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Trump and Texas level fingers as flood dying toll rises

Editorial Board Published July 7, 2025
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Whereas the dying depend from the Texas floods continues to rise, with individuals nonetheless lacking and extra rain is predicted to return, the Trump administration and Texas officers are busy enjoying the blame recreation. 

Greater than 80 individuals have been confirmed useless and 41 are nonetheless lacking—a catastrophic lack of life on account of aggressive staffing cuts, Texas’ longtime dismissive angle towards public security, and excessive climate. 

A lot of the combat between the Trump administration and the state facilities on whether or not the Nationwide Climate Service issued correct and well timed warnings concerning the flash flood that swept the Texas Hill Nation early on July 4. 

The NWS started offering early forecasts on July 1, and by the afternoon of July 3, it issued a flash flood watch—predicting as much as 7 inches of rain. By that night, the company issued a “special weather discussion” explaining that flash flooding was possible and rainfall would exceed 3 inches per hour. 

At 1:14 AM on July 4, the NWS issued a flash flood warning for Kerr County, tagged as “considerable,” which usually triggers alerts to be despatched to cell phones. And at 4:03 AM, the company upgraded the warning to a flash flood emergency, which is barely issued when there’s a extreme hazard to human life. 

In order that’s the NWS aspect of issues. How about Texas?

Effectively, in line with Gov. Greg Abbott, the NWS stated it will flood, but it surely uncared for to emphasise the severity. 


Individuals look by means of belongings at Camp Mystic alongside the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 6.

“The problem with that is that, to most people in the area, flash flooding would mean one thing, not what it turned out to be, because they deal with flash floods all the time. There’s the potential for flash flooding, but there’s no expectation of a water wall of almost thirty feet high,” he stated.

Additionally, in line with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., the issue was that “this came at night when people were asleep in bed.” 

It isn’t clear if Herring’s criticism was that the NWS warnings got here whereas individuals had been asleep or that the storm did, however both interpretation makes Herring appear like a buffoon.

The state authorities additionally appears fairly prepared to position blame on native officers. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stated that native mayors and county officers are purported to evacuate their residents in the event that they really feel the necessity. 

And people native officers? They’re throwing their very own residents beneath the bus. Kerr County Choose Rob Kelly defined that the county doesn’t have its personal warning system as a result of it prices an excessive amount of and “taxpayers won’t pay for it.” 

And what does President Donald Trump take into consideration all of this? Absolutely he’ll have some phrases of consolation. 

“I am going to inform you, in the event you take a look at that, what a scenario that each one is. And that was actually the Biden setup. That was not our setup. However I would not blame Biden for it, both. I might simply say it is a 100-year disaster, and it is simply so horrible to look at,” he stated.

Trump can also be planning to go to the flood-ravaged space on Friday, a whole week after the flooding started. 

Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Volunteers seek for lacking individuals alongside the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 6.

In the meantime, the Trump administration continues its stellar observe file of being unable to coordinate messaging. Whereas whining that it was “shameful and disgusting” that anybody would say that NWS cuts may be responsible, a White Home spokesperson stated that “NWS did their job, even issuing a flood watch more than 12 hours in advance.” 

However Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, who oversees the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and, by extension, NWS, kicked her personal workforce within the enamel, saying that the “moderate” flood watch wasn’t sufficient as a result of it didn’t predict the quantity of rain.

Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas is looking for an investigation into whether or not the staffing cuts at NWS performed a job within the surprising dying toll. 

There’s little question that letting the untrained teen gremlins on the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity intestine authorities companies contributed to this disaster. On the day of the flooding, the San Angelo NWS workplace was down a senior hydrologist, a employees forecaster, and a meteorologist. And the emptiness fee on the two native NWS workplaces is about double what it was earlier than Trump took workplace. 

However maybe essentially the most evident proof is that the NWS was additionally lacking a warning coordination meteorologist, who had taken one of many retirement bribes that the Trump administration compelled on federal staff. Warning coordinators liaise with native public security officers, so the shortage of that position possible compromised efforts to maintain individuals protected. 

There’s loads of blame to go round right here. Trump let his workforce intestine the NWS, and it’s absurd to fake that didn’t play a job right here. However Texas’ want to do issues on a budget can’t be discounted both. 

No guidelines, no coordination, no accountability—simply vibes. Appears to be figuring out simply advantageous.

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