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The New York Times and their so-called experts are blaming DOGE cuts at the
National Weather Service and Climate Change on the disastrous flooding in
Texas that led to scores dead and dozens missing.

: In statements to NY Times, the former head of National Weather Service
: Louis Uccellini blamed climate change and staffing shortages for the
: Texas flooding.
:
: Holy moly ?? we're down bad. pic.twitter.com/Ey4RehHrnN
:
: — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) July 6, 2025

Except none of this is true at all. The AP destroyed the idea that this was
because of ‘staffing’:

: The National Weather Service office in New Braunfels, which delivers
: forecasts for Austin, San Antonio and the surrounding areas, had extra
: staff on duty during the storms, Runyen said.
:
: Where the office would typically have two forecasters on duty during
: clear weather, they had up to five on staff.
:
: “There were extra people in here that night, and that’s typical in every
: weather service office — you staff up for an event and bring people in on
: overtime and hold people over,” Runyen said.

Furthermore, the NWS did its job with warnings at least 12 hours before the
devastating floods, according to Meteorologist Chris Martz on X:

: Okay. Let’s talk some facts.
:
: The Camp Mystic flood disaster in Texas is very unfortunate, and I hope
: that all of the missing girls are found.
:
: The usual suspects are exploiting this tragedy to score political brownie
: points. Some left-wing activists are blaming this flood on “climate
: change,” others are blaming the deaths and missing persons on inadequate
: warning caused by low staffing at the National Weather Service (NWS)
: caused by Trump administration federal RIFs. ??
:
: First of all, staffing cuts played no part in this tragedy. ?????
:
: The NWS issued a flood watch for Kerr County more than 12 hours ahead of
: the flood. They also issued a flash flood warning for Hunt and Ingraham
: THREE HOURS before the Guadalupe River began to climb. There was plenty of
: lead time with respect to the forecast and issuance of warnings.
:
: The flood was caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry becoming
: embedded into a broad mid-level trough over central Texas. These remnant
: lows are typically slow-moving and drop heavy rain over a large
: geographical area where the troposphere destabilizes. ???
:
: This particular one stayed quasi- (fairly) stationary, and caused massive
: flooding along the Guadalupe River, something that has happened many times
: before. In 1987, a flash flood on the same river killed 10 teenage campers
: from the Pot O Gold Christian Camp, with another 33 swept away who
: survived. ???
:
: https://newspapers.com/image/979014003/
:
: Camp Mystic is built on a floodplain. It is on sediment that has been
: deposited by hundreds, if not thousands of floods over the last millennium.
:
: The event has nothing to do with climate change.
:
: And, the tragedy had nothing to do with DOGE cuts.
:
: If you are someone who has exploited this catastrophe because you just
: don’t like Trump, you need to take a serious look in the mirror.


:Okay. Let’s talk some facts.
:
:The Camp Mystic flood disaster in Texas is very unfortunate, and I hope that
:all of the missing girls are found.
:
:The usual suspects are exploiting this tragedy to score political brownie
:points. Some left-wing activists are blaming this flood on…
:pic.twitter.com/ODX5Rmpm7G
:
:— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) July 5, 2025


There you go. Once again the despicable ‘Paper of Record’ exploits a tragedy
because they hate Trump.