Posted on Jul 8, 2025
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/ [login to see] 7/
"Nearly a decade before catastrophic flooding in south Texas killed at least 95 people, including 27 girls and counselors from a beloved summer camp, the state’s Division of Emergency Management denied requests from the county where the camp is held for a $1 million grant to improve its flood warning system.
Kerr County, part of a region whose rivers’ and creeks’ high flooding potential earned it the nickname “Flash Flood Alley,” was among the communities that sought preventative funding. It asked for $1 million to build a flood warning system that would have upgraded 20 water gauge systems, added new water level sensors and posts, and created software and a website to distribute that information to the public in real-time.
The Texas Division of Emergency Management denied Kerr County’s 2017 application, meeting minutes show. Kerr County applied again in 2018, when more federal funding became available after Hurricane Harvey. But meeting minutes indicate that Texas’ emergency authority again did not approve it."
"Nearly a decade before catastrophic flooding in south Texas killed at least 95 people, including 27 girls and counselors from a beloved summer camp, the state’s Division of Emergency Management denied requests from the county where the camp is held for a $1 million grant to improve its flood warning system.
Kerr County, part of a region whose rivers’ and creeks’ high flooding potential earned it the nickname “Flash Flood Alley,” was among the communities that sought preventative funding. It asked for $1 million to build a flood warning system that would have upgraded 20 water gauge systems, added new water level sensors and posts, and created software and a website to distribute that information to the public in real-time.
The Texas Division of Emergency Management denied Kerr County’s 2017 application, meeting minutes show. Kerr County applied again in 2018, when more federal funding became available after Hurricane Harvey. But meeting minutes indicate that Texas’ emergency authority again did not approve it."
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
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This is truly sad...but like Kim.said, even with warnings it came so fast I am not so sure it wouldn't have happened anyway...My heart goes out to this parents and families...such a loss!
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Even if they had warnings, they very likely would still have had mass casualties. Instead, they are still searching, still counting, and Ted made it back from his trip…
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