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A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’
(www.theguardian.com)
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the short answer is that conservatives refused to pay. the budgets were too small, too delayed or didnt exist at all.
texas got exactly what they paid for.
just like with guns, theres a dead-kid tax that will be unavoidable when you only care about yourself.
ftfy
The conservatives in Bexar county where this happened?
https://www.bexar.org/DocumentCenter/View/44007/November-5-2024-Official-Precinct-Report