Public sentiment is marked by profound sorrow and anger over the catastrophic flooding in Texas, particularly the tragic loss of life, especially among children. There is widespread frustration directed at governmental failures in disaster preparedness, inadequate warning systems, and budget cuts affecting critical response agencies. Many commenters express empathy for the victims while demanding accountability and systemic changes to prevent similar future disasters.

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I hope the people safely got out of that car with the lights on.

FlyAwayJai

Life Pro Tip: your deck wasn’t built to withstand that, and you don’t want to be standing on it if it washes away.

St_Kevin_

Insane how powerful water is. RIP to all the victims.

Calibred2

I get that this feels like a sensitive time, and I absolutely agree that it’s heartbreaking that people lost their lives. But acknowledging the policy decisions that may have contributed to this tragedy isn’t about scoring political points—it’s about accountability and prevention.

When Trump defunded key organizations that could have helped predict or warn about flooding risks, it wasn’t just some abstract decision. It had real-world consequences, and we’re seeing them now. That’s not “making it political”—it’s recognizing cause and effect.

Saying “don’t make it political” can be a way to shut down important conversations about how we got here and how to do better next time. If we’re serious about preventing tragedies, we have to be willing to talk about the decisions and systems that make them worse.

137thaccount

These storms are wild and only getting worse.

Its a good thing trump gutted FEMA and the NOAA /s

The wildest part is there are people there in that mess right now who still support cheeto Benito

Edit to say caer and point
https://www.reddit.com/r/thescoop/s/T5UeE9wtVL

livefast-diefree

We have the best floods our floods are the fastest and sneakiest floods you will not believe it

![gif](giphy|mEgfNLKL54okcclPyA|downsized)

wabbanation

Thoughts and prayers from MAGA gonna have to do a lot of heavy lifting here

Aeceus

You know a country is fucked when a video of a natural disaster that's killing people is a place for political debate between Libs and MAGAs.

The division in the US is spectacular!

Eazy3006

Sad that this was generally preventable with the proper warning from the weather services. I wonder why there wasn’t any warning? /s

Brent_L

Gee, sure seems to be a great watershed on which to locate multiple children's camps...

havereddit

gcartnick

see the problem is the river name sounds like an illegal, if we change it to a proper American name this wouldn’t happen.

forfunstuffwinkwink

Holy shit all the traitor trumptards comments “don’t make this about politics” 

Shut the fuck up, it became political when they cut NOAA etc

DanskFrenchMan

rwhitener

sanctus20

hope the cameraman evacuated right after…

jamp0g

Good thing climate change doesn't exist in Red States. That would have REALLY been bad.

Raise-Emotional

Good thing I don’t believe in global warming or this could be alarming.

Sexlexia619

These videos hit harder after what happened in WNC last year. Idc who you voted for I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.

KerryUSA

iamBreadPitt

Did anyone think of sending thoughts and prayers?

skidsareforkids

This is a tragedy, there was a preventable loss of life, so many lives have been lost and ruined.

Blame solely rests on the current administration. Make it political. Every single person that voted for this is responsible as well. 

Here is one of the first major losses of life as a direct result of the administration. Hold them accountable. Give them no rest.

luffydkenshin

Trump policies in action. Blood on his hands.

I feel for the victims...this didn't have to happen.

blac_sheep90

Final-Aces

I feel for those people. I hope they are ok.

Dapper-Elephant3945

„The last he saw of that car were two tiny hands pushing at the closed window.“
I suffered from this part in a book, now you do, too. 

Share the pain, halved it.

reddittrooper

Damn at first it looks exactly like the balcony is a cruise ship sailing along. Only after the tree doesn't move do you realize its fast moving water.

apatrol

https://preview.redd.it/7otlozavrebf1.jpeg?width=1080&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=5ba7f0a7c91efb31867fdb6c3e466e7dbb1e12be

MrGlubshy

moistobviously

I appreciate the footage, but please don't film this stuff, it can be dangerous!!!

