Saturday, July 12, 2025

when a clown enters the palace, the clown does not become a king

 Via The New Yorker:

While much of the focus, understandably, has been on Camp Mystic, the affected area is much broader, and some of the outlying communities, including Hunt, have had to make do with fewer official resources. In a disaster of this size, the Federal Emergency Management Agency typically deploys hundreds of people, including specialized search teams; by Monday evening, the embattled agency had reportedly sent only eighty-six, in part owing to cost-cutting processes put in place by Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security. (By Tuesday night, fema had sent three hundred and eleven people to the area.) When searchers called in a discovery of human remains, it sometimes took more than two hours for state troopers to arrive. The Salvation Army has set up shop in Kerrville, the county seat, but one local speculated to me that people in Hunt may be too proud to call on outside resources. Instead, they reached out to the place they’d always reached out to for help: the fire department. “Realistically,” Pool told me, “we’re kind of on our own.”
Per The New Yorker article, there are no specialized FEMA rescue teams on the Guadalupe, or at least outside of Kerrville. Recovery of bodies is largely being done by volunteers. So, not a lot of state or federal help. The article focuses on Hunt, Texas; an unincorporated area hard hit by the flood. Abbott flew in there for a press conference, which seems to be the most “aid,” or attention, areas outside Kerrville along the river, have had. Those communities matter, too. How the fuck would he know anything about it?
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