Doge reduced warning and response time for the Texas flood.

[tahuyaman]

• In June 2025, Trump stated he plans to “wean off FEMA” and redirect federal disaster relief funding directly from the President’s office, rather than through FEMA, aiming to complete this shift after the current hurricane season ends in November .
• Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, co-leading a “FEMA Review Council,” emphasized that “FEMA fundamentally needs to go away as it exists” .
• In March 2025, Noem confirmed the administration is planning to eliminate FEMA

What Would Happen

• Federal funding cuts and fewer grants distributed through FEMA; states would receive block grants or direct funding instead .
• FEMA has already seen significant staffing reductions (~30%) and a freeze on grants and hiring, raising concerns about ongoing disaster response readiness .
• FEMA’s current leader, Acting Administrator David Richardson, has also initiated policies

Instead of sending money to Washington DC to feed a huge bureaucracy, why not put that money in the hands of the states which can react more quickly and efficiently?

Does everything need to come from the federal government?

 

[tahuyaman]

Because a previous poster claimed it was a once in 100 year event. It was not.

Who cares about the 100 year thing? How does that change anything? Are you just looking for something irrelevant to argue about?

 

[BULLDOG]

There were no cuts in any agency which had any impact on the ability to issue warnings or notify the public.

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  • The Austin/San Antonio office lacked a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, a vital liaison between forecasters and emergency managers.
  • The San Angelo office also had unfilled position

 

[Zincwarrior]

Updated count. 90 dead so far.

 

[Nostra]

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  • The Austin/San Antonio office lacked a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, a vital liaison between forecasters and emergency managers.
  • The San Angelo office also had unfilled position

Extra staff had that covered since warnings went out per NWS guidelines.

 

[Rawley]

They had extra staff on site, stupid. Warnings went out per NWS guidelines.

Facts on the ground prove you are full of shit.

You lose again.

These people are desperate. For anything

 

[Delldude]

Gets worse:

Former Houston mayoral appointee rages at flooded Texas girls camp for being ‘white-only’ . . . A former Houston mayoral appointee raged at a Texas girls camp for being “white-only’’ — hours after deadly flooding ripped through the facility, killing at least five young campers and leaving 11 more missing. “I know I’m going to get cancelled for this, but Camp Mystic is a white-only girls’ Christian camp. They don’t even have a token Asian. They don’t have a token Black person. It’s an all-white, white-only conservative Christian camp,” Sade Perkins said.

 

[Nostra]

Water and electricity don't mix Q-NUT.

Um, ok stupid.

 

[Nostra]

Even on fire trucks.
You can use helicopters and planes and that's what they did.

How did that plan work out for them, simp?

 

[Man With A Plan]

WTF?

LOL.

Don't know the difference...do you? Let me guess...you were a Woman's Studies major in college?

 

[Delldude]

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  • The Austin/San Antonio office lacked a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, a vital liaison between forecasters and emergency managers.
  • The San Angelo office also had unfilled position

Hal says you're a dumbfuck:

AI Overview

Yes, there was a Warning Coordination Meteorologist on duty at the National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio the night of the Texas flood. While the office was fully staffed with five employees that night, a permanent Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) was not present. The position was vacant due to an early retirement offer accepted by Paul Yura, who had previously held the role. The WCM acts as a crucial link between forecasters and emergency managers.

Awful quiet all of the sudden.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Um, ok stupid.

Why some power companies shut off electricity ahead of a ...​

FOX Weather
https://www.foxweather.com › extreme-weather › plann...
Sep 28, 2022 — By proactively shutting down certain network parts ahead of the storm, Tampa Electric said they could avoid serious damage to the underground equipment.

 

[CrazyTrader55]

Trump is not responsible for the flood, however he is responsible for reducing the efficiency and effectiveness of those charged with warning of the event, and response after the event.

Trump is not responsible for the flood, however he is responsible for reducing the efficiency and effectiveness of those charged with warning of the event, and response after the event.

It's a local failure as well as a failure of the camp for having campers sleeping right near the river. It has nothing to do with the feds.... or Trump.

 

[Man With A Plan]

Why some power companies shut off electricity ahead of a ...​

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FOX Weather
https://www.foxweather.com › extreme-weather › plann...
Sep 28, 2022 — By proactively shutting down certain network parts ahead of the storm, Tampa Electric said they could avoid serious damage to the underground equipment.

The electricity is almost always turned off when the worst of a hurricane is going through, Nuthin. Once again...that does NOT mean that the Fire Department can't get water out of hydrants! They are mechanical not electrical. They run off of water pressure caused by gravity.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

How did that plan work out for them, simp?

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Better than Donnie's "Turning the water on" Q-NUT.

'Ridiculous blunder': Trump wades into California's water ...​

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com › california-water-trump
Feb 11, 2025 — Billions of gallons of irrigation water were wasted under Trump's orders in what now appears to be a political stunt.

 

[hadit]

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

The pertinent questions become, were the agencies fully staffed at the time of the floods, and were warnings sent out ahead of time? Ifs, ands, buts and maybes don't cut it unless you're just trying to throw blame before the facts are even known.

 

[rightwinger]

Instead of sending money to Washington DC to feed a huge bureaucracy, why not put that money in the hands of the states which can react more quickly and efficiently?

Does everything need to come from the federal government?

Do you realize how stupid that is?

Put disaster relief funds into 50 different pots
Some may not need it, some may need significantly more than they were allocated.

That is why this needs to be a federal function. FEMA can allocate resources where and when they are needed. Nobody can anticipate where disasters will occur during any given year.

 

[Delldude]

Do you realize how stupid that is?

Put disaster relief funds into 50 different pots

Not how it's intended. To states on an as needed basis. 2026 commission to look into the FEMA issue.

 

[rightwinger]

John Holladay, Athens, United States, 15 minutes ago

One article says that the weather service usually has 2 people on duty for this area and this weekend had 5 - so what does this have to do with Trump?This poor reporting and and TDS clouds reality. A total disservice to the us all.Bad enough my heart goes out to all involved but then the MSM has to come out with their lazy uneducated trash. They disgust me!
Mac2.o, Dallas, 1 hour ago

There were warnings. At one camp near the river, the Camp Director paid attention. He kept checking the river. At 1:00 AM when he saw the water starting to rise, he woke up all 50 of his campers, helped them pack up all their belongings, and moved them all to higher ground. Not one even got their feet wet. The people in charge of these camps and campgrounds were at fault.

This is ONE disaster that killed 90 people.
Hurricane season is underway…more to come

The question is not could more staff have prevented this disaster, but why the FUK is our nation cutting back on NWS and FEMA personnel?

Sorry Republicans but you need to stop pretending that you can arbitrarily cut personnel and there will be no impact.

 

[Captain Caveman]

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  • The Austin/San Antonio NWS office lacked a Warning Coordination Meteorologist.
  • The San Angelo office was missing both a meteorologist-in-charge and a hydrologist
  • While the core forecasthttp://texasonlinerecords.com/tax/search.xhtmls may still be technically sound, staffing shortages reduce the NWS’s ability to interpret, communicate, and act on those forecasts effectively—especially in fast-developing, localized disasters like flash floods.
  • The NWS did give a flood warning, but it was the same warning given with past minimal floods. A fully staffed agency would have recognized that this particular flood was going to be much more severe, and given a warning to reflect that.

Basically, you're gonna continue with being a retarded prick. What a ******* thick **** you are.