AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

"...“We’re doing what we can to make sure that people don’t go hungry, but it has been tough,” he said. The biggest problem they are running up against, he noted, is how federal funding cuts have obstructed their ability to fully respond. ..."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/texas-food-banks-flood-survivors-trump-funding-cuts/

#txdisaster #food #texas #hunger #food #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you're wondering where FEMA's funding is going, it's going to fund prison camps.

"...A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program..."

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/

#FEMA #prisoncamps #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

June 30 to July 2nd, 1936

"A very heavy rain fell over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and camps for boys and girls. Most of these places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especially for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. "

(Major Texas Floods of 1936, US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Water -Supply Paper 816)

#history #disasters#TXwx#Kerrville

120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.
120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.
120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.