Actually to address why we don’t have a warning system. I live in Kerrville, the warning I got were after 6 am, by that time the river had already taken lives and destroyed others. We quite frequently get flash flood warnings. But this time they came way too late. What we needed was to be notified when the flooding started and to have evacuation warnings. Center Point, a few miles down the Guadalupe River and Hwy 27, a much smaller town than Kerrville, has a siren system to alert those in town to evacuate if they lived near the river. We don’t even have that. Maybe many don’t realize this, but Kerrville is a destination for very wealthy people, many come here to retire. Yet citizens won’t pay extra to install a warning system. This is deep MAGA land where people don’t want to fork over money if they don’t benefit from it. My hope is that residents here in Kerr County vote to support the installation of a warning system, so tragedies like the July 4th flood and loss of life never, ever happens again. I have posted some pictures on my Substack from this evening. It’s just devastating.
Comal County, with a much larger population than Kerr County, fought an expensive and lengthy court challenge to establish the district that funded their warning system after voters approved it, filed by recreational businesses who did want to pay the fees.
Kerr County is far smaller and poorer.
To establish a similar warning system along the Guadalupe River, they'll need state support.
I am skeptical whether the "anti-tax" block that is a majority within Texas' government can be persuaded to fund the long-needed warning system in Kerr County despite the tragedy that occurred there this month.
Comal county has never lost the vast amount of people that Kerr has due to one single flood event. Like I said, I “hope”. Kerr will need state assistance and perhaps federal if someone hasn’t already absconded with funding.
Actually to address why we don’t have a warning system. I live in Kerrville, the warning I got were after 6 am, by that time the river had already taken lives and destroyed others. We quite frequently get flash flood warnings. But this time they came way too late. What we needed was to be notified when the flooding started and to have evacuation warnings. Center Point, a few miles down the Guadalupe River and Hwy 27, a much smaller town than Kerrville, has a siren system to alert those in town to evacuate if they lived near the river. We don’t even have that. Maybe many don’t realize this, but Kerrville is a destination for very wealthy people, many come here to retire. Yet citizens won’t pay extra to install a warning system. This is deep MAGA land where people don’t want to fork over money if they don’t benefit from it. My hope is that residents here in Kerr County vote to support the installation of a warning system, so tragedies like the July 4th flood and loss of life never, ever happens again. I have posted some pictures on my Substack from this evening. It’s just devastating.
Comal County, with a much larger population than Kerr County, fought an expensive and lengthy court challenge to establish the district that funded their warning system after voters approved it, filed by recreational businesses who did want to pay the fees.
Kerr County is far smaller and poorer.
To establish a similar warning system along the Guadalupe River, they'll need state support.
I am skeptical whether the "anti-tax" block that is a majority within Texas' government can be persuaded to fund the long-needed warning system in Kerr County despite the tragedy that occurred there this month.
Comal county has never lost the vast amount of people that Kerr has due to one single flood event. Like I said, I “hope”. Kerr will need state assistance and perhaps federal if someone hasn’t already absconded with funding.