Doge reduced warning and response time for the Texas flood.

[Nostra]

Would you care to back all of those claims up with some sort of proof?

Not a chance.

 

[Delldude]

See my post above.

Was referring to NWS. They did at 4:03am.

 

[hadit]

11 meteorologists for one storm?

How many do you think they need, Simp?

They're absolutely certain budget cuts caused the calamity but can't tell you what was not handled the way it normally is.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Was referring to NWS. They did at 4:03am.

Yes. Thats generally too late when a wall of water is coming your way. Again, not their fault.

 

[hadit]

The San Antonio/Austin weather forecasting office is operating with 11 staff meteorologists and is down six employees from its typical full staffing level of 26.

National Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

www.nbcnews.com

What precisely was not done as a result of that?

 

[Frankenstein]

The facts are as follows: There was a flood with devastating results and locals are blaming poor weather forecasts and untimely phone alerts. It is following a devastating headcount reduction in the office. As a paying public it is up to the NWS and Trump administration to show us they aren’t connected. Knee jerk “everything is fine” responses are political cover. This is an outrageous betrayal of public trust. We deserve answer and not SweetTea uninformed posters just posting what they want to “believe”. You have no training in what a correct staffing level is and there were huge death counts and real questions. Children died. And all you want to do is carry Trump’s water.

You are simply an absurd ass trying to make political hay because Trump hurt your feewings, by cutting the bureaucracy. You are just a miserable POS

 

[Frankenstein]

It is the facts. If this happened last year you’d want to shoot Biden with your own gun. Since it is a fat orange guy, you could care less. It’s crazy. The children who died deserve you being inquisitive. To stand up for those who can no longer stand.

What would we have to blame Biden for, nothing the same we have to blame Trump for!

 

[rightwinger]

Do you really want to compare the job that Sean Duffy has done so far with Mayor Pete's performance, Winger? You're going to lose that contest and lose it badly!

Sean Duffy?
What has he done

Mayor Pete did a great job

 

[Frankenstein]

Sean Duffy?
Low level appointee who was actually well qualified for his position. WTF cares?

Mayor Pete did a great job

Nonsense he was busy fake breast feeding

 

[hadit]

Sean Duffy?
Low level appointee who was actually well qualified for his position. WTF cares?

Mayor Pete did a great job

At what?

 

[Kondor3]

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

Is there one shred or iota of hard evidence that any cuts to FEMA or the NWS had the SLIGHTEST effect upon this disaster?

 

[Delldude]

Yes. Thats generally too late when a wall of water is coming your way. Again, not their fault.

Hard to pin it as someones fault, living in a known flood plain you'd think people would have been paying attention to the numerous forecasts, watches and warnings.

I took a Fed mandated 'chain of events' training seminar some years ago. It was very interesting. Many of the things that happened there fall right into what happened.

 

[rightwinger]

At what?

Pete Butengeig was in charge of implementing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-accomplishments-overview-january-2021-january-2025

 

[Delldude]

Pete Butengeig was in charge of implementing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-accomplishments-overview-january-2021-january-2025

And breast fed with artificial breasts.

Wasn't he, along with Biden, no shows for the longest times at major catastrophic events?

 

[hadit]

Pete Butengeig was in charge of implementing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-accomplishments-overview-january-2021-january-2025

And are our infrastructure problems solved? I recall a previous president who was adamant he was going to fix infrastructure problems because there were thousands of shovel ready jobs. All we had to go was give him billions of dollars. We gave him billions, he laughed that the jobs were not really ready and the money disappeared with no improvements. To quote Shania, "That don't impress me much".

 

[rightwinger]

And are our infrastructure problems solved? I recall a previous president who was adamant he was going to fix infrastructure problems because there were thousands of shovel ready jobs.

Are you really that freaking stupid?

Obama’s “Shovel Ready Bill” was meant to employ people as quickly as possible with projects that were ready to go. We had an economy losing hundreds of thousands of jobs and he needed to provide jobs immediately.

Biden’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure bill was structured to complete major projects over a ten year period. It focused on roads, bridges, rail, ports, water systems, power grid, communications

 

[hadit]

Are you really that freaking stupid?

Obama’s “Shovel Ready Bill” was meant to employ people as quickly as possible with projects that were ready to go. We had an economy losing hundreds of thousands of jobs and he needed to provide jobs immediately.

And he admitted after he got the money that the jobs were not shovel ready and in fact were not there at all, and laughed about it. Yet the money mysteriously disappeared anyway and the infrastructure did not benefit.

Biden’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure bill was structured to complete major projects over a ten year period. It focused on roads, bridges, rail, ports, water systems, power grid, communications

Yeah, yeah, you read the pamplet. That don't impress me much.

 

[AZrailwhale]

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.

https://go.skimresources.com/?id=16...c2f&abp=1&xjsf=other_click__auxclick [2][/URL

http://Warnings went out, but peopl... plan annually and followed it to the letter.

 

[rightwinger]

And he admitted after he got the money that the jobs were not shovel ready and in fact were not there at all, and laughed about it. Yet the money mysteriously disappeared anyway and the infrastructure did not benefit.

So you just double down on the stupid.

Obama allocated money for shovel ready projects that could provide JOBS
When he tasked the states to come up with projects to meet the shovel ready criteria there were not as many as projected.

But you are correct.
Money provided to RED STATES to generate jobs and pay for police and teachers was used to balance their budgets and pay their bills

 

[AZrailwhale]

doge cut the department of education, so it is likely a child won't be taught math on the same level as before.

It's more likely children will be taught better. The D of E reduced the level of education by mandating teachers "teach the test" instead of the concepts.