The sad thing is that installation of warning sirens had been voted down by the county commission several times due to "cost issues".
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Gov. Abbott announced he will "be placing warning sirens all along the river". Good idea, just a bit too late for over 100 people. And of course Ted Cruz is blaming god. Really? God wanted to destroy a Christian summer camp? WTAF
jul 8, 2025, 5:42 pm • 13 3 • view
Considering that the area is known as "Flash Flood Alley", one would think that such warning sirens would have been installed much earlier...say, after the 1987 flood. Or the 2015 flood.
jul 10, 2025, 12:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Normal people would think that. But they have their priorities, and protecting their population doesn't seem to be one of them. Unless it's about saving people from the "evil and immoral" trans population, then they'll spend millions. Again, priorities.
jul 10, 2025, 2:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Ted Cruz is blaming God? That's a new one. At least he's not blaming Biden or Obama. Blaming God for a decade of missed opportunities to have warning sirens. I want more weeping, wailing & rending of garments from Ted. Could the ground open up & swallow Cruz? @godpod.bsky social thoughts?
jul 10, 2025, 12:53 pm • 17 4 • view
Lightning Bolt - just so there's no question. Then have the ground open up so Satan can reclaim his own.
jul 10, 2025, 1:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Think of all the seats that would open up in the Senate and Congress! Woohoo! Judgement day 😃
jul 10, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
I'll need to find the clip of him saying something about the flood to the effect of " it's gods will" I'll post it when I find it.
jul 10, 2025, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
The latest report has 118 dead and over 160 missing. With all the money in Texas, raising $1 million to avoid a third disaster in a decade could have easily been done with a gala. Actually, oil tycoons could have just opened their wallets.
jul 10, 2025, 12:42 pm • 20 6 • view
They didn't have to. The money was offered through the Am Infrastucture Act, but the locals refused the "communism".
jul 15, 2025, 12:04 am • 0 0 • view
With today's wireless tech, a system of sirens is relatively inexpensive. Piggyback off an electric meter that feeds traffic lights, street lighting, etc. or (at worst) install a meter if power isn't available. Electric usage is basically zero, except for occasional testing. Poles & sirens.
jul 10, 2025, 5:22 pm • 2 0 • view
Solar powered sirens, battery backup, stand alone. Relying on wireless connectivity could prove useless if towers lose power.
jul 10, 2025, 5:37 pm • 1 0 • view
So true.
jul 14, 2025, 11:25 pm • 0 0 • view
A. Musk. 44 billion could have gone to modeling Puerto Rico as a storm proof habitat that could have been emulated in states and globally. By now dividends would have payed off. (E.g. elevated legend series homes, intermittent coastal wall barriers, Tesla suv to supplement power when grid down
jul 10, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Oil tycoon$. Much like a certain author said they'd throw money at trumps election then recoup thru artificially inflated prices at pump then take a cold shower hoping to go undetected.
jul 10, 2025, 1:40 pm • 1 0 • view
44 billion could have gone into designing fusion(existing tech) powered self contained cooling chambers which could dot all globes coasts and effectively reduce storm intensity and save ecosystem for aquatic species by gradually reducing ocean temps. But what do I know im just a former rotc.
jul 10, 2025, 1:43 pm • 0 0 • view
When most countries are expanding renewable resources, trump is doing everything he can to REPEAL clean energy. The stupid is strong in this one.
jul 10, 2025, 2:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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jul 10, 2025, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
There's so much money im Texas. The money could have been antied up by oil tycoons.
jul 10, 2025, 1:00 pm • 2 0 • view