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  • Trump didn't cause the floods, but he DID cause the bad forecasts

    From Rudy Canoza@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 6 14:37:26 2025
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    Texas officials are questioning the actions of the National Weather Service leading up to Friday’s deadly floods, as fellow meteorologists defend the agency.

    Some state and local officials say the NWS didn’t provide accurate forecasts ahead of Friday’s destructive flooding, months after President Donald Trump’s
    administration gutted the agency and experts warned forecasts could suffer.

    Central Texas was struck by unexpected flash flooding on Friday after torrential
    rain caused the Guadalupe River to rise rapidly. The force of the fast-rising waters washed out homes and swept away vehicles. It also destroyed Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp situated on the banks of the river.

    At least 51 people have been killed by the floods as of Saturday night, including 15 children. At least four of those killed were children attending Camp Mystic, and 27 attendees are still missing.

    Texas Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd told reporters at a press conference Friday that the NWS, gutted by Trump, did not accurately predict the amount of rain Texas saw.

    “The original forecast that we received Wednesday from the National Weather Service predicted 3-6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and 4-8 inches in the Hill Country,” he said at a press conference Friday. “The amount of rain that
    fell at this specific location was never in any of those forecasts.”

    Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said that “no one knew this kind of flood was coming.”

    “We have floods all the time,” Kelly said. “We had no reason to believe that
    this was going to be anything like what’s happened here. None whatsoever.”

    Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice echoed similar concerns, noting that the storms “dumped more rain than what was forecasted.”

    https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-nws-cuts-texas-flood-b2783357.html

    State officials in red shithole Texas hate everything about the federal government, even when Trump is in charge of it. Let them hire their own fucking weather forecasters if they don't like the NWS. Fuck 'em.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Rudy Canoza on Sun Jul 6 17:05:34 2025
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    In article <r0CaQ.187188$[email protected]>,
    Rudy Canoza <[email protected]> wrote:

    State officials in red shithole Texas hate everything about the federal government, even when Trump is in charge of it. Let them hire their own fucking weather forecasters if they don't like the NWS. Fuck 'em.

    (Trump henchmen scratching their heads) "How can we blame this
    catastrophe on the Democrats and not DOGE which really caused it?".

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  • From Henderson@21:1/5 to Rudy Canoza on Sun Jul 6 22:15:13 2025
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    Rudy Canoza wrote:

    Texas officials are questioning the actions of the National Weather
    Service leading up to Friday’s deadly floods, as fellow
    meteorologists defend the agency.

    Some state and local officials say the NWS didn’t provide accurate forecasts ahead of Friday’s destructive flooding, months after
    President Donald Trump’s administration gutted the agency and experts warned forecasts could suffer.

    Central Texas was struck by unexpected flash flooding on Friday after torrential rain caused the Guadalupe River to rise rapidly. The force
    of the fast-rising waters washed out homes and swept away vehicles.
    It also destroyed Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp situated on
    the banks of the river.

    At least 51 people have been killed by the floods as of Saturday
    night, including 15 children. At least four of those killed were
    children attending Camp Mystic, and 27 attendees are still missing.

    Texas Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd told reporters at a
    press conference Friday that the NWS, gutted by Trump, did not
    accurately predict the amount of rain Texas saw.

    “The original forecast that we received Wednesday from the National
    Weather Service predicted 3-6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and
    4-8 inches in the Hill Country,” he said at a press conference
    Friday. “The amount of rain that fell at this specific location was
    never in any of those forecasts.”

    Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said that “no one knew this kind of flood
    was coming.”

    “We have floods all the time,” Kelly said. “We had no reason to
    believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here.
    None whatsoever.”

    Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice echoed similar concerns, noting
    that the storms “dumped more rain than what was forecasted.”


    https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-nws-cuts-texas-flood-b2783357.html

    State officials in red shithole Texas hate everything about the
    federal government, even when Trump is in charge of it. Let them hire
    their own fucking weather forecasters if they don't like the NWS.
    Fuck 'em.


    Exactly. Fuck those shithole bastards!

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 23:07:32 2025
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    super70s wrote:
    Rudy Canoza <[email protected]> wrote:

    State officials in red shithole Texas hate everything about the federal
    government, even when Trump is in charge of it. Let them hire their own
    fucking weather forecasters if they don't like the NWS. Fuck 'em.

    (Trump henchmen scratching their heads) "How can we blame this
    catastrophe on the Democrats and not DOGE which really caused it?".


    "hey Jethro, mebbe it were OBAMA!"

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