Disaster declarations have been issued for parts of central Texas after heavy rains produced “a catastrophic flooding event” and killed an as yet unconfirmed number of people.
The National Weather Service issued multiple flash flood warnings followed by a flash flood emergency early on Friday morning for Gillespie and Mason counties, after more than a foot of rainfall fell in just a few hours in the hill country west of Austin.
The local news outlet KXAN warned that “life-threatening flooding is imminent or occurring. Leave low-lying or flood-prone areas immediately, but do not drive over water-covered roads.”
The negativity here really goes to show that even much of the left isn’t class conscious yet.
As someone from San Antonio, hearing that over 30 children 7 and up got washed away and likely died in a flash flood is heartbreaking.
There are lots of people who are liberal as fuck who live in Texas. We have to deal with gerrymandered districts and a shit ton of rural people who have more voting powers than us.
Also in TX. Seeing loads of heartless comments here. Hopefully we can come together as Texans and make some positive change.
Agreed. The negativity here is astounding
The amount of assholery in this thread is hilarious.
They should call for federal aid.
*government handouts
Ask some private businesses to save you. “Sure, it’ll be $1000/hr to extract your family (max 3 people). $500/dog. If you join our platinum rescue service we’ll grab your tv and provide snacks.”
They can pick themselves up by their bootstraps. Small government and all that.
Build a wall around the water.
And make Texas pay for it.
Thoughts and prayers. It stopped gun violence in schools right?
If only we could’ve predicted this. Oh well
