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Charles Bastille's avatar

To be clear, there is no PROOF that NWS' understaffing led to loss of life. But this was a warning shot of things to come as the NWS and NOAA have been stripped down to the bare bones. This warning is not really up for debate. I make no apologies for "politicizing" this tragedy. That's the only chance, and it's not a very good chance, of preventing more. Maybe if enough people demand it, the regime will rehire some of the people they've fired, and we can all move on to the next human relief agency they've gutted.

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Glenn Toddun's avatar

There are so many things wrong here, we can’t forget that deregulation allowed a children’s camp to be built in a flood plain. Flood plain laws are there to prevent idiots from having to explain to parents why their children are dead.

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