They also believe that the government should keep people safe. The solution space differs if you are anti-governance. Conservatives know this is a possible outcome of their approach. They just are not going to admit it in public. There is no universal standard for what government must do here.

The conservatives you’re describing have been gone at least a decade. The “conservatives” that remain are fascists, who prioritize their greed over all else and view human life as expendable. Particularly in Texas.

The decision about whether or not to add a flood warning system was made in 2017 basically a decade ago. Southern states in general and Texas in particular have always been conservative. How would a Fascist government policy response differ from conservative policy response?

Well, I was making a general comment about conservatives across the nation. The confederate slaver states have always been fascist, such as Texas. And they’re not pretending otherwise anymore.