Shadowhawk0000

Build your community in an underfit river valley; expect flooding.

ionized_fallout

I don't mean to be insensitive, but like...we know certain areas are prone to extreme weather and there's SO MUCH America in which we can live...why do people chose to live in places where this happens?

galactabat

People need to steel themselves and prepare for more unnecessary lives lost. This administration this government doesn’t give a fuck who you are if you don’t have enough decimals in your net worth. Every motherfucker not on their level is disposable and apparently not enough people learned that lesson during covid.

lvs621

Just change the river's name to somethin 'Murican.

outside_cat

Goddamn...way to go texas...shitpoor respond every fucking time...be it blizzards or flood...

kr4ckenm3fortune

Cool how the tree goes through the deck leading to an awesome assassin's creed path

Lamech

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GodIsAnAnimeGirl

Texas overwhelming voted for Trump. This is on them.

Edit: Fuck Texas.

FunEngineer69

xxshadowraidxx

How has MAGA not changed the name of this river yet??

Grimmbeaver

That car was on… someone was hitting the breaks

Professional-Ad4073

We are now on our own and insurance premiums are going to skyrocket............it's all the Democrats fault why would they do this?

showersrover8ed

If Trump doesn't mention it, it's not true, right?

JulesSilverman

Texas? It means they voted for trump right? 😅

pachniuchers

You think this is a message from god? Like hey Americans stop doing what your doing. Maybe it was the bill that was just passed or the alligator concentration camp just built

b_buddd

Good thing they didn’t seed the river with crocodiles like Trump wanted to do.

035AllTheWayLive

There's a ton of rivers like this - in Missouri and Arkansas - that will bring a reckoning to the poor river dwelling folks in the lower Midwest. Does not exude freedom to me, but who asked me anyway 🤔?

very-regular-3

Huge_penus

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The NWS sent a life threatening flash flood alert 3 hours before it happened. But The alert was at 1 AM (flooding at around 4 AM) and Texas officials did not act on the warning.           
               
Just like with Uvalde no Texas state official will be fired, and Texans will likely still vote for the same leaders who put those officials into their jobs in the first place.

DragonPup

Seeing photos of the camp bunks and the scattered things they left behind - stuffed animals, Stanley cups, their favorite blankets...it breaks my heart. An unimaginable loss.

mowotlarx

It made me sick (but not surprised) when I saw all the maga morons talking about how this was some democrat weather manipulation event. These people are fucking sick in the head. I honestly don’t even know how we’re going to make it as a society with these idiots living amongst us. 

Panhandler_jed

This reminds me of when the Miami condo collapsed. Everyone thought it was just a few people at first then it landed above 100 dead. Sad in both instances

GoldEdit

One family lost two daughters who were at the camp. I can't imagine what that would be like.

invalidpassword

The complaints from Texas state officials about federal oversight are perfect examples of r/LeopardsAteMyFace. They wanted to be tough and independent, so they can handle the sewer backup themselves. Absolute hypocrites and cowards all around.

sludge_monster

This is playing out exactly like the Wimberley flood on the Blanco River 10 yrs ago. Some of those victims were never found.

Traveler2952

This is probably a good time to check your own local warning system. I get emergency alerts from the province (and separate ones from the university) and they test the system twice a year. If you haven't been getting alerts then check your phone settings (apparently you can turn them off which seems like it should not be an option), and your county/state to see how often they test their system and what their protocol is. Obviously if you live in a fire/flood/tornado/tsunami/disaster prone area then learn how to stay safe for those circumstances. If you are not confident in your local government's emergency preparedness, then let them know!!!

Natural_Error_7286

*"Especially in the Kerrville area, there were so many people camping out near the river, people in RVs and things like that," he said. "There are people that are not known, confirmed missing because we do not know yet who they are."*

So, there could be even more missing.  Typical climate change quick hitting deluge.  Two in a few weeks in Texas

fxkatt

Going to a youth camping spot in the Texas Hill Country is practically a right of passage in Central Texas.   YMCA, church youth groups, scouting troops, and youth summer camps regularly make use of camps all over this river valley, and have for decades.

IMO, it was always a matter of when, and not if, something like this would happen.

VagabondReligion

If you’re a conspiracy theorist looking for answers, try researching “flash floods”. Follow that up with looking into how many times texas has let down or flat out abandoned its citizens during any kind of disaster, natural or man made, and then you can tell me all about your conspiracies.

