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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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In article <r0CaQ.187188$MPn6.93831@fx02.iad>,
Rudy Canoza <rudy@phil.hendrie.con> 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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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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super70s wrote:

Rudy Canoza <rudy@phil.hendrie.con> 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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