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I’ll provide once I find the news source; the media is all over the floods so it’s hard to find the exact story.Where are you seeing this number? Source please.
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I’ll provide once I find the news source; the media is all over the floods so it’s hard to find the exact story.Where are you seeing this number? Source please.
Found it. I was wrong about it being an SAR operator, but a deputy commander of the United Cajun Navy, a volunteer organization. He says the number is most likely in the 500-600 range.I’ll provide once I find the news source; the media is all over the floods so it’s hard to find the exact story.
The storms on the afternoon of the 4th into the 5th must have really hurt search and rescue, and these are probably affecting recovery as wellAnother stalled out storm in the area absolutely dumping rain. I think this was fairly unexpected. They can’t catch a break down there.
I can see why. Holy crap.Unfortunately, it might take weeks, even months to find all the victims. At least the death toll has slowed for now at 121.
I can see why. Holy crap.
It gets so much worse than that. There’s a photo (I need to find it) of a truck upside down, chassis basically the only thing left, tires not where they should be, half-buried under mud. Looked like a violent tornado came through, but it was from floodwaters.
Hydraulics is as powerful or maybe more powerful than an EF5 tornado.It gets so much worse than that. There’s a photo (I need to find it) of a truck upside down, chassis basically the only thing left, tires not where they should be, half-buried under mud. Looked like a violent tornado came through, but it was from floodwaters.
In 2021, Kerr County was awarded a $10.2 million windfall from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, which Congress passed that same year to support local governments impacted by the pandemic. Cities and counties were given flexibility to use the money on a variety of expenses, including those related to storm-related infrastructure. Corpus Christi, for example, allocated $15 million of its ARPA funding to “rehabilitate and/or replace aging storm water infrastructure.” Waco’s McLennan County spent $868,000 on low water crossings.
Kerr County did not opt for ARPA to fund flood warning systems despite commissioners discussing such projects nearly two dozen times since 2016. In fact, a survey sent to residents about ARPA spending showed that 42% of the 180 responses wanted to reject the $10 million bonus altogether, largely on political grounds.
“I’m here to ask this court today to send this money back to the Biden administration, which I consider to be the most criminal treasonous communist government ever to hold the White House,” one resident told commissioners in April 2022, fearing strings were attached to the money.
“We don't want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much,” another resident told commissioners. “We'd like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money.”
When it was all said and done, the county approved $7 million in ARPA dollars on a public safety radio communications system for the sheriff’s department and county fire services to meet the community’s needs for the next 10 years, although earlier estimates put that contract at $5 million. Another $1 million went to sheriff’s employees in the form of stipends and raises, and just over $600,000 went towards additional county positions. A new walking path was also created with the ARPA money.