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WH Press Secretary blasts idea that NWS cuts contributed to Texas death toll, literally blames *GOD (hexbear.net)

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-blasts-idea-that-trumps-cuts-contributed-to-texas-flooding-death-toll

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the local and federal weather services provided sufficient warnings to the Kerr County community before the floods.

“That was an act of God. It’s not the administration’s fault that the flood hit when it did, but there were early and consistent warnings and, again, the National Weather Service did its job”

Leavitt said. She outlined that on July 3, the NWS office in Austin-San Antonio conducted briefings for local officials and issued a flood watch in the early afternoon. That was followed by numerous flood warnings on the night of July 3 and in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, giving a lead time of three hours before the flash flood. In response to a subsequent question about the warnings and why they were issued when people were likely asleep, Leavitt repeated that the offices were fully staffed.

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[-] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago

I think the US should launch a retaliatory airstrike against God to restore deterence

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

We need plucky Japanese teenagers to even contemplate such an attack

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

and a giant robot

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

And a deadbeat father who's got no qualms about sending his only son to war in a robot made of his dead wife

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the oceans worth of tasty orange Tang!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

You mean emotionally damaged Japanese teenagers with attachment issues, right?

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