Luke_Cocksucker

Has Ted Cruz made a statement from Mexico yet?

FireNexus

Texas seems really bad at keeping Texans alive

Shiftymennoknight

Texas will run out of kids before it runs out of Republicans.

gargar7

Mike Johnson: "All we know how to do is pray."
Then get the hell out of goverment and let the adults do it properly!

One-Wolf-5075

Reed_Ikulas_PDX

You guys remember that landslide in Blatten, Switzerland? I know they had more time to prepare, but still, they managed to relocate the ENTIRE TOWN’S worth of people and they all survived. They planned and were prepared and all complied.

gpigma88

GOP policy - gut federal agencies then send thoughts and prayers

reggieLedoux26

I bet the Republican party in Texas have an apology template they send to parents whose kids die because of their policies.


Just select 'catastrophic weather event' from the drop down box. Its right between school shooting and being denied abortion care.

GarySparrow0

It’s awful what those people are going through and I wouldn’t wish this kind of collapse on anyone.  But let’s be honest, this didn’t just happen.  For decades, the GOP and its allies have worked tirelessly to gut, defund, and discredit our government.  Now that all the safety nets are being shredded and the infrastructure’s being hollowed out, things like this will become more common.  They’ve spent so many years torching the house we all live in.  Don’t accept their blame shifting when the house burns down.  Sympathy yes, but accountability too.

mister-crispy

Donald Trump is a killer

One million or so after his first term, how many will die this time? He’s picking up the pace and taking initiative rather than waiting around for disease.

Persea_americana

At this point, those missing people are pretty much all dead.

Most-Artichoke6184

I only feel sorry for the kids who died. They had no vote in this. They were failed by people in power who don’t care and their communities who voted for those people. Politically this will likely have no consequences. Like the power outage. And if it has no consequences it will sadly happen again in one way or another. I hope Americans who are fucked by Trump time and time again will one day learn to ask the right questions. In the meantime, my sympathy is honestly very limited to kids who I will always presume are innocent

Straight_Page_8585

I just hope Ted Cruz is safe in Acapulco or Tulum or Rio or wherever

robbycakes

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Idk when Texans are going to get the message that their local state government doesn’t care about them, but if between Uvalde and this shit it’s not sinking in idk what’s going to get them to that realization.

fingersonlips

Texans in 2028 be like:

&gt;Remember when trump killed all 3 of my daughters due to his cutting of FEMA?

&gt;Oh well, who else am I gonna vote for, ***A WOMAN????***

PaydayLover69

This is what happens when you defund weather alerts and pretend that man-made climate change doesn’t exist.

infamous_merkin

Definitely will blame Biden for the weather

WiseIndustry2895

So is thoughts and prayers all they have to offer or is somebody going to turn the weather reporting back on.

DragonWarrior980

I feel horrible for those who died and voted against these clowns who continue to run the state into the ground.

RandomTez

Have any of the Camp Mystic missing been found alive?

The news is very ambiguous. It says 11 are missing and seems to want us to infer that the children in the total death toll are from Camp Mystic when they aren’t the only children in the area.

edit: no. all 27 missing are dead in a statement by Camp Mystic

thetaFAANG

iCraven

But at least there's no FEMA camps right?

Dewey_Decimatorr

Man that’s crazy the numbers doubled in just 16 hours

WhiteLycan2020

1987- 10 Summer camp kids drowned. Same scenario. 2016 the Kerr county commissioner said it was unnecessary and expensive to put in auditory warning systems. The residents agreed.

southernNJ-123

From what I’ve read on Reddit as posted by locals, the NWS broadcasted heavy rain and flood warnings beginning on July 3. 

Apparently the residents had very little way to receive such warnings. 

The local county government posted on Facebook of all things about flash flooding occurring at 4am July 4.  THATS THEIR WARNING system? Facebook? No sirens? No Amber Alerts on phones?

Mommy444444

Remember that the danger was recognized in 2016. NWS and NOAA told Texas officials what needed to be done offered to help in finding ways to finance the work. Texas officials (republicans) declined to take any action.

tel4bob

An advisory was issued 12 hours, and a warning again 3 hours, before the disaster struck. The NWS was fully staffed that day. This is only going to get worse unless Texas steps up with its own solutions. The ball’s in your court, Governor Abbott.

