Kerrville, Texas – It was not long before the Democrats here would skip the tragic floods of last week with false accusations that the Trump government had reduced the National Weather Service, making the community vulnerable, but the locals have nothing of it.
With a death toll of more than a hundred, many of whom are children, you could expect a bitter anger and removal. But little of it can be seen on the ground. Christian, a Uber driver from in the forty who grew up in Kerrville, said about the flood that “the system will never be perfect, it just came so fast, there is nothing you can do with 20 feet of water rising in half an hour.”
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This was in the aftermath of aggressive questions by reporters aimed at local officials who almost seemed to be to find the debt, no statements.
There was a touch of anger in Christian’s voice when he added: “Now they go after the mayor and the fire brigade. It is not fair.”
This attitude was reflected by Rob, in his 1950s who was newer in the area, but told me: “It was a perfect storm,” which did not intend to play the pun. “It probably didn’t help that it was the early morning hours of July 4, but it was so fast, just a terrible tragedy.”
This attitude, which in principle separated to look at the flash flood as an unstoppable act of God, stood contrary to what I heard of victims of the floods of North Carolina of last fall. But there the anger went over the aftermath, not the run -up.
The local population in Hill Country was also not impressed by arguments that the federal job reductions of the Trump administration had poorly prepared the National Weather Service to predict, reporting that it was quickly invented, because it appears that the agency had extra staff work.
Likewise, the always present left -wing argument had that every weather incident in the country is the result of climate change and our inability to avert ourselves from fossil fuels did not have much purchase. “They say that about everything,” a woman told me, eyes rolling.
There was clouds speech a possible cause of the floods that I heard from different residents. In fact, they brought it to me on Monday before it broke through like a national story.
Crews are working on removing rubble from the Code Loop Bridge along the Guadalupe River on Saturday 5 July 2025 in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Experts seem to agree that the in the neighborhood did not cause the enormous rainfall, but there was an understandable concern of those with whom I spoke about the practice of fooling the power of mother nature.
One thing that came through with most people with whom I spoke was that when you live in such an intimate proximity of powerful forces of nature, the risk is known and is largely accepted.
So many people who choose to live in cities often accept higher percentages of violent crime, those who live on the path of common natural destruction, understand the considerations.
There is no perfect safety. For all our technology from space travel to the internet, in the light of sufficient fire or water, we remain more or less helpless. Only this year in Los Angeles did the fires raged until the wind died. It could have been 1925, not 2025.
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There is no doubt that the local population in Hill Country wanted the authorities to learn as much as possible from this terrible event and make changes where necessary, such as calling for a siren system to warn residents of floods.
However, even sirens are not perfect. If they are used too often, they will eventually be ignored. If they are used too sparingly, they may not be able to offer warning when water comes in as quickly as Kerr County last Friday.
Millions of Americans, for example, receive tornado alarms from their phones many times a year. They are often ignored, usually with little damage, but sometimes with tragic consequences.
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A final factor that helps Hill Country people concentrate on helping each other, instead of blaming each other or the Trump government, is the powerful Christian faith that so many have here.
It is not only that their faith gives them comfort to know the lost, now with God; The churches themselves became powerful epicentra of volunteering and support.
There will be time for answers about the run -up to this flood. Fortunately, at least for the time being, all the focus of the locals is on helping each other and continuing the life and growth of their communities, even under a cloud of the dark power of nature.
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