Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Texas is doing everything humanly possible.

When these tragedies occur the infrastructure has failed. We see this all the time, especially with rain. The infrastructure in western North Carolina not only failed it was destroyed. Roads were gone. People stranded. Some rescuers used horses to reach the people because horses defy the need for infrastructure. Not that it isn’t dangerous, but, pack mules escorted by riders on horseback provided more immediate relief.

This tragedy in Texas is a bit different. Tragic, but, different. Geologists at some point need to evaluate the headwaters that caused this tidal wave of water and debris. Understanding what occurred here can prevent the next one. 

Right now the river and land are unstable and the heavy equipment is to reverse that to facilitate the search. But, even these in roads of hope may not be permanent. That wall of water came from somewhere and not just the sky. The best thing that can happen is for local people to move away from lower elevations until it is known this can’t happen again. In some ways the debris is more of a killer than the water. That is what occurred in North Carolina and it sounds, from reports, that is what happened here as well.

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Is this someone’s idea of a joke?

Trump is playing both sides of the Ukraine war and refusing military support to
Ukraine? Really? 

There is a threat to Taiwan and Hong Kong’s democratically elected government was destroyed with tanks in the street. What the heck is this? 

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China is selling munitions to Iran (click here).

There is absolutely no incentive for Putin to come to the peace table while he waits for his military to reconstitute with American tanks compliments of China.

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Do not stay in the flood plain.

Additional rain will increase instability.

Mud is not a reasonable footing.

The entire area that received water causing flooding has been disturbed and is no longer reliable to past experience with that land or river.

There is no degree of safety in that flood plain. Those searching must stop until it is clear to look again. There is no degree of luck that matters. Anymore rain increases the danger. Any search and rescue dogs cannot work in dangerous conditions.

Everyone move to safe elevation.

Those missing and alive can be located with infrared technology. 

Where are the ministers?