MAGA politicians chose to do without flood warning alarm rather than to accept money that would make Biden look good.

[BULLDOG]

The Darwin Award in full effect OP.

Yep.

 

[BULLDOG]

The bottom line is if you know a particular area floods a lot then stay away from that particular area when heavy rains are expected and don't build, live, or have businesses there. This is not rocket science. The answer isn't to spend billions of dollars trying to fight a river which can rise up 26 feet in 45 minutes because not even billions of dollars are going to save you from that.

We both know that isn't going to happen.

 

[BULLDOG]

Don’t you think the people that live there know the area and its history and needs better then you?

I'm sure they have more personal experience with flooding in that region, even though I was there during the 1986 flood. The gauges and alarms will be installed now. It's a shame that didn't happen when it could have.

 

[struth]

I'm sure they have more personal experience with flooding in that region, even though I was there during the 1986 flood. The gauges and alarms will be installed now. It's a shame that didn't happen when it could have.

Yes trump admin will fix the problem.

 

[Independent thinker]

We both know that isn't going to happen.

Well then, it's not the government's fault if you are stupid and the government shouldn't have to spend billions and billions of dollars if you are stupid.

 

[theHawk]

In 2021, the Biden administration awarded Kerr County $10.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue a warning system.

At an April 2022 meeting, one citizen called the White House a "criminal treasonous communist government," urging the county to reject the money altogether. Others echoed that sentiment, saying they didn't want the federal government's help.

"We don't want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much," a resident said. "We'd like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money."

There seem to be many ways the tragic loss of life could have been reduced. We need to find out what could have been done to reduce the loss, and who is responsible for it.

MSN

Let us know what “flood prevention infrastructure” can prevent a river from raising 24’ in an hour.

The area was warned of the floods. It all just happened so fast.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Let us know what “flood prevention infrastructure” can prevent a river from raising 24’ in an hour.

The area was warned of the floods. It all just happened so fast.

Yes, and perhaps if the county had accept the money from Biden more people would have been saved.

 

[BULLDOG]

Let us know what “flood prevention infrastructure” can prevent a river from raising 24’ in an hour.

The area was warned of the floods. It all just happened so fast.

Quit being so myopic. Reducing the occurrence of deaths when the inevitable flood happen is part of that infrastructure.

 

[theHawk]

Quit being so myopic. Reducing the occurrence of deaths when the inevitable flood happen is part of that infrastructure.

Example?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Example?

Shut up. It is common sense.

 

[theHawk]

Shut up. It is common sense.

LOL. Wow. Can’t even come up with one example of this “infrastructure” that’s going to prevent a flood. Thanks for playing.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Don't need to. The money was there, and the county officials went "nuh uh."

 

[Paddlefoot]

CAMP camp reopened last Monday. It is a special needs campers camp. They weren't in session on the 5th.