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riversedge

(76,806 posts)
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:41 PM Jul 6

FEMA activates in Texas after Trump signs Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County

Source: nbcdfw



59 people have been killed by the catastrophic flash floods in Kerr County.

By Sara Hummadi • Updated 4 hours ago



The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was activated in Texas after President Donald Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County.

Flash floods tore through the Guadalupe River corridor Friday morning, killing at least 59 people, including 38 adults and 21 children. Many remain unaccounted for, including 11 children missing from Camp Mystic.

FEMA will work with Texas state and local authorities to aid in the search and rescue efforts, according to a U.S. Homeland Security press release sent out Sunday morning.

Shortly before FEMA was activated, Trump announced the declaration via Truth Social, commending Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the U.S. Coast Guard and first responders for their efforts. ...............



Read more: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/fema-activates-in-texas-after-trump-signs-major-disaster-declaration-for-kerr-county/3879038/









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FEMA activates in Texas after Trump signs Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County (Original Post) riversedge Jul 6 OP
California cleans up Texas' disaster... maspaha Jul 6 #1
Huh. So FEMA *is* sort of useful LearnedHand Jul 6 #2
Sarcastic Slow Clap Prairie Gates Jul 6 #3
FEMA activated for RED state. Keep score. bucolic_frolic Jul 6 #4
Can't miss a grifting opportunity. Hugin Jul 7 #24
3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered riversedge Jul 6 #5
Yeah, thank you for doing your fucking job. Which is very unusual. walkingman Jul 6 #6
Once all bodies are found... stollen Jul 6 #12
He will use the money and help and then disparage government services, like always. travelingthrulife Jul 7 #27
Yep. That's their modus operandi. Ritabert Jul 7 #31
Not even Red vs. Blue - it's FEMA for some red states, but not for others . . . hatrack Jul 6 #7
He wouldn't send Fema BonnieJW Jul 6 #16
Much more grift available from Texas. travelingthrulife Jul 7 #28
Fcuk those guys.. Traitor and Traitor Puppy Killer. Cha Jul 6 #8
So, puppy killer Noem, who WITH Trump was B.See Jul 6 #9
TACO stollen Jul 6 #10
Is there any FEMA money left after Noem used FEMA funds to build a concentration camp LetMyPeopleVote Jul 6 #11
Biden had requested congress to vote for stollen Jul 6 #14
The skinnier MAGA Stepford Wives are the meaner they get. Envirogal Jul 7 #19
Does she qualify as a Stepford Wife when she's shagging Corey Lewandowski? travelingthrulife Jul 7 #29
Her hair extensions make up 1/3 of her body weight. live love laugh Jul 7 #20
Don't threaten FEMA lives, Texas! stollen Jul 6 #13
But no FEMA help for Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina or West Virginia? surfered Jul 6 #15
Some states are more equal than others. Hugin Jul 7 #22
Boy O Boy DENVERPOPS Jul 7 #25
Trump likes little girls. travelingthrulife Jul 7 #30
So, does ANYBODY know where Greg Abbott was on Friday? LudwigPastorius Jul 6 #17
I wonder how much the total came to from the bribe? littlemissmartypants Jul 6 #18
Pure math for trump. Old Crank Jul 7 #21
Yes... Hugin Jul 7 #23
Some Americans are worthy of disaster assistance, and some aren't. Wingus Dingus Jul 7 #26

riversedge

(76,806 posts)
5. 3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:05 PM
Jul 6


3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered
Officials are still searching for at least two girls from North Texas who were reported missing after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River Friday.

www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/n...

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3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered
Officials are still searching for at least two girls from North Texas who were reported missing after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River Friday.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-camp-mystic-flood-victims/3878628/

By Keenan Willard and Frank Heinz • Published July 5, 2025 • Updated 25 mins ago
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A Dallas teenager who was safe from flood waters at Camp Mystic is heartbroken for fellow campers who didn’t survive the deadly Texas Hill Country flooding.

The families of three North Texas children say their daughters were among those who did not survive the flash flooding at Camp Mystic Friday in the Texas Hill Country. Two others say their daughters are still missing.

