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   From: chine.bleu@yahoo.com   
      
   Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 21:53:50 -0400, c186282  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/7/25 9:32 PM, Doctor Fill wrote:   
   >>> On 7/7/2025 4:44 PM, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>> As noted the weather service DID send a series   
   >>>>     of flood warnings of increasing urgency. Alas   
   >>>>     it was a holiday and the worst stuff took shape   
   >>>>     after midnight. Nobody paid any attention until   
   >>>>     the water started coming in the windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> One report said that at the Christian all girls camp, the staff and   
   >>> management confiscated all the cell phones from the kids when they get   
   >>> checked in to the camp.  Had the girls had their cell phones, they may   
   >>> have heard to NWS alerts warning of an impending flood.  They also might   
   >>> have been able to call their parents during the flooding.  Maybe the   
   >>> camp, if it recovers, will revisit that ill-thought-out policy.   
   >>   
   >>    By several reports, the camp kiddies weren't ALLOWED   
   >>    to have phones. Being 'un-plugged' was part of the   
   >>    exercise.   
   >>   
   >>    Now the camp DIRECTOR likely had a phone - but was   
   >>    it on ? Did he have the annoying warnings turned off ?   
   >>    Was he simply asleep ?   
   >>   
   >>    He's permanently asleep now.   
   >>   
   >>    It seems vast quantities of others weren't listening   
   >>    either - neither in the various camps or the home   
   >>    areas nearby. Everybody interviewed says the height   
   >>    of the water was a complete surprise ... and most say   
   >>    they didn't know anything was coming.   
   >>   
   >>    I have proposed 'alert drones' - cheaper and more   
   >>    versatile than towers with expensive sirens. Have   
   >>    them follow pre-defined routes in case of flood,   
   >>    more ad-hoc in case of fires or whatever. You WILL   
   >>    hear them when they pass over your house.   
   >   
   > Texas voted down enhanced and expanded emergency communications   
   > systems last year.  Many TX legislators are now say than in   
   > retrospect, they should have voted differently.   
   >   
      
   You sound like one of those commies that think humans are worth more   
   than money.   
      
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