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Originally Posted by Jacky S
It makes no difference how well you “fix” it, it still comes down to people adhering to the warnings.
What will the “authorities” do if they say torrential rains and flooding is coming and you need to leave, and nobody listens. That appears to be what happened here.
Which only goes to prove that sometimes there simply is not much you can do, aside from banning people from living in or visiting places where things like this flood can happen.
When hurricanes hit the coast, most people just use the tried and true formula. Shelter from wind, run from rising water. And that works, unless it happens to be 3:AM, everybody is asleep, and the water rises 20 ft in about one hour.
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I pretty much agree with that. having grown up on the Gulf Coast and survived dozens of tropical storms and hurricanes, I can tell you that you often get days of warnings and prep time for a hurricane. After 30+ years in the Hill Country I can also tell you you don’t get much advance warning for a tornado and even less for a flood.
The TV in Austin and I presume San Antonio and San Angelo (the news markets closest to the storms) was blasting out constant warnings and updates for hours before the floods hit. Like Jacky said, if you don’t hear them or ignore the, or “choose to ride it out,” youve got problems.
That the Trump administration had to talk about fixing a system only goes against the “don’t kick me” sign they put on Trump’s rounded back.
They bring this on themselves because of their inexperience and stupidity.
