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IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts) Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:33 AM Jul 2025

Texas Flood Disaster Could be Far Worse than What's Being Reported,....500 to 600

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/8/2332424/-Texas-Flood-Disaster-Could-be-Far-Worse-than-What-s-Being-Reported?

Texas Flood Disaster Could be Far Worse than What's Being Reported

by Irontortoise

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Ryan Logue, deputy incident commander for the United Cajun Navy, told Erin Burnett on her show "OutFront" that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) was likely way off when he said 170 people were missing, 161 in Kerr County alone. That number skyrocketed from an earlier estimate of just 18.

"And now—that’s a huge spike to more than 170. But you've been there. I mean, did you always expect that number to spike like this?" asked Burnett.

Logue gave an eye-popping response.

"To be honest, personally, I think the number is closer to 500 to 600. That's my personal opinion. I'm not going to state that for anybody else," he replied.

Logue said that Center Point had multiple RV parks and campgrounds affected.
"All of those people are missing," he said.

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Texas Flood Disaster Could be Far Worse than What's Being Reported,....500 to 600 (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 2025 OP

Omg Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #1

They will never release an accurate number bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #2

And if the people missing were poor and lived in mobile home parks... yardwork Jul 2025 #3

Aw! And NM and NC are flooding. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2025 #4

"The way winners talk is not to point fingers." -- Gov. Greg Abbot (MAGA-Moron) Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #5

They refused to install sirens because the money came from Biden- how sick is that? Blues Heron Jul 2025 #6

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

1. Omg

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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:54 AM

Jul 2025

bucolic_frolic

(54,014 posts)

2. They will never release an accurate number

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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:59 AM

Jul 2025

because that becomes a headline. If they say 212 died but it's really 743, everyone will just know that a lot of people are lost and families are grieving. But incumbents will try to avoid responsibility with lower body counts. IMHO.