Let's face it, wl, there's no good reason to ever trust the govt. The founding fathers knew that, which is why the press has space carved out in the constitution. But you can bet they never would have imagined the press / media, or whatever we want to call it now, behaving as they do, with the constant lying; the lying for clicks, lying for political purposes, etc.
So, the left can make up all the lies about this that they want, but we the people see through them. Actually, other than attacking Trump, lies are all the left has these days.
Even leftist propaganda outlet Snopes agrees (https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/09/trump-nws-cuts-texas-floods/):
According to National Weather Service spokesperson Erica Grow Cei, local offices "had extra personnel on duty during the catastrophic flooding event in Texas's Hill Country during the July 4 holiday weekend."
The New York Times reported that the Austin/San Antonio office has been without a warning coordination meteorologist since April 30, although NBC News reported that Tom Fahy, the legislative director for the union that represents NWS employees, said the office has an employee acting in that role.
===>> So much for the staffing claims.
The afternoon forecasts July 3rd from both San Angelo and Austin/San Antonio offices, 12 hours in advance, issued a flood watch for the area. That's the designation of lowest concern "issued when conditions are favorable for flooding. It does not mean flooding will occur, but it is possible," according to the National Weather Service.
The first flash flood warning (the next level up, a warning) came in for the Kerrville area on 7/4 at 1:14 a.m.
At 4:03 a.m, the warning was upgraded to the most serious alert, an emergency.
Cei told Snopes that for flash floods, the National Weather Service is generally able to give residents "3 hours or more of what we call 'lead time', which is the time in between the warning being issued and the event occurring." In this case, that lead time on the initial warning was about accurate. The warning was issued at 1:14, and Cei said the first reports of flooding happened at 4:35 a.m., after the upgrade to an emergency.
===>> So much for the notification claims.
Of course, statements by those who actually know will be ignored by the media and the left, and the libs here on the mighty imgflip.
That's what they do. Reality doesn't matter to them.
For them, reality is nothing more than hating all things Trump, all the time.
