Doge reduced warning and response time for the Texas flood.

[berg80]

What we are witnessing with the Right's collective response in denial of the impact of the DOGE cuts is a real time example of how The Following gets brainwashed. More importantly, once the propaganda is absorbed it remains as a part of their belief system forever. Compounding lie after lie until you have an entire belief system founded on bullshit.

 

[citygator]

What we are witnessing with the Right's collective response in denial of the impact of the DOGE cuts is a real time example of how The Following gets brainwashed. More importantly, once the propaganda is absorbed it remains as a part of their belief system forever. Compounding lie after lie until you have an entire belief system founded on bullshit.

Next: "This was the best flood response in history. If Biden were president 100,000 people would have died".

 

[Mashmont]

At 1am while everyone was sleeping they said, "look out" on the internet.. at 4 am they posted a note on their website saying "youre fucked"... at 7am it finally dawned on them when the regular shift showed up for work to send out a phone warning to people in the area who might not be checking the website while asleep.

Yeah, why didn't President Trump don a cape, fly down there like Superman, and swoop up the people from the floodwaters?

 

[Man With A Plan]

That's what you get for listening to FAUX news.

It takes pumps that run on electricity to move water.


Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to the region to prevent more fires, which included the pumps.
It was NEVER about a lack of water.

Both my father and my grandfather were Fire Chiefs, Nuthin. Fire hydrants don't require electricity to work. What they DO require is a water source. Those hydrants were not dry because PG&E turned off the power. They were dry because the water source that should have supplied them had been emptied.

 

[berg80]

Next: "This was the best flood response in history. If Biden were president 100,000 people would have died".

Bingo. Gaslighting is an essential part of the constant, unwavering propaganda campaign.

 

[citygator]

Yeah, why didn't President Trump don a cape, fly down there like Superman, and swoop up the people from the floodwaters?

Or..... why didn't he fund the NWS more effectively like he was warned. This was avoidable and you didnt have to be a superhero... just a rational actor.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Both my father and my grandfather were Fire Chiefs, Nuthin. Fire hydrants don't require electricity to work. What they DO require is a water source. Those hydrants were not dry because PG&E turned off the power. They were dry because the water source that should have supplied them had been emptied.

WTF?

So, you took the Trump U. civil engineering correspondence course.
Trump doesn't give refunds.

 

[Nostra]

In Afghanistan a terrorist blows himself up in a crowd at a gate and kills 13 and you guys freak the **** out about every little detail of preparation. In Texas, 50 people die and you dont give a shit about preparation and are immediately on the defensive about how great everything worked in killing all these people and little girls only because you dont want your Orange God to look bad. **** you ass worshiping *****. I really really dont get you people.

You are comparing a 1000 year natural disaster to a pathetically planned surrender by your Vegetable Messiah, Simp.

Apples and tiddly winks.

Moron.

 

[Man With A Plan]

WTF?

So, you took the Trump U. civil engineering correspondence course.
Trump doesn't give refunds.

You're just an idiot. Fire hydrants are mechanical. They don't require electricity to function. Peddle your bullshit elsewhere...

 

[Nostra]

You moron. They paid nearly $1B in damages because they are lying *****. There is your specifics. What is your specific response Nostradumbass?

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Wow! Are you really, really stupid.

We are talking about this story, Dumbass. Not some completely unrelated story from years ago.

Show us what they got wrong regarding the story in the OP. Please try to focus, Simp.

 

[citygator]

You are comparing a 1000 year natural disaster to a pathetically planned surrender by your Vegetable Messiah, Simp.

Apples and tiddly winks.

Moron.

Point proven to the T. All you care about is who is in office and zero cares about what was done. Hundreds cut from NWS including 200 forecast professionals and the forecast is off and the warnings were inadequate but that was just nature.

 

[Nostra]

Dire warnings ahead of the disaster on the impact of the cuts.

So DOGE removed satellites from orbit?

Link?

 

[Nostra]

That's what you get for listening to FAUX news.

It takes pumps that run on electricity to move water.


Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to the region to prevent more fires, which included the pumps.
It was NEVER about a lack of water.

If you can't pump water, you lack water.

 

[Man With A Plan]

If you can't pump water, you lack water.

Anyone claiming that those hydrants didn't work because the power had been cut is so clueless it's laughable. Yet people like him believe the bullshit they're fed by the MSM! Fire trucks don't require electricity to pump water either. If he knew anything about fire fighting he'd know that as well.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

You're just an idiot. Fire hydrants are mechanical. They don't require electricity to function. Peddle your bullshit elsewhere...

WTF?


City water supplies the fire hydrants you dumbfuck.
City water requires pumps to reach your house, hydrants and fire sprinklers in commercial buildings.
How does water reach your kitchen sink?

 

[Delldude]

should Republicans in red states and counties be able to get any of that "socialistic" disaster relief funding?

You mean like the Helene disaster or East Palestine?

Those red states?

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

If you can't pump water, you lack water.

OR...................?
What runs the pump?

 

[MagicMike]

You mean like the Helene disaster or East Palestine?

Those red states?

Actually no Delldud. We are talking about something entirely different here.

 

[Captain Caveman]

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.

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Non sequitur thread.

You should get slapped for dragging in gullible citygator . That retard is going off their tits thinking a cut back caused the deaths. Please stop winding up the gullibles.

 

[Nostra]

What we are witnessing with the Right's collective response in denial of the impact of the DOGE cuts is a real time example of how The Following gets brainwashed. More importantly, once the propaganda is absorbed it remains as a part of their belief system forever. Compounding lie after lie until you have an entire belief system founded on bullshit.

Facts on the ground have already proven your narrative is 100% bullshit.

NWS had extra staff on hand before the incident. Warnings went out per NWS guidelines. So tell us how DOGE is to blame, moron.