Before dawn Friday, heavy tropical rain over Central Texas filled the Guadalupe River, which rose 26 feet in about 45 minutes. In the darkness, the wall of fast-moving water then indiscriminately washed people, homes, vehicles and trees downstream.................................

stollen

(929 posts)
12. Once all bodies are found...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:39 PM
Jul 6

what would Abbott's response be for NOT requesting FEMA? He'd be sued for not relying on all available resources. I assume he'll start using the term FEMA? I wonder how much begging he needed to do.

travelingthrulife

(2,944 posts)
27. He will use the money and help and then disparage government services, like always.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 09:29 AM
Jul 7

See Chip Roy.

hatrack

(63,128 posts)
7. Not even Red vs. Blue - it's FEMA for some red states, but not for others . . .
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:11 PM
Jul 6

Yes, this will work out well in the long run.

B.See

(5,975 posts)
9. So, puppy killer Noem, who WITH Trump was
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:14 PM
Jul 6

talking about eliminating the "unnecessary" FEMA (only a month ago),

is now praising Trump for doing what should come naturally, in PROPERLY responding to this horrific tragedy,

and for trying to fix yet something ELSE they've BROKEN.

Hopefully they won't be discriminatory (for want of a better word) in DOING THE RIGHT THING in respose to disasters in America, WHEREVER they occur.

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season - CNN

For months, Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees FEMA, have vowed to eliminate the agency, repeatedly criticizing it as ineffective and unnecessary. Noem reiterated those plans Tuesday in the Oval Office, saying FEMA “fundamentally needs to go away as it exists.”

stollen

(929 posts)
14. Biden had requested congress to vote for
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:10 PM
Jul 6

supplement funds for subsequent disasters after Hurricane Helene. MAGA MIKE not only didn't do that, he sent Congress home. And he refused to reconvene Congress when the next hurricane bore down on FL. Obvious that Trump was hoping to make Biden look like a failure before the election. In particular, the Maggots wanted to win NC and were willing to make disaster victims suffer and stew in their anger for that party's benefit. Too bad those mountain folk bought into the ruse at their own expense, but so it goes in a red neighborhood.

Tillis retiring seems like payback.

But in answer to your question, no, I don't believe Maga Mofo Mike ever added supplemental funds to FEMA, knowing that Trump's plan was to ax the program once in office. Without the extra funds in this magnitude of a disaster, MOFO and TACO could be setting up FEMA for failure.

travelingthrulife

(2,944 posts)
29. Does she qualify as a Stepford Wife when she's shagging Corey Lewandowski?
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 09:32 AM
Jul 7

I am guessing her husband and kids don't mind.

stollen

(929 posts)
13. Don't threaten FEMA lives, Texas!
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:00 PM
Jul 6

Or we'll demand they be called out of the threat area for their own safety, leaving you SOL.

It happened in NC thanks to the knuckledragging Trump worshipers there. Don't copycat. You've got 30 days to request immediate cash assistance...$750. That's for your immediate needs.
There will be more funding for you as soon as the Florida concentration camps, spent on migrants, can be sold for scrap metal. So hold your horses.

surfered

(8,188 posts)
15. But no FEMA help for Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina or West Virginia?
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:24 PM
Jul 6

Maybe because this tragedy had so much news coverage?

Hugin

(36,704 posts)
22. Some states are more equal than others.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 06:40 AM
Jul 7

Trump probably heard that Mexico and the World Kitchen were already on the scene.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
25. Boy O Boy
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:14 AM
Jul 7

Sarah Huck-a-Pig has gotta be seething right now...........she probably "only" wanted to suck off the federal taxpayers TIT for a billion or two.....
So..................it's not only RED states vs BLUE states, but only SOME RED states, not all.......

LudwigPastorius

(13,037 posts)
17. So, does ANYBODY know where Greg Abbott was on Friday?
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jul 6

All I saw on TV that day was the Lieutenant Governor.

Was Hot Wheels on vacay somewhere, or was he busy getting his 100,000 mile service?

littlemissmartypants

(28,635 posts)
18. I wonder how much the total came to from the bribe?
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:41 PM
Jul 6

You know that's why he paved the rose garden, right? To make a place for the bribes drive through window.

Old Crank

(5,930 posts)
21. Pure math for trump.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 05:24 AM
Jul 7

25 GOP representatives from Texas. That is more than 10% of the GOP majority in the house.

Hugin

(36,704 posts)
23. Yes...
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 06:44 AM
Jul 7

Yet, people were getting quarterback sacked here on DU to not make this political.

Wingus Dingus

(9,173 posts)
26. Some Americans are worthy of disaster assistance, and some aren't.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:27 AM
Jul 7

That's what we've become as a nation. Blue states need to band together and figure out something.

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