Doge reduced warning and response time for the Texas flood.

[Nostra]

If it were your daughter at that camp would you have wanted more professional people in place at the NWS forecasting and warning people? Or would you still be happy we cut some expenses to offset a very small, tiny part of a tax cut that is mostly going to a deficit?

Full staff was there, dumbass.

Your lies have been destroyed. Get new ones.

 

[Nostra]

Didn't say they weren't meteorologists. They were new to the positions they filled and didn't have experience in those particular spots.

Prove it scumbag.

You just keep shitting on dead kids.

 

[SweetSue92]

Didn't say they weren't meteorologists. They were new to the positions they filled and didn't have experience in those particular spots.

Do you have anything to contradict this?

As NBC 5 Investigates reported on Sunday, NWS records show forecasters warned of flooding 12 hours before the storm began and issued more urgent warnings in the early morning before the Guadalupe River reached flood stage.

The union representing forecasters said Monday that NWS offices in Central Texas were prepared.

"The staffing that we had in both San Angelo and San Antonio offices, we had an adequate amount of staff to get out the alerts and warnings to the public," said Tom Fahy, legislative director with the National Weather Service Employee Organization.

NWS union says Texas office was prepared, but others are understaffed and may not be

Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of life.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[my2¢]

These budget cut complaints have pretty much run their course. My guess is the next phase will be the lack of a visit to Kerr County, Texas by Trump himself unless he gets his butt over there darn soon.

The political party backers can't waste their opportunity to attempt to make hay on things like these. Just as we saw with an Ohio train wreck harmful to environmental concerns of citizens in the area and an airline's crash into the Potomac.

 

[SweetSue92]

Didn't say they weren't meteorologists. They were new to the positions they filled and didn't have experience in those particular spots.

Here's another one. Of course Time spends paragraphs trying to fluff the false narrative before dropping the truth bomb:

On Saturday, meteorologist John Morales took to social media to defend the NWS, stating that the “local officials blaming NWS are wrong.”

“I don't see any evidence that cuts to NOAA/NWS caused any degradation in the anticipatory weather warnings ahead of this Texas tragedy,” Morales said, sharing data from the NWS.

Texas Officials Question Weather Forecasts Amid Floods

 

[citygator]

Lies. Your bullshit has been debunked,. ask your handlers to feed you new lies. Those don’t work, Simp.

100’s are dead including children and you are still playing partisan politics. Trump whacked the NWS and it failed its first test of the season.

 

[Nostra]

100’s are dead including children and you are still playing partisan politics. Trump whacked the NWS and it failed its first test of the season.

lies.

 

[citygator]

lies.

Liar.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Didn't say they weren't meteorologists. They were new to the positions they filled and didn't have experience in those particular spots.

Lie to us some more.

 

[SweetSue92]

Didn't say they weren't meteorologists. They were new to the positions they filled and didn't have experience in those particular spots.

I provided you with many links stating that the situation was NOT caused by lack of staff or cuts.

What you got?

Crawled away in shame for once?

 

[HikerGuy83]

HOWEVER you've got kids camping on the side of a river that's experienced flash flooding in the past. What do you do?

You NEVER take the kids there to begin with.

 

[BULLDOG]

What were those positions? Janitors? Secretaries?

Just stand up and own that this narrative was another loser for you

It's not unusual for me to admit I'm wrong when presented valid overriding evidence. and I will do that again in this case if you ever come up with convincing evidence. So far, you have only presented tenuous excuses in an attempt to justify trump gutting our needed agencies. He did that. It harmed the NWS the other effected agencies, and the country as a whole.

 

[BULLDOG]

Prove it scumbag.

You just keep shitting on dead kids.

Which of those "filling in" had recent experience as warning coordination meteorologist, or service coordination hydrologist in that district? The sheriff in the area said he received the early warning, and then nothing until 911 calls started coming in after the flood was there. The NWS should have been in constant communication during that time. Why weren't they? Wasn't that the warning coordinator meteorologist's job? Oh, that's right, they only had someone filling in in that position, not someone experienced in that position

 

[excalibur]

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

Nope.

Twelve hour warning by the NWS and then a three-hour warning of flash floods.

 

[BULLDOG]

Do you have anything to contradict this?

As NBC 5 Investigates reported on Sunday, NWS records show forecasters warned of flooding 12 hours before the storm began and issued more urgent warnings in the early morning before the Guadalupe River reached flood stage.

The union representing forecasters said Monday that NWS offices in Central Texas were prepared.

"The staffing that we had in both San Angelo and San Antonio offices, we had an adequate amount of staff to get out the alerts and warnings to the public," said Tom Fahy, legislative director with the National Weather Service Employee Organization.

NWS union says Texas office was prepared, but others are understaffed and may not be

Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of life.

www.nbcdfw.com

Sure, they had enough warm bodies but did they have an experienced warning coordination meteorologist, and service coordination hydrologist? That's who wasn't but should have been in constant communication with the sheriff between the early warning and when 911 calls needing recue started.

 

[BULLDOG]

Here's another one. Of course Time spends paragraphs trying to fluff the false narrative before dropping the truth bomb:

On Saturday, meteorologist John Morales took to social media to defend the NWS, stating that the “local officials blaming NWS are wrong.”

“I don't see any evidence that cuts to NOAA/NWS caused any degradation in the anticipatory weather warnings ahead of this Texas tragedy,” Morales said, sharing data from the NWS.

Texas Officials Question Weather Forecasts Amid Floods

Was John Morales in Texas or was he in the Miami - Fort Lauderdale area during the flood?

 

[ReinyDays]

The profuse rainfall itself should have warned the adults to evacuate the lowest cabin down by the river ...

Budget cuts be damned ... if folks ain't payin' no mind ... these things are gonna happen ... maybe we are wasting money on all these advanced expensive weather forecasting tools if no one will use them ...

 

[BULLDOG]

Nope.

Twelve hour warning by the NWS and then a three-hour warning of flash floods.

And no further communication or updates until people started calling 911 for rescue. Isn't that what an experienced warning coordinator would have done?

 

[ReinyDays]

And no further communication or updates until people started calling 911 for rescue. Isn't that what an experienced warning coordinator would have done?

NWS is full of scientists, not warning coordinators ... Kerr County Sheriff's office is in charge of that ... they had teams mobilized 48 hours before this tragedy ...

 

[BULLDOG]

NWS is full of scientists, not warning coordinators ... Kerr County Sheriff's office is in charge of that ... they had teams mobilized 48 hours before this tragedy ...

No, Warning Coordinator is a NWS position.