Especially the deaths of dozens of little girls at a summer camp retreat hit by flash floods because dt and doge demolished the national weather service so flash flood warnings weren't sent out before they'd already crashed through that camp and surrounding area, killing upwards of 80 so far with more still missing!
My heart breaks for the families of the dead and missing.
Deadly flooding caused by torrential rain in central Texas late last week called attention to U.S. President Donald Trump's full-scale assault on the climate research and monitoring agencies tasked with studying and predicting such weather catastrophes, as well as his ongoing attacks on disaster preparedness and relief.
Though local National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters did issue warnings in the lead-up to Friday's flooding—which killed at least 82 people, including dozens of children—key roles were reportedly vacant ahead of the downpour, prompting scrutiny of the Trump administration's mass firings and budget cuts, in addition to years of neglect and failures by Republicans at the state level.
Asked whether he believes the federal government should hire back terminated meteorologists in the wake of the Texas flooding, Trump responded in the negative and falsely claimed that "very talented people" at NWS "didn't see" the disaster coming.
"This is an absolute lie," replied meteorologist and climate journalist Eric Holthaus. "Worse, this is the person responsible for making those kids less safe and he's trying to deny the damage he caused."
Holthaus wrote Sunday that Trump's staffing cuts "have particularly hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Environmental Modeling Center, which aims to improve the skill of these types of difficult forecasts."
"Though it's unclear to what extent staffing shortages across the NWS complicated the advance notice that local officials had of an impending flooding disaster," he added, "it's clear that this was a complex, compound tragedy of a type that climate warming is making more frequent."
"Republicans have fired meteorologists, cut emergency disaster aid, and given an extra $18 billion to the fossil fuel corporations causing this crisis."
Under the guise of "government efficiency," the Trump administration has taken an axe to staff at federal climate agencies and is trying to go even further with its budget for the coming fiscal year. The Washington Post noted Sunday that "a budget document the Trump administration recently submitted to Congresscalls for zeroing out climate research funding for 2026, something officials had hinted at in previous proposals but is now in lawmakers' hands."
"But even just the specter of President Donald Trump's budget proposals has prompted scientists to limit research activities in advance of further cuts," the Post noted. "Trump's efforts to freeze climate research spending and slash the government's scientific workforce have for months prompted warnings of rippling consequences in years ahead. For many climate scientists, the consequences are already here."
Since the start of his second term, Trump has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who were working on the National Climate Assessment, moved to slash NOAA's workforce, and announced a halt to climate disaster tracking, among other changes—all while working to accelerate fossil fuel extraction and use that is supercharging extreme weather events. One NOAA veteran warned that Trump's cuts could drag the agency back to "the technical and proficiency levels we had in the 1950s."
"The Trump regime is gutting scientific research into climate and atmospheric science for political reasons, at the very time we need a much better understanding of it," environmentalist Stephen Barlow wrote on social media on Sunday. "This is so reckless and dangerous, which is why I suggest we call these tragedies Trump events."
Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, said over the weekend that "Republicans have fired meteorologists, cut emergency disaster aid, and given an extra $18 billion to the fossil fuel corporations causing this crisis."
Ron Paul used to vote against any state request for disaster relief because he insisted that was state, not Federal responsibility. That is until Texas was struck by a hurricane or tornadoes. Then Paul was first in line with his outstetched hand.
The felon said it waa a horrible disaster. However he didn't have any idea what it was. He was golfing. You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony
This was one of the first. Won't be one of the last
The felon wages a war on knowledge. Anything and everything he does reaches the peak of the Dunning Kruger ignorance scale and moves no further.
He knows more than all the generals. He knows more than all the scientists. He appointed himself as director of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts because nobody knows more about the performing arts than him. He wanted to appoint himself chairman of the Fed. Can you imagine? That ass in control of maintenance of the value of American currency?
He writes more on Truth Social than he reads. He LISTENS to or WATCHES Fox. He signs his name in Sharpie because crayon is too waxy and requires too much dexterity. His golf game is first thing he ever did ... people who played with him say he cheats. What a surprize! You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony
An article about that camp, which is a traditional religious girls' camp people have sent kids to for generations (Lady Bird Johnson was a big supporter) suggested it was a very pleasant, safe place for the kids. How terrible that it suddenly turned into a nightmare..-greenman
on July 6, 2025, 8:45 pm
