KERRVILLE, TXBefore leaving for the cama before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers reviewed the forecast while staying at an amigo’s house in Orillas del R o Guadalupe. Nothing in the alarm’s pron stico.
Hours later, they were heading toward a safe place: they were in the dark with the enchufes chisporroteando with water all the way to their tobillos. Evidently, their family met nine people in the tico. The cell phones buzzed with warnings and recorded Flowers’ horrible day, but with all the chaos, they couldn’t remember when they started.
“Lo que necesitan es alg n tipo de sistema externo, como una advertencia de tornado que le diga a la gente que salga ahora” , Flowers, who is 44 years old, said.
In the region of Mount Osa, Texas, the destructive forces began before the fourth day of the month. They killed at least forty-three people in the state of Kerr, accused the government, and left a number of unidentified people missing. Among those who have not yet been located are 27 members of the Mystic Campaign, a Christian winter camp with a r o in the Kerr County, where the majority of the animals were recovered.
Yet, as the authorities disseminate the biggest search and rescue efforts in recent Texas history, they have come under increasing scrutiny for their preparations and the reasons why the residents and summer campamentos of young people who have dispersed throughout the region or were not previously warned or told to evacuate.
A series of warnings about repentant flooding are sent out by the Meteorological Service National in the first few hours of the fourth day before emergency response to repentant flooding is triggered. This is a semi-routine alert that warns of an impending danger.
Local authorities have defended their actions and insisted that no one should be exposed to the potential for flooding.
“There will be a lot of disagreement, questions, and criticism later,” said Chip Roy, the Republican representative for the United States, whose district includes the state of Kerr. “Hay mucha gente diciendo ‘por qu ‘ y ‘c mo’, y lo entiendo” .
And when did the advertisements start?
The local office of the Meteorological Service of the National Government issued an initial flood warning at 1:18 p.m., which usually prompts residents to be vigilant.
Between 12.7 and 17.8 cent metros (from 5 to 7 pulgadas) of lluvia were predicted. Jason Runyen, meteor logo in the office of the Servicio Meteorol gico Nacional, stated that the office’s meteorological messages, which included automatic alerts sent to people’s cellphones in dangerous areas, became increasingly ominous in the early hours of the month of April, advising people to evacuate areas that were likely to flood and to move to higher ground.
The office issued an urgent alert at 4:03 a.m. that increased the likelihood that os catastr ficosy would pose a serious threat to human life.
Jonathan Porter, the meteor chief of AccuWeather, a private company that provides weather forecasts using data from the National Meteorological Service, stated that it appears that evacuations and other proactive measures should have been implemented to lower the risk of fatalities.
“Las personas, las empresas y los gobiernos deben tomar medidas basadas en las advertencias de inundaciones repentinas que se emiten, independientemente de las cantidades de lluvia que hayan ocurrido o se pronostiquen” , said Porter in a communication.
The staff stated that they were not expecting it.
Local employees have stated that they did not anticipate a rainfall as strong as that which would be equivalent to months of rain for the region.
“We know that llueve. “We know that the r o sube,” said Rob Kelly, the chief elected official of Kerr’s administration. “Pero nadie vio venir esto” .
Dalton Rice, the city administrator of Kerrville, stated that I’m going to be alright and that there aren’t any issues with the four of the ma’ams. A few hours later, at 5:20 p.m., the water level had dropped dramatically, and “casi no pudimos salir del parque,” they said.
Rice also mentions that if the public receives too many meteorological advertisements, they may become insensible.
There is no flood warning system in the area.
According to Kelly, prior to the decision, the state considered installing an inundation alarm system throughout the region or one that would have served as a tornado sirena, but the plan was never implemented due to the expense.
“We have already investigated… “The population is horrified by the coast,” said Kelly.
stated that they were unaware of the kind of evacuation and security plans that might have been used.
“What happens is that the flood destroys the first campaign and arrives in the middle of the night. “Las ni as no s d nde estaban,” he said. “What kind of alarm systems are there? We learn this with time.
Kristi Noem, the secretary of national security for the United States, stated that it was difficult for meteorologists to predict when rain will fall. stated that improving the technology used by the National Meteorological Service to broadcast advertisements is a top priority for the Trump administration.
“We know that everyone wants more time for advertising, so we’re working to improve the technology that has been neglected for a long time to ensure that families have the best anticipation possible,” Noem said at a press conference with state and federal officials.
The meteorological service has an additional personal service.
According to Runyen, the New Braunfels office of the Meteorol Gic National Service, which sends out pron sticos to Austin, San Antonio, and the surrounding areas, has additional guardians during the torture.
While the office typically has two weather-related meteors to watch over during the predicted climate, it has up to five employees.
“Hab a m s personas aqu esa noche, y eso es habitual en cada oficina del servicio meteorol gico: se aumenta el personal para un evento y se trae a personas en horas extras y se retiene a personas” , said Runyen.
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Murphy provides information from Oklahoma City.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor using a tool for artificial intelligence generation.
