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TexasBushwhacker

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5. Officials IN Kerr county turned down the funding

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 07:12 PM

Apr 27

They didn't want warning sirens because "those things go off by accident all the time". They didn't want to distract their peaceful little area that was right in the middle of FLOOD ALLEY.

They also didn't want it because it was "Biden money".

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/kerr-county-texas-hill-country-1987-bus-flood-camp/#:~:text=History%20repeated%20itself%20when%20the,learned%20after%20the%201987%20flood.

"After the 1987 flood, river gauges were installed to provide real-time information to forecasters and emergency managers. But as the years passed, political will and funding for flood warning infrastructure diminished. An effort to get flood sirens never came to fruition; local governments were repeatedly passed over for grants by the state; and the county eliminated its own flood protection tax.

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People are really pissed at the GQP................... Lovie777 Apr 27 #1

GREAT!!! TexasBushwhacker Apr 27 #2

Yes. I remember that tragic event B.See Apr 27 #4

Officials IN Kerr county turned down the funding TexasBushwhacker Apr 27 #5

Oh really? Thanks for the clarification because B.See Apr 27 #6

Well, they had almost 40 years to get their shit together TexasBushwhacker Apr 28 #7

I see. Again, thnx for added info. B.See Apr 28 #8

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