

 

[The Duke]

Doge taking a chain saw to our weather monitoring and warning systems and to FEMA has made the tragedy of the Texas flood even worse than it had to be. Those agencies were in place for a reason, and should have never been degraded by someone who didn't even understand why we need those agencies.


Yes, it's quite possible that victims of the recent Texas flood could have received earlier or more effective warnings if not for cuts and policy shifts tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and former President Donald Trump's administration.


What Happened in Texas?


On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flash flooding struck areas along the Guadalupe River, leading to fatalities and widespread emergency rescues. Local authorities issued urgent warnings, but the scale and speed of the flooding overwhelmed many systems.


How DOGE and Trump’s Policies May Have Affected This


According to investigative reporting from the Texas Observer and San Antonio Current, the Trump administration’s DOGE initiative significantly impacted federal disaster preparedness and response:

• FEMA Cuts: DOGE slashed FEMA’s workforce by about 20% and froze parts of its funding.
• Disaster Aid Shift: Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA and shift disaster response responsibilities to individual states, arguing governors should handle emergencies independently.
• Climate Risk Data Degradation: DOGE reportedly dismantled or degraded federal resources that track and model climate-augmented weather risks, such as flood forecasting and early warning systems.
• Infrastructure Investment Delays: Federal support for flood prevention projects—like levees and drainage upgrades—was reduced or delayed, leaving vulnerable areas more exposed.

Could Earlier Warnings Have Been Possible?


While local agencies like the Harris County Flood Control District did issue warnings, the broader federal infrastructure that supports early detection, modeling, and communication of extreme weather risks may have been weakened. This could have:

• Reduced the lead time for warnings
• Limited the accuracy of flood forecasts
• Slowed coordination between federal and local responders

So while it's speculative to say definitively that lives would have been saved, the evidence strongly suggests that federal cuts and policy shifts under DOGE and Trump made Texas—and its residents—more vulnerable to disasters like this one.

Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster

Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

go.skimresources.com

This OP is a lie. Total lie.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

They could have given a more accurate estimation of how much rainfall to expect. All bad weather isn't the same.

96 people died in North Carolina during the flooding there. Why didn't the NOAA under the Biden administration give a more accurate estimation of how much rainfall to expect ?

 

[Delldude]

At the San Antonio/Austin NWS office, key positions such as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist became vacant: the person holding that role took an early retirement package and departed on April 30, with no replacement hired.

Already pointed out here the NWS functioned as required.

 

[sparky]

So the weather changes quickly, and the NWS posts a warning in the middle of the night, and because folks are asleep , it's all Trump's fault ~S~

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

Show where people have been hired to replace lost workers.
They weren’t

This is why Nostra isn’t giving you links:

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

Already pointed out here the NWS functioned as required.

 

[Sunsettommy]

Many of the people who were laid off have since then been rehired in the NOAA thus not a factor and the rain to massive floods were a short timeline thus hard to be ahead of that rapidly developing situation..

 

[TemplarKormac]

Doge taking a chain saw to our weather monitoring and warning systems and to FEMA has made the tragedy of the Texas flood even worse than it had to be. Those agencies were in place for a reason, and should have never been degraded by someone who didn't even understand why we need those agencies.


Yes, it's quite possible that victims of the recent Texas flood could have received earlier or more effective warnings if not for cuts and policy shifts tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and former President Donald Trump's administration.


What Happened in Texas?


On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flash flooding struck areas along the Guadalupe River, leading to fatalities and widespread emergency rescues. Local authorities issued urgent warnings, but the scale and speed of the flooding overwhelmed many systems.


How DOGE and Trump’s Policies May Have Affected This


According to investigative reporting from the Texas Observer and San Antonio Current, the Trump administration’s DOGE initiative significantly impacted federal disaster preparedness and response:

• FEMA Cuts: DOGE slashed FEMA’s workforce by about 20% and froze parts of its funding.
• Disaster Aid Shift: Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA and shift disaster response responsibilities to individual states, arguing governors should handle emergencies independently.
• Climate Risk Data Degradation: DOGE reportedly dismantled or degraded federal resources that track and model climate-augmented weather risks, such as flood forecasting and early warning systems.
• Infrastructure Investment Delays: Federal support for flood prevention projects—like levees and drainage upgrades—was reduced or delayed, leaving vulnerable areas more exposed.

Could Earlier Warnings Have Been Possible?


While local agencies like the Harris County Flood Control District did issue warnings, the broader federal infrastructure that supports early detection, modeling, and communication of extreme weather risks may have been weakened. This could have:

• Reduced the lead time for warnings
• Limited the accuracy of flood forecasts
• Slowed coordination between federal and local responders

So while it's speculative to say definitively that lives would have been saved, the evidence strongly suggests that federal cuts and policy shifts under DOGE and Trump made Texas—and its residents—more vulnerable to disasters like this one.

Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster

Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

go.skimresources.com

 

[TemplarKormac]

This is why Nostra isn’t giving you links:
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[TemplarKormac]

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[Nostra]

At the San Antonio/Austin NWS office, key positions such as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist became vacant: the person holding that role took an early retirement package and departed on April 30, with no replacement hired

You’re lying.


That’s false.
At the San Antonio/Austin NWS office, key positions such as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist became vacant: the person holding that role took an early retirement package and departed on April 30, with no replacement hired.

Warnings were issued starting 12 hours out. They did their job.

 

[Nostra]

You’ve been asked for links and you don’t provide them because you want to disappear the April firing.

I have provided plenty of links in this thread. Perhaps you should read it and get educated for once.

 

[rightwinger]

I have provided plenty of links in this thread. Perhaps you should read it and get educated for once.

Link or it didn’t happen

 

[westwall]

I have provided plenty of links in this thread. Perhaps you should read it and get educated for once.

Leftoid from Georgia is an avowed leftist. Facts don't matter to them.

 

[Nostra]

The facts in the ground just keeps kicking the ass of our resident Terminal TDS afflicted Cult morons and their talking points.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Link or it didn’t happen

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

This is why Nostra isn’t giving you links:
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I can point out, again, the flooding in North Carolina that happened under the Biden administration. What excuse do you have for the 96 deaths that occurred ?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Let this thread die now.

Twenty-six (26) pages is enough attention to supposition. The facts are out now.

This finger-pointing is an insult to the children and adults who died in this disaster.