well… to be fair. Many of these summer camps are very religious.
So I think the concept of “God is watching over us” was probably an element?
OK.
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Who did we blame when Allison and Harvey hit, I wonder why we didn’t get advance waring about it.
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What point are you trying to make I’m confused
Acts of God. Those tornados from last year in Nebraska and Iowa, who did people blame for that?
So what is the blame?
Bingo… liability needs to be placed on the adults that are supposed to be providing a safe place for youth and visiting adults alike…
If you are in a flood plain and receive advanced flood warnings the OWNER and DIRECTORS of those camps, etc. need to take the proper preventive measures to ENSURE safety…
AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
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So saying we should spend money on early warning systerns is a blame game?
Just blame God, humans have no say in the matter, its all in God’s hands. Thoughts and Prayers, hope God spares Texas in the future
Prehaps an anti rain dance will do the trick
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Unfortunately, there are people who refuse to engage in a rational discussion of what can be done to provide these advanced warnings because “sh!t happens.” Even with existing tornado warning sirens that have clearly saved lives, some people will point to the fact that not everyone survived as proof that doing anything is pointless.
It’s a weird kind of fatalism that makes me wonder why they don’t just wander out into traffic because everyone’s gonna die anyway. I truly don’t understand the mindset that because we can’t control the weather, we shouldn’t try to protect more people from dying in it.
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I hate that the same posters views are skewed by their politics. Over and over. Sheep.
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The mirror is calling
Yall flagged this? Fine to call others out but can’t have the finger point back
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There seems to be a discussion about putting up Sirens which would blast out alerts in these areas.
Forest areas could have Fire warning sirens.
Etc., etc.
It’s fairly simple
If you try to implement any sort of safety precautions in any type of area, residential or not, then it would impact the economics of said area.
If you ignore the problem, then people will continue to either live or invest in the area (because they aren’t constantly being reminded of potential disasters)
Nah. There are warning sirens on the Guadalupe below the dam (they were activated a couple of days ago) and there’s no shortage of investment in that area. In fact, the opposite is true.
The real issue is the cost of doing something and who foots the bill. And that’s a shame, because that financial decision resulted in more people dying than would have otherwise.
I’m not even suggesting that any camp or owner be forced to do this. But I’m certain that almost all of them would allow a connected warning siren to be placed on their properties (especially now) if given the opportunity. And those that choose not to will see a drop in enrollment or customers.
A flood like this will happen again, and it could be worse. It could be next week, next year or another 40 years, but it’s coming.
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I’m not against spending money on an early alert system better than what they had, I’m just pointing out that those same sheep posters are outraged because of their politics. Trying to make Voldemort look bad. Probably because of their media feed. As I pointed out. They didn’t give a crap for those other disasters I posted.
If people collectively try and socialize a problem, then that sets a precedent for other problems that could be socialized
Especially in rural Texas? Pipe dream
They added gauges and warnings in rural Kendall County after the 1987 flood that washed away a bus full of campers. Why would adding similar or enhanced warnings in an adjacent county on the same river be “a pipe dream”?
The sad truth is that not enough people had died in Kerr County to push officials to do something. I’m pretty sure their attitudes on the matter have changed now.
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That must be why retrofitting for earthquakes drove everyone away from California
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People are still moving to Houston, and we;ve been making changes for safety, increasing the flood plain, etc. Also, as mentioned, California didn’t have any major exit when they retrofitted for earthquakes. Do you have any examples of your statements holding true?
I would argue that doing nothing makes people not want to stay, whereas making improvements would encourage people to stay as the thinking mught be “that can’t happen again, its been fixed”.
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