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The States : red states in a race to the bottom
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Kelly Barnhill (@kellybarnhill.bsky.social)
This cannot be overstated. The scientists at NWS did their jobs. The officials running government operations in Texas did not. https://www.wired.com/story/meteorologists-say-the-national-weather-service-did-its-job-in-texas/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]
bsky.app
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southpaw
I guess they should have prayed harder
aparch
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Deutsche Gopher Fan
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I had to go to north town mall this weekend for the first time in my life. My god what a dystopian hell.
Apparently ICE was there this morning.
Apparently ICE was there this morning.
Proud2baLaker
Master of Science
And that is likely not enough from another article I saw. It estimated that cost of moving the shuttle alone will eat like 20-30 Million. Then they have to build a new building around it once it arrives as they don't have one already.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Good thing we don't have the Challenger, that would double it!
Handyman
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And didnt that other article in the other thread say they wanted $1 million for the sirens?
I want to feel bad for people in Texas but...
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
I think until you've personally gone through this, it is very difficult to appreciate the speed at which things can change.
I live in a flood zone. I personally have been flooded out of my home twice in the last 21 years. The waterway that we live next to typically runs at about 3-5 feet, but I've seen it go to 13 feet in the blink of an eye.
NPR did a good timeline of the Texas flooding. It looks like the NWS (who I think does a great job), put out a flood watch notice the day before. I think we've had probably 8-9 flood watch notices from the NWS this year alone. I don't think the water has left the banks in any of those instances. But you need to keep a flood watch in mind, obviously.
The people in Texas went to bed that night knowing that a flood watch was in place, but nothing more. That simply meant that flooding was possible. I have no doubt this river, and the residents, have probably seen a hundred flood watches issued for that river. There is no doubt some complacency sets in. I know that from personal experience.
This river apparently rose about 26 feet in 45 minutes. That means it was coming up approximately one foot every two minutes. This allegedly started at about 4 a.m. You can check the river at 4 a.m. and it might be running within its banks, and ten minutes later you're standing in three or four feet of water. I've had that happen.
This is a tragedy, no doubt. You can question whether you should have a camp next to a river, just like you can question whether I should live next to a river. Plus, everyone always want to assign blame. But turning this into some sort of political exercise requires a certain level of dickishness, in my opinion.
I live in a flood zone. I personally have been flooded out of my home twice in the last 21 years. The waterway that we live next to typically runs at about 3-5 feet, but I've seen it go to 13 feet in the blink of an eye.
NPR did a good timeline of the Texas flooding. It looks like the NWS (who I think does a great job), put out a flood watch notice the day before. I think we've had probably 8-9 flood watch notices from the NWS this year alone. I don't think the water has left the banks in any of those instances. But you need to keep a flood watch in mind, obviously.
The people in Texas went to bed that night knowing that a flood watch was in place, but nothing more. That simply meant that flooding was possible. I have no doubt this river, and the residents, have probably seen a hundred flood watches issued for that river. There is no doubt some complacency sets in. I know that from personal experience.
This river apparently rose about 26 feet in 45 minutes. That means it was coming up approximately one foot every two minutes. This allegedly started at about 4 a.m. You can check the river at 4 a.m. and it might be running within its banks, and ten minutes later you're standing in three or four feet of water. I've had that happen.
This is a tragedy, no doubt. You can question whether you should have a camp next to a river, just like you can question whether I should live next to a river. Plus, everyone always want to assign blame. But turning this into some sort of political exercise requires a certain level of dickishness, in my opinion.
Handyman
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Dont you think sirens would have helped? Honest question. Because if you think they would have improved the odds of survival even 10% then there is blame to assign I am sorry.
As for being near a river maybe Texas should actually read their Bibles:
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
-Matthew 7:24-27
As for being near a river maybe Texas should actually read their Bibles:
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
-Matthew 7:24-27
Handyman
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The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
“Sir, there are families who deserve better than that.”
bsky.app
I don't know if they would have helped or not. The question is, when does the horn sound?
I'm obviously not familiar with these camps, or even that part of Texas, but it appears to me that it's a rural area. That is, it's not like it's in the middle of a city. I know that in North Dakota we didn't have sirens in every rural area. Each town might have a siren, but if you got a mile or two out of town, you heard nothing.
Because of where I live, I monitor this website constantly during the summer, during periods of heavy rain. https://water.noaa.gov/#@=-96.40108...006EFF,1,#006EFF,1,#006EFF,1,#006EFF,false&q=
I remember in 2012 looking at our river and seeing a prediction of a river level of about 7 feet, which is the level at which the river leaves its banks by my house. I checked a half hour later and saw a prediction of 15.3 feet, which was about a foot higher than the record high, and which would have put about three feet of water onto the main floor of my house. Two hours later they dropped the prediction to 10.5 feet.
I don't blame them for this. It is a very imprecise job. I sure as heck don't want to be forced to evacuate my house every time there is the possibility of flooding. I benefit by having a measuring point fairly near to my house, so it enables me to monitor that website. I don't know that these camps had the same benefit.