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The long haul of recovery

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We only really have a best guess as to how many people are still missing from the Hill Country floods. More than 10 days after catastrophic July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, the official death toll … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged CodeRED, Crockett, FEMA, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Houston County, Hurricane Harvey, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, special session, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, The Lege, tornadoes, Tropical Storm Barry | Leave a comment

There’s still flooding in the Hill Country

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It keeps raining. Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in Central Texas on Sunday morning amid new warnings that additional rain would again cause waterways to surge. It was the first time a new round of … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, CodeRED, Comal County, Dan Patrick, FEMA, flooding, Guadalupe River, Hurricane Harvey, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, The Lege, Tropical Storm Barry | 5 Comments

Why does Greg Abbott hate FEMA?

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I mean, FEMA loves Texas, so… Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to request federal assistance last week after devastating floods hit the Texas Hill Country. But the Republican governor is simultaneously helping the Trump administration find ways to “wean off” … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, cloud seeding, CodeRED, Dan Patrick, Donald Trump, drought, FEMA, Flood Information & Response System, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Heart O' the Hills, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, Rainmaker, RFK Jr, Senate, Sid Miller, South Texas Weather Modification Association, special session, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, The Lege, Tropical Storm Barry, Upper Guadalupe River Authority, water | 1 Comment

Hill Country flood roundup

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Just some articles of interest, no real thread. Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood Climate scientists said the torrential downpours on July 4 exemplify the devastating outcomes of weather intensified by a warming atmosphere. … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, climate change, CodeRED, Dan Patrick, DOGE, DPS, FEMA, Flood Information & Response System, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, HEB, Homeland Security, James Avery, John Nielsen-Gammon, Kerr County, Kerrville, Kristi Noem, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, San Angelo, San Antonio, Senate, special session, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Texas Water Development Board, The Lege, Tropical Storm Barry, Upper Guadalupe River Authority | 1 Comment

So now the Lege will get involved

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

As I said yesterday, I don’t know if Greg Abbott would have called a special session to address the great tragedy happening in the Hill Country if one hadn’t already been on the calendar for other reasons. He didn’t call … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege, The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, CodeRED, Dan Patrick, DOGE, DPS, Dustin Burrows, FEMA, Flood Information & Response System, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Heart O' the Hills, Joe Moody, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, Paul Bettencourt, Phil Bedient, Rafael Anchia, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sarah Eckhardt, Senate, special session, SSPEED, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Texas Water Development Board, The Lege, Tropical Storm Barry, Upper Guadalupe River Authority, Wes Virdell | 2 Comments

Abbott adds redistricting and wingnut priorities to special session agenda

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

And also some flooding stuff, which was clearly top of mind for him. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday unveiled a jam-packed agenda for the upcoming special legislative session, calling on lawmakers to redraw Texas’ congressional maps and address several unfinished … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged abortion, California, Constitution, Court of Criminal Appeals, flooding, Gavin Newsom, Gene Wu, Guadalupe River, Ken Paxton, Kerr County, lobbyists, mifepristone, redistricting, special session, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

The flood warning history of Kerr County

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

They’ve tried for awhile to get some funding for a flood warning system. They’ve failed every time. Nearly a decade before catastrophic flash flooding killed at least 75 people in Kerr County, including 27 children, several local officials were hard … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, CodeRED, Comfort, Dan Patrick, DOGE, DPS, FEMA, Flood Information & Response System, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Gulf of Mexico, Homeland Security, Hurricane Beryl, Hurricane Harvey, Ken King, Kendall County, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, Phil Bedient, San Angelo, San Antonio, Senate, special session, SSPEED, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Texas Water Development Board, The Lege, Tropical Storm Barry, Upper Guadalupe River Authority | 10 Comments

On the value of disaster warnings

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It’s hard to know where to start with this. For the last three days, state Rep. Wes Virdell has been out with first responders in Kerr County as they searched for victims and survivors from the devastating floods that swept … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Camp Mystic, Dan Patrick, DOGE, DPS, FEMA, flooding, Guadalupe River, Gulf of Mexico, Homeland Security, Hurricane Beryl, Ken King, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, San Angelo, San Antonio, Senate, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, The Lege, Tony Tinderholt, Tropical Storm Barry, Wes Virdell | 9 Comments

Hill Country flood update 2

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

A brief overview of the situation, written on Sunday at noon. The death toll rose to 68 as a result of the Fourth of July floods along the Guadalupe River, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said. That includes 28 children. There were … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, DOGE, DPS, FEMA, flooding, Guadalupe River, Gulf of Mexico, Heart O' the Hills, HFD, Homeland Security, Hurricane Beryl, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Emergency Management Association, National Weather Service, NOAA, San Angelo, San Antonio, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Tropical Storm Barry | 4 Comments