NewSlinger

I keep hearing people trying to say, “there was no way to prevent this. This is a freak accident.”

It actually isn’t. These kids deserved better. This is a direct product of having a government that doesn’t invest in its people. Our leaders are failing us. My heart hurts for these families. 

We have trained experts across disciplines who may have already predicted this happening. People study the climate, topography, and hydrology for a living, and they need jobs. We need to replace bureaucrats and political appointees who don’t know what they’re doing with experts across disciplines.

We need to create a government where people are rewarded for meaningful contributions rather than a crony society. 

We need to fully fund the National Weather Service and give them the staffing they need to prevent disasters like what we are seeing today.

We need to enhance our modeling for the things we cannot predict today so that we can predict them and proactively solve them before tomorrow comes.

We need to deploy robust early detection systems without political interference. 

We need to invest in restoring our wetlands that function as a natural drainage system as well as encouraging the growth of soil stabilizing local flora to lessen the impact of soil erosion on geomorphological changes in our environment.

joaquinsolo

“The Texas Division of Emergency Management had multiple meetings since Thursday to prepare, but the National Weather Service "did not predict the amount of rain" that actually fell, officials said, adding that forecasters originally estimated up to 8 inches of rainfall for the area.””

This article hardly even tries to defend the NWS, they did what they were supposed to and Texas state officials will still place the blame on them knowing the media will publish those quotes. (Edit: [Shout out to AP News for reporting on this](https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-hill-country-weather-warnings-238d4325bb58f0b410015f74684738b6))

Dangerous, destructive floods in this area have been happening [since 1838](https://www.seguintexas.gov/736/Historical-Flooding-in-Seguin#:~:text=Seguin%2C%20Texas%20is%20no%20stranger,is%20disabled%20in%20your%20browser). The state of Texas has had DECADES to find safety solutions and it’s a failure on their government that this happened. Anyone saying this isn’t political is ignorant and obtuse. 21 dead children from something that could have started putting safety measures in place starting in 2002 when 12 died in flooding. 

Maybe we could start by not putting the youngest children the closest to the river known historically for its flash flooding. 

My heart goes out to anyone impacted, especially those that lost family and friends. I can’t even imagine the grief in that community right now.

telewolfe

We can assume the number will be probably about 100 then.

Not just the confirmed but...

Some people don't have direct family and won't be known to be missing, some missing won't be known to have been here and some missing will never be confirmed dead.

But given the area that it covered, the time of year, night time and peak holiday...I wouldn't be surprised at all if it is a lot more than we realise.

DinosaurInAPartyHat

Meanwhile, MTG, in her infinite wisdom, introduced a bill to make it a felony to manipulate the weather.  MAGA will blame anything except the fact that their orange mental case slashed funding and jobs specifically designed to ensure early warnings are possible.

DramaticCattleDog

Updated headline as of 5:00 PM EDT: 
&gt;**Death toll in devastating central Texas flash floods climbs to 79, more than 40 remain missing**

 I can't say anything snarky about people loosing their lives in a natural disaster. However, it makes me angry that adults did not do more to protect the safety of the kids at the summer camp.

WindTreeRock

I’ve been very skeptical of the local government ever since they immediately went after the national weather service. It definitely looks like from all accounts the national weather service was putting out several different alerts, including one to get to high ground immediately. The issue was that there was no way to disperse that alert to the broader population. As if the message just wasn’t getting to the people that needed it most, which is the responsibility of the local government.

Every-Abroad-847

Hope they find the missing alive and in decent shape. It's shocking that so many have died. So many kids, too.   

A youth camp on a spot known as "flash flood alley"? Maybe think about relocating.

pseud_o_nym

I don't know what to say except this is heartbreaking with every body found.

Vegetable-Fix-4702

Texas is experiencing catastrophic flooding with a death toll that has reached over 90, including many children, and many more missing. The flooding, described as one of the worst in decades, was exacerbated by heavy rainfall over a short period, particularly in Kerr County.

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