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11. "Here the DOGE and trump cuts meant that the weather service did not have the staff available to ....

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:40 PM

Jul 6

….. coordinate with the local officials.”

The local 1st responders… police, fire, emts, along with Texas Fish and wildlife/park rangers
should have gotten calls, texts, emails, and person to person contacts when the storm was starting
to hit.

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The victims Clouds Passing Jul 6 #5

This is on Trump, Musk, the Doge Boys, Fox News and its clones, the GOP, and those small government shits Botany Jul 6 #6

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"Here the DOGE and trump cuts meant that the weather service did not have the staff available to .... Botany Jul 6 #11

Government done on the cheap carries a very different cost Warpy Jul 6 #10

Up over 100 now (6:00 pm CDT) TexasBushwhacker Jul 7 #12