#txflood — Public Fediverse posts
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Texas Observer: The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn
There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
"...There was little to no public memory. People did not die solely because of forgetfulness but because this amnesia allowed succeeding generations to erase the past and their responsibilities to the future. When they could have enacted post-flood, life-saving interventions, they chose not to act on their progeny’s behalf...."
https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-hill-country-floods-history-1921-2025/
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The Guardian: New account sheds light on chaotic hours at Texas girls camp hit by flood
Adult camp leader, who died trying to save small children, waited over an hour after alert before starting evacuation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/texas-floods-girls-camp-evacuation-delay
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"But Syracuse University associate professor Sarah Pralle, who has extensively studied FEMA’s flood map determinations, said it was “particularly disturbing” that a camp in charge of the safety of so many young people would receive exemptions from basic flood regulation.
“It’s a mystery to me why they weren’t taking proactive steps to move structures away from the risk, let alone challenging what seems like a very reasonable map that shows these structures were in the 100-year flood zone,” she said."
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TechCrunch: A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
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BBC: BBC on the ground in Texas as cadaver dogs search for missing flood victims
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AP: A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them
https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-sirens-warning-comfort-98701e8c74c680a5704264d863994b90
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TPM: DHS Cancels Extreme Weather Comms Grant While Bodies Still Being Recovered in Texas