Hill Country flood update

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

The situation remains very bad, with a significant potential to get much worse. The official death toll from the catastrophic floods that hit the Texas Hill Country rose to 27 as of Saturday morning, according to the Kerr County sheriff’s … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Camp Mystic, DOGE, DPS, FEMA, flooding, Guadalupe River, Gulf of Mexico, HFD, Hurricane Beryl, Kerr County, Kerrville, National Weather Service, NOAA, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management, Tropical Storm Barry | 6 Comments

The Hill Country floods

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Just terrible. At least 13 people are dead and dozens more are missing — including more than 20 children who were staying in area summer camps — as heavy rains caused “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River, with parts of … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged DPS, flooding, Guadalupe River, HFD, Kerr County, Kerrville, Texas, Texas Department of Emergency Management | 14 Comments

Apparently that challenge to the 2023 Constitutional amendment elections just went away

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I’d been wondering about this. Legal challenges that threatened to upend Texas voter-approved property tax cuts and increases to retired teachers’ pensions appear to have been squashed by a coordinated effort between the governor, the attorney general and the secretary … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023, Legal matters | Tagged Atascosa County, Attorney General, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Denton County, Election 2023, election contest, electronic voting machines, Greg Abbott, Jarrett Woodward, Kerr County, lawsuit, Liberty County, Llano County, Medina County, Rains County, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

One weird trick to make those election lawsuits go away

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Worth a shot. Maybe it’ll work. State officials have apparently found a legal tactic to prevent a slew of election contest lawsuits from derailing the constitutional amendments that voters overwhelmingly approved in November. The state argued in court filings Tuesday … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023, Legal matters | Tagged Atascosa County, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Denton County, Election 2023, election contest, electronic voting machines, Greg Abbott, Jarrett Woodward, Kerr County, lawsuit, Liberty County, Llano County, Medina County, Rains County, Secretary of State, Texas, Texas Multidistrict Litigation Panel, The Lege | Comments Off

Apparently there’s a lawsuit challenging the 2023 constitutional amendment elections

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I feel like I’m running out of synonyms for “deranged” and “absurd”. Lawsuits based on false claims about voting equipment could delay millions of dollars in cost of living increases for retired teachers expected to arrive in January. The lawsuits … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023, Legal matters | Tagged Atascosa County, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Bryan Hughes, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Denton County, Election 2023, election contest, electronic voting machines, Greg Abbott, Jarrett Woodward, Kerr County, lawsuit, Liberty County, Llano County, Medina County, Rains County, Secretary of State, Senate, Texas, The Lege | 6 Comments

The looming Kerr County election disaster

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I have five things to say about this. Responsibility for running elections in Kerr County has shifted among three different people in the past two months. The first two officials bailed on the job after a months-long effort by one … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2024, The great state of Texas | Tagged Bob Hall, Election 2020, Election 2024, electronic voting machines, hand counting, Kerr County, paper ballots, Rich Paces, Senate, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

When we had more deaths than births in Texas

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Seems like that would be a bad thing. In the midst of the nation’s deadliest pandemic, Texas recorded more births than deaths every month since 2016 — with one exception. Provisional data from the Texas Department of State Health Services … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Bexar County, Bowie County, coronavirus, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Harris County, Kenedy County, Kerr County, Potter County, Smith County, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Travis County, vaccinations, Wichita County | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: Abbott’s weak spots

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Is this a thing? As dominating as Gov. Greg Abbott’s GOP primary victory on Tuesday looked at first blush, a closer look at the results shows a nagging problem within his own party that could ultimately cost him in his … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Allen West, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, Brewster County, Caldwell County, Collin County, Comal County, Don Huffines, Election 2018, Election 2022, Gillespie County, Greg Abbott, Hansford County, Kerr County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Ochiltree County, primaries, Sid Miller, Texas, Waller County, Wise County | Comments Off

Counties of interest, part seven: West Texas

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Part 1 – Counties around Harris Part 2 – Counties around Dallas/Tarrant Part 3 – Counties around Travis Part 4 – Counties around Bexar Part 5 – East Texas Part 6 – Central Texas Last entry in this series, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Abilene, Amarillo, Ector County, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Jones County, Kerr County, Kerrville, Lubbock, Midland, Midland County, Odessa, Potter County, precinct analysis, President, San Angelo, Taylor County, Texas, Tom Green County, turnout, Wichita County, Wichita Falls | 2 Comments

First day in court for SOS advisory lawsuits

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

First day for the first lawsuit, one of three filed against that bogus SOS advisory. A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments Tuesday in one of three legal challenges to the state’s initiative to purge tens of thousands … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Blanco County, David Whitley, DPS, drivers licenses, immigration, Jolt Initiative, Kerr County, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, LULAC, MALDEF, MOVE Texas Civic Fund, NAACP, Secretary of State, Texas, voter registration | 1 Comment

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