New York Times: FEMA Let Texans Drown While Calls Went Unanswered

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

You two deserve each other.

bleed out gimp

 

[cnm]

Of course. I mean who doesn't want kids drowned by flash floods? But I am surprised they passed a bill for it.

Ah. They voted for the opposite of passing a bill. That's why it worked so well.

 

[struth]

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No...Texans didn't vote for a flood to kill children.

They did vote for little to no regulations and for a completely f'd up response by FEMA. You reap what you sow.

Thoughts and prayers.

Wait? So they didn’t actually ignore the calls, they were flooded with so many calls they didn’t have enough people to answer them all?

Well that’s vastly different

Ignoring was what happened under the xiden admin when they weaponized their office and intentionally avoided helping people that were not part of the demafasict party

Fema supervisor fired for ordering storm crews not to help Trump voters - BBC News

The director of the emergency agency says a supervisor has been fired for "reprehensible" actions.

www.bbc.com

 

[22lcidw]

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No...Texans didn't vote for a flood to kill children.

They did vote for little to no regulations and for a completely f'd up response by FEMA. You reap what you sow.

Thoughts and prayers.

Progs constantly use the thoughts and prayers agenda. Yet many of them live potentially self-destructive personal lives where they need government help to pay for it.

 

[Nostra]

Looks like Trump’s grand plan to “phase out FEMA” hit a brick wall…or maybe a raging flood. When Texas went under, FEMA couldn’t even pick up the phone: “nearly two‑thirds of calls” went unanswered two days after the flood hit. Turns out cutting staff and defunding emergency services isn’t just bold…it’s deadly.

And yet, Trump swooped in July 11, patting himself on the back, praising himself for doing what he just approved two days . Meanwhile, his Homeland Security sidekick Kristi Noem slapped a four-day “approval rule” on flood funds while she paused to choose her Insta portrait . Nothing says leadership like delaying rescue crews until you nail down the perfect selfie lighting.

So go ahead, Trump supporters—feel free to keep parroting “big government bad.” Just remember: when your money’s on the line, you love federal aid. When the chips are down, you beg and beg—and then mock anyone who dares ask why your “drain the swamp” hero let FEMA drown on his watch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html

 

[Nostra]

Looks like Trump’s grand plan to “phase out FEMA” hit a brick wall…or maybe a raging flood. When Texas went under, FEMA couldn’t even pick up the phone: “nearly two‑thirds of calls” went unanswered two days after the flood hit. Turns out cutting staff and defunding emergency services isn’t just bold…it’s deadly.

And yet, Trump swooped in July 11, patting himself on the back, praising himself for doing what he just approved two days . Meanwhile, his Homeland Security sidekick Kristi Noem slapped a four-day “approval rule” on flood funds while she paused to choose her Insta portrait . Nothing says leadership like delaying rescue crews until you nail down the perfect selfie lighting.

So go ahead, Trump supporters—feel free to keep parroting “big government bad.” Just remember: when your money’s on the line, you love federal aid. When the chips are down, you beg and beg—and then mock anyone who dares ask why your “drain the swamp” hero let FEMA drown on his watch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html

More lies from the shit-rag NYTs.

And another thread fail from the idiot OP.

Fake news.

 

[Nostra]

Poor MAGA cry baby....anything that exposes MAGA incompetence is a "lie".

You all hate government.....a major reason why you all suck at government.

Debunked, Simp.

 

[Nostra]

You deranged MAGA ***** didn't even think what happened in Asheville was real.

Link, Simp?

 

[Nostra]

Imbecile Kristi Noem directed that she personally approve all emergency purchases over $100,000....which is basically every ******* purchase during a natural disaster.

Her incompetence ensured a very slow FEMA response.



From the Washington Post. --

Two days before torrential rains turned the Guadalupe River into a raging flood, a veteran official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency told The Washington Post that one of the main concerns for this disaster season was the agency’s ability to quickly deploy specialized search and rescue teams. The Trump administration’s new rules mean disaster specialists can no longer “make decisions” on their own.

The official then watched it happen in real time in Texas.

Deployments of critical resources, such as tactical and specialized search and rescue teams, were delayed as a result of a budget restriction requiring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem to approve every purchase, contract and grant over $100,000, according to a dozen current and former FEMA employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media.

When rapidly responding to billion-dollar disasters, that “is basically everything,” said one current official.

