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beSpacific

Should We #Politicize #Texas #Flood? Absolutely - #PaulKrugman - now is exactly the time to put officials on spot, ask how much responsibility they bear for horror. Because reality of America today is that if we don’t make an issue of how this happened w/in days nothing will be learned or will change. #Trump officials R reacting with rage to any suggestion that their policies may have contributed to the #Texas #disaster paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sho #climatecrisis #flooding #weather #disasters #FEMA

Paul Krugman · Should We Politicize the Texas Flood? AbsolutelyBy Paul Krugman
AI6YR Ben

I pointed this out a few days ago about Camp Mystic.

(The graphics here are essentially the same as the final assignment I gave the GIS class I taught at a local University last semester, except I had them do parts of Asheville, NC after Helene).

#gis#fema#floodmapping
AI6YR Ben

TPR: Kerr County has an emergency alert system. Some residents didn't get a text for hours

Residents say Kerr County’s use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place since 2009.
TPR:

tpr.org/news/2025-07-08/kerr-c

Trucks are tilted over at Louise Hays Park in Kerrville due to heavy rainfalls that caused flooding along Guadalupe River on Sunday, July 6, 2025. Law Enforcement workers and volunteers are in the work of clearing up debris from the flooding.
TPR · Kerr County residents: Emergency alert messages sporadic, inconsistent in wake of floodsBy Paul Flahive
#texas#disaster#disasters
Nonilex

The US faces more frequent #ExtremeWeather events, but attitudes & actions aren't keeping up

#ClimateChange is making extreme #weather events more frequent & intense, according to climate scientists & government data. But people & governments are generally living in the past & haven’t embraced that extreme weather is now the norm, to say nothing about preparing for the nastier future that’s in store, experts in #meteorology, #disasters & #health told AP.

apnews.com/article/texas-flood

AI6YR Ben

KPBS: Cal Fire rolled out an AI chatbot. Don’t ask it about evacuation orders

"...CalMatters found that it fails to accurately describe the containment of a given wildfire, doesn’t reliably provide information such as a list for evacuation supplies and can’t tell users about evacuation orders...."

kpbs.org/news/science-technolo

A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2017. Southern California Edison has reached an agreement with state regulators on Thursday, Dec. 16 2021, for more than half a billion dollars in penalties related to five wildfires, including the Thomas fire.
KPBS · Cal Fire rolled out an AI chatbot. Don’t ask it about evacuation ordersThe bot fails at some basic questions about fires. Cal Fire says it is working on fixes.
#wildfires#disasters#calfire
AI6YR Ben

Source NM (July 7th)

Ruidoso and Mescalero officials seek state help as communities face post-fire flooding

Ruidoso mayor says village out of money, still awaiting FEMA approval on some projects

"...Thus far, he said the village has spent $16.8 million on repairing homes and buildings, but some homes remain unfixed, and the village has run out of money...."

sourcenm.com/2025/07/07/ruidos

#NMwx#disasters#flooding
AI6YR Ben

Bloomberg: The Texas Floods Were Made Worse by Climate Denialism

Elected officials must be held accountable, now and in the future, for the lives lost in disasters brought on by increasingly extreme weather.

By Michael R. Bloomberg

"...The tragic news out of central Texas has been heartbreaking, but it’s also been maddening — because so many lives could have been saved if elected officials had done their jobs. They owe the families who lost loved ones — the death toll from the Fourth of July floods is now at more than 100 — more than thoughts and prayers. They owe them a sincere commitment to righting their deadly wrong, by tackling the problem they’ve turned their backs on for too long: climate change...."

bloomberg.com/opinion/articles

#disasters#disaster#TXwx
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