Med-Mastodon

Houston Public MediaIn a state where extreme weather is a constant threat, the shrill tone of an emergency alert is supposed to cut through the noise. But for many Texans, those urgent warnings compete with countless other pings and buzzes from their phones.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/15/526473/when-every-phone-alert-sounds-the-same-texans-may-miss-the-one-that-matters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/15/526473/when-every-phone-alert-sounds-the-same-texans-may-miss-the-one-that-matters/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralTexasFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralTexasFloods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GuadalupeRiverFlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GuadalupeRiverFlood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalWeatherService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalWeatherService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhoneAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneAlert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasHillCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasHillCountry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeatherAlerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeatherAlerts</a>

Houston Public MediaAs the public scrutinizes parts of the Hill Country for a lack of sirens during the July 4 floods, Crockett turned its own tragedy into preparedness.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/15/526407/how-a-small-east-texas-town-turned-a-devastating-tornado-into-funding-for-sirens/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/15/526407/how-a-small-east-texas-town-turned-a-devastating-tornado-into-funding-for-sirens/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Local</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrockettTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrockettTexas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastTexas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fema</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SirenSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SirenSystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasHillCountryFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasHillCountryFlooding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarningSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarningSystem</a>

Kim Perales“Trump’s budget would close 10 laboratories run by the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> that help predict life-threatening weather, including one in Miami that sends teams of “hurricane hunters” to fly into storms to collect critical data.Right now, 30 of the 122 Weather Service's offices are now lacking their most experienced official, known as the meteorologist-in-charge. Why cut programs that protect people's lives?” -R Stengel <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NWS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPDeathCult</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/climate/floods-trump-cuts-disaster-preparedness-fema.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/climate/floods-trump-cuts-disaster-preparedness-fema.html</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GoogleMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleMaps</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> 'Donegal County Council has been asked to contact Google Maps again to try and fix the incorrect naming of the Old Glencar Road in Letterkenny.'AGAIN.<a href="https://www.donegaldaily.com/2025/07/11/annoying-and-dangerous-letterkenny-councillor-calls-for-google-maps-correction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.donegaldaily.com/2025/07/11/annoying-and-dangerous-letterkenny-councillor-calls-for-google-maps-correction/</a>

Green Party NICllr Áine Groogan calls out the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and DAERA Minister Andrew Muir for failing to act on the Broadway bonfire asbestos risk. Public health is at risk and sense is not prevailing. It’s a thoroughly depressing state of affairs. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a>

Cop BlasterLAPD Officer Aaron M. Green <a href="https://copblaster.com/blast/58811/lapd-officer-aaron-m-green?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://copblaster.com/blast/58811/lapd-officer-aaron-m-green?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAPD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceOfficer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceOfficer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>

Kim PeralesTexas flood victims will receive little from their state's government, & with the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> in charge of the federal government, it's not clear how FEMA will respond. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Betrayal</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FEMA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disaster</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Cop BlasterLAPD Officer Richard S. Wilson <a href="https://copblaster.com/blast/53333/lapd-officer-richard-s-wilson?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://copblaster.com/blast/53333/lapd-officer-richard-s-wilson?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAPD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceDepartment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a>

Kim PeralesCruz has had quite a week. On Tues,🚨he ensured the R spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.He was seen visiting the Parthenon in Athens on Sat, a day after a flash flood along the Guadalupe River in TX killed >100 people, including dozens of children & counselors at a camp <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/texas-flooding-senator-ted-cruz-weather-forecasting-funds-trump-big-beautiful-bill-vacation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/texas-flooding-senator-ted-cruz-weather-forecasting-funds-trump-big-beautiful-bill-vacation/</a>

Houston Public MediaResidents say Kerr County's use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place since 2009.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/08/525986/kerr-county-residents-say-emergency-alert-messages-sporadic-inconsistent-in-wake-of-floods/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/08/525986/kerr-county-residents-say-emergency-alert-messages-sporadic-inconsistent-in-wake-of-floods/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralTexasFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralTexasFloods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Codered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Codered</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GuadalupeRiverFlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GuadalupeRiverFlood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KerrCountyFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KerrCountyFlooding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TopStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tpr</a>

Kim PeralesWe’ll never know🚨how many TX flooding deaths could've been avoided if a gen of st ldrs & new regime in DC had taken: evidence of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> seriously/planned better for its disasters. Or if they viewed <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publicsafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> & scientific research as something as impt as wasting $Bs to fight a pretend “invasion."Root causes: bad decisions from harmful ideas -rooted in a loss of faith in science/expertise/govt can make ppl’s lives better/save ppl. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/texas-flood-climate-change-camp-mystic-20250708.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/texas-flood-climate-change-camp-mystic-20250708.html</a>