Other efforts by the administration to constrain spending have hampered FEMA’s operations, officials said, which is likely to make it harder for the agency to be proactive during what is predicted to be a busy disaster season.

Multiple former officials and current employees say that several contracts with companies that provide crucial services for disaster response have run out or are about to lapse and have not yet been extended. And the agency has created work-arounds to get money out the door more quickly, according to documents reviewed by The Post.

DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that the department had decentralized some of FEMA’s functions, but that these changes had not undermined its disaster response.

The delay in deploying search and rescue teams was first reported by CNN.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott submitted his formal request for federal disaster assistance on Saturday evening, officials said. President Donald Trump signed the disaster declaration the next day. But it took an unusual amount of time for that help to arrive in Texas, the officials said.

After FEMA received approval from DHS on Monday afternoon, three search and rescue crews and task forces were deployed to the region, arriving there Tuesday, according to agency officials and documents.

“We honestly have our hands tied on a lot,” one official said. “We couldn’t move on those requests due to the $100,000 restriction.”

As a result of the spending limit, the agency had to launch a “tiger” data team to create a new disaster application that will enable them to work with the restriction and process requests more quickly, according to an email seen by The Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/10/fema-texas-flooding-dhs-search-rescue/

Debunked lies, chuckles.

 

[Nostra]

Refute the WaPo article....or just go **** yourself, mentally ill MAGA troll.

Already debunked, Short Bus.

 

[Nostra]

We're a lot better.

Hurricane Katrina, Covid, 300 people dying from one god damn flood in Texas......that shit is on you worthless Repug MAGA fuckers.

More lies.

 

[Nostra]

Oh look.....a MAGA gomer fucktard trying to be funny.

Joking about how MAGA Deportation Barbie and Texas Republicans suck shit at running a government....whatever turns you on, shit-for-brains.

Your 4 year meltdown is cute, Buttercup.

 

[eagle1462010]

More lies from the shit-rag NYTs.

And another thread fail from the idiot OP.

Fake news.

They are really PATHETIC PEOPLE.

Dead arent even buried trying to gaslight.

Leftist are Scum

 

[Nostra]

It's 100% the truth. Trump tried to kill his own Vice President and steal an election on Jan 6.

And you sick MAGA ***** voted and said you want more of that.

More lies from the serial liar.

 

[Nostra]

And that's why Repug billionaires love your simple, hopeless MAGA racist ass. The dude on the left is you, sucker. --

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Why did your Cult vote to raise taxes on the poor, middle class, and minorities?

 

[Nostra]

FEMA fucked up bad. So did local Texas officials. They had the technology to warn people and didn't use it.

From the Washington Post --

The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing had the technology to turn every cellphone in the river valley into a blaring alarm, but local officials did not do so before or during the early-morning hours of July 4 as river levels rose to record heights, inundating campsites and homes, a Washington Post examination found.

Kerr County officials, who have come under increasing scrutiny for their actions as the Guadalupe River began to flood, eventually sent text-message alerts that morning to residents who had registered to receive them, according to screenshots of the texts. But The Post’s review of emergency notifications that night found that even as a federal meteorologist warned of deteriorating conditions and catastrophic risk, county officials did not activate a more powerful notification tool they had previously used to warn of potential flooding. The National Weather Service sent its own alerts through this system, beginning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4.

That mass notification system, known as the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System, or IPAWS, is used by National Weather Service meteorologists to warn of imminent threats. Warnings of life-threatening weather events sent on that system — similar to Amber Alerts — force phones to vibrate and emit a unique, jarring tone as long as they’re on and have a signal. They also allow qualified local officials to send tailored messages to targeted areas.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/07/11/texas-flooding-alerts-kerr-county-emergency/

More debunked lies from our resident lying sack of vermin shit.

 

[Nostra]

This is supporting my point, simp. They didn't activate the IPAWS system....and they have provided no explanation as to why they did not activate it.

There was nothing stopping them from doing it.

How is that Trump’s fault, Simp?

 

[Nostra]

What can I do about it, you ******* MAGA lightweight simp?

Just shit your Depends and spread lies. Thats what you are good at, Buttercup.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Debunked lies, chuckles.

Already debunked, Short Bus

By who, MAGA gimp?

Certainly not your worthless shit-for-brains ass.

 

[Nostra]

That really hurts.....if Trump told you to go suck dog dicks in a freak show, you would. No questions asked.

Mentally ill MAGA circus freak.

Please keep your sex fantasies to yourself, Pervboi.