It’s all about personal responsibility. You’re responsible for your own life, your family’s life…

Whether you are at a home you have lived in your entire life, or at a vacation cottage, understanding your flood risk and being connected to emergency warnings is essential…

Our area has a history of monstrous and devastating flash floods.

Visitors to our area are particularly vulnerable to being caught unprepared for flash flooding because they are not connected to local emergency warning programs, like Kerr County’s Code Red.

– Dub Thomas, Emergency Management Coordinator, Kerr County Texas

No doubt, there is already a lot of finger-pointing going on after the deadly flash floods in Central Texas.

Texas officials are pointing fingers at the National Weather Service for allegedly inaccurate forecasts and lack of timely warnings.

Many are pointing fingers at Trump’s budget and personnel cuts to the National Weather Service and NOAA, which provide the science and monitoring networks relied on to produce accurate forecasts.

Some are highlighting climate change-driven........

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