Otis WhiteTwo important questions with difficult answers: 1. Why are U.S. cops so bad at solving homicides? 2. Why does it matter that the cops are so bad at it? To answer, you have to learn what deters crime and what we THINK deters crime. And then there’s the toll that unsolved murders takes on the families of victims. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/murder-solve-rate-louisville.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/murder-solve-rate-louisville.html</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publicsafety</a>

Kim PeralesThe state of Texas has a $20B surplus, & over the last several years🚨the legislature has wasted $Billions on the border wall, Operation Lone Star…TX Republican leadership doesn’t seem to care about Texans, unless it helps them politically with their Republican donors, & occasionally, their R voters. Since some of the victims were at a private Christian camp, hopefully they'll spend state funds to prevent future tragedies. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPDeathCult</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php</a>

WYM ModSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demands urgent scrutiny: Could budget cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency have worsened the Texas flooding crisis? His concerns center on critical government service reductions impacting disaster preparedness and response. Schumer calls for accountability and a thorough investigation into these financial decisions. Read the full article to learn more. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-schumer-demands-probe-into-whether-doge-cuts-led-to-texas-disaster/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-schumer-demands-probe-into-whether-doge-cuts-led-to-texas-disaster/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChuckSchumer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/TexasFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasFlooding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/GovernmentInvestigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentInvestigation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BudgetCuts</a>

Houston Public MediaA GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/07/525802/texas-lawmakers-failed-to-pass-a-bill-to-improve-local-disaster-warning-systems-this-year/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/07/525802/texas-lawmakers-failed-to-pass-a-bill-to-improve-local-disaster-warning-systems-this-year/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralTexasFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralTexasFloods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisasterResponse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GuadalupeRiverFlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GuadalupeRiverFlood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HouseBill13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HouseBill13</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasLegislature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarningSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarningSystem</a>

Kim Perales"Siri, show me what it looks like when an authoritarian party that campaigned on turning the country into an ethno-police-state ordained by God controls all three branches of government." -S Cotlar <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> & <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a>: severely weakened. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceState</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBB</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Kim Perales“Kerrville🚨didn't have weather sirens used by other cities; Kerr County had asked for $ for new flood warning system since 2018; online warnings may not have been seen b/c Camp Mystic banned cell phones/smart watches/iPads.” -M GrantTexas’ pol leaders don’t believe in a social safety net, or virtually anything the costs the state, bc <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publicsafety</a> isn’t a priority: guns, worker & workplace safety, regs that protect the environment, health, lives… <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPDeathCult</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.kxan.com/investigations/kerrville-didnt-have-weather-sirens-used-by-other-cities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kxan.com/investigations/kerrville-didnt-have-weather-sirens-used-by-other-cities/</a>

Kim PeralesTrump spent years baselessly accusing: FBI/DOJ of being weaponized against him; now he's turning fed LE into what he claimed it was: a pol enforcer.His politicization of the FBI has left it less able to combat terrorism, foreign espionage, biosecurity threats, org crime, online scams, white-collar crime, drug trafficking...His appointees ousted 8 of its most experienced mgrs, incl: div heads overseeing natsec, cybersec & criminal investigations. ⬇️ <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/trump-fbi-politics-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE8.lC_i.mSVyablYcREf&smid=tw-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/trump-fbi-politics-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE8.lC_i.mSVyablYcREf&smid=tw-share</a>

RonSupportsYouNorm Ornstein, about Trump's new law: "The Medicaid and SNAP cuts are appropriately getting the most attention. But almost lost has been the dramatic expansion of ICE, dwarfing every other law-enforcement agency combined. I had feared a private Trump vigilante force. This is much worse. An official one." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorstPresidentEver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorstPresidentEver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gangs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a>

Houston Public MediaLocal and state law enforcement in Kerr County in the Texas Hill Country are working to rescue and evacuate residents as a flash flooding emergency has led to a number of fatalities.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/04/525648/guadalupe-river-flooding-leads-to-fatalities-in-texas-hill-country/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/04/525648/guadalupe-river-flooding-leads-to-fatalities-in-texas-hill-country/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FloodingInKerrCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FloodingInKerrCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GuadalupeRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GuadalupeRiver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kerrville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kerrville</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TopStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tpr</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#PublicSafety