Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.
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After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
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7 Comments
Alison@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social Don't forget them refusing millions of dollars for said alarm because it was coming from Biden.
TeamMidwest@glammr.us · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social As an archivist who studies climate change, I would love to talk to y'all about this topic sometime!!
ProPublica@newsie.social · 1 pts · 1y
@TeamMidwest@glammr.us You can get in touch with the reporter, Logan Jaffe, at logan.jaffe@propublica.org!
TeamMidwest@glammr.us · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social thanks!
Stormdancer@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social This translates accurately to "Texas Officials admit they don't listen to their residents"
Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social I remember some National Guard fatalities at Fort Hood back in the 1980s due to flooding of Antelope Creek.
MatthewChat@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 1y
@ProPublica@newsie.social It is the fault of the incompetent local Texas government allowing people to build houses and summer camps in flood plains.