Officials confirmed the deaths of 27 children and counselors who had been missing from a girls’ summer camp three days after cataclysmic floods hit the U.S. state of Texas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/camp-texas-flooding-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #texas #floods #campmystic #nationalweatherservice #donaldtrump #tedcruz

There was a recent #flashflood #flood in #Texas which killed a lot of people. Most tragically a girl's summer camp is still missing many girls

Here law enforcement in Texas blames the #NationalWeatherService. The same #NWS#Trump has cut funding for

If you think #MAGA will learn, no they won't

They blame "libruls" "Demoncrats" and the media. This is a reflexive, almost religious conviction, even when it's obviously their own damn fault

We'll see this again with a disease outbreak

NYT – After DOGE, the vacancy rate is roughly double:

„As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. “ …

Also / related
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate
#musk