Kerr County Warning System Issues

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Kerr County asked for a flood warning system and didn’t get it. Would it have made a difference?

Specifics of the flood warning system the county hoped to build are hard to come by.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

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Kerr County authorities discussed warning systems at least 20 times since 1987

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FEMA records show Texas' Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as flooding began

FEMA records obtained by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth's NBC 5 Investigates team show that Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System to send warnings with safety instr...

Texas Public Radio · 1d

Live updates: Trump touches down in Kerrville today as search operations continue

PBS · 2d

Plans for a flood warning system fell apart in Kerr County, leaving it vulnerable

Kerr County was aware of flooding issues in 2016. A former commissioner explains why sirens weren't installed.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county couldn't get grants for sirens.

Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding

Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.

Northcountrypublicradio.org2d

Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting ...

Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.

Austin American-Statesman5d

Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 ...

Moser said Kerr County started discussing a better flood warning system soon after devastating flooding hit Wimberley, another town in the Texas Hill Country about 80 miles east of Kerrville, in 2015.