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chowder66

(12,068 posts) Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:21 PM Jul 2025

Good article re: Texas flooding and alerts by 35 year meteorologist in warning/forecast provision and research

Alan Gerard: now CEO of Balanced Weather LLC

I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
— Alan Gerard (@wxmanms1.bsky.social) 2025-07-06T18:08:33.118Z

Direct link to article;
https://balancedweather.substack.com/p/latest-on-texas-hill-country-flood?r=5aph6q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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Good article re: Texas flooding and alerts by 35 year meteorologist in warning/forecast provision and research (Original Post) chowder66 Jul 2025 OP

Thank you! niyad Jul 2025 #1

K & R.................... Lovie777 Jul 2025 #2

Great article with solid info dalton99a Jul 2025 #3

Thanks for this malaise Jul 2025 #4

Thanks for posting. Great article. mjvpi Jul 2025 #5

You're welcome! chowder66 Jul 2025 #6

Thanks! Deep State Witch Jul 2025 #7

Mahalo for this, chowder.. Cha Jul 2025 #8

Glad more people are seeing it! chowder66 Jul 2025 #9

Same..! Cha Jul 2025 #15

thank you Kali Jul 2025 #10

In short: He says Kristi Noem is gaslighting us Festivito Jul 2025 #11

Was world class effective a year ago. LittleGirl Jul 2025 #12

Flood plain means something different there. BidenRocks Jul 2025 #13

Science is for liberals and snowflakes. Martin68 Jul 2025 #14

niyad

(130,994 posts)

1. Thank you!

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:40 PM

Jul 2025

Lovie777

(22,422 posts)

2. K & R....................

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:59 PM

Jul 2025

dalton99a

(93,149 posts)

3. Great article with solid info

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:59 PM

Jul 2025

malaise

(294,706 posts)

4. Thanks for this

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:11 PM

Jul 2025

Bookmarked balanced weather

mjvpi

(1,909 posts)

5. Thanks for posting. Great article.

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:46 PM

Jul 2025

I have ben working and only hearing the headlines. I now have a much more informed understanding of what transpired.

It did reinforce that Secretary Noem is a twit.

chowder66

(12,068 posts)

6. You're welcome!

Reply to mjvpi (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:53 PM

Jul 2025

There's just so much coming at us from this way and that.

Deep State Witch

(12,675 posts)

7. Thanks!

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:53 PM

Jul 2025

Forwarded.

Cha

(317,949 posts)

8. Mahalo for this, chowder..

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:56 PM

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chowder66

(12,068 posts)

9. Glad more people are seeing it!

Reply to Cha (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:57 PM

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Cha

(317,949 posts)

15. Same..!

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:46 PM

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Kali

(56,750 posts)

10. thank you

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:58 PM

Jul 2025

Lots of bs flying

Festivito

(13,866 posts)

11. In short: He says Kristi Noem is gaslighting us

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:05 PM

Jul 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/texas-officials-face-scrutiny-over-response-to-catastrophic-and-deadly-flooding/ar-AA1I4gx9

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Saturday it was difficult for forecasters to predict just how much rain would fall. She said the Trump administration would make it a priority to upgrade National Weather Service technology used to deliver warnings.

“We know that everyone wants more warning time, and that's why we're working to upgrade the technology that's been neglected for far too long to make sure families have as much advance notice as possible,” Noem said during a press conference with state and federal leaders.

https://balancedweather.substack.com/p/latest-on-texas-hill-country-flood?r=5aph6q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

I am going to be direct: this statement is gaslighting.

LittleGirl

(8,990 posts)

12. Was world class effective a year ago.

Reply to Festivito (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:08 PM

Jul 2025

They broke it; people died.

Shame!

BidenRocks

(3,031 posts)

13. Flood plain means something different there.

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:12 PM

Jul 2025

Why are people allowed to overnight on a flood plain?
Why are they allowed to build homes on a flood plain?
Are these victims insured by the state or State Farm?

People don't count in the cost, benefit analysis.

Martin68

(27,404 posts)

14. Science is for liberals and snowflakes.

Reply to chowder66 (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:32 PM

Jul 2025

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