Thread by @Revkin

1. I actually don't think there's as much disagreement here as it might seem. Clearly @MatthewCappucci is not blaming the girls or their counselors. But - clearly - the multi-million-dollar for-profit camp will own a substantial part of the responsibility for the scope of human losses. As the @Nytimes vividly reported, the $5-million expansion of the camp along Cypress Creek did not include relocating vulnerable cabins along the Guadalupe (there's way more from @AndrewRumbach and others on this elsewhere revkin.substack.com/i/167764976/ca…). ⤵️

2. Boosting community resilience to natural - and unnatural - hazards) is, like so many issues today, a systems challenge, as @oldscarf1stweek says. But it's clear in disaster-risk-reduction circles that, particularly for hyperlocal threats like this kind of flood or tornadoes, the "last mile" is, too often, where the gap between warning and response exists. @oldscarf1stweek is spot on that more must always be done by professionals (#EMG professionals, @NWS community outreach staff (those unfilled positions...), local meteorologists and media, social media and telecomm folks, and of course local elected officials). But that includes property owners too. ⤵️

3. As for when accountability should be explored, there's a longstanding debate. It'd be great if the country had a National Disaster Review Board, as I and others have long argued. But we don't, meaning the press and experts like Matt have to dive in, and - yes - sometimes doing so when audiences outside of a particular disaster zone are tuned in. @paulkrugman just wrote a piece worth reaading on this (I think the headline is flawed because it's not *just* about politics, but the issues are well described): "When it comes to disasters, accountability delayed is accountability denied." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/should-we-po… ⤵️

4. And of course widening the view from the specifics in Kerr County is important. The systemic issues with #flashflood warning seen in Texas sprawl all the way to Jakarta and New York City. Does anyone still remember that dozens died (avoidably) in and around NYC when the remains of Hurricane Ida dumped a deadly torrent? Just discussed this again list night with disaster comm experts Nashin Mahtani from @petabencana, @snowman and @wxpizza (we watched a wrenching moment from my 2021 Ida flood show with @egies Harold Brooks of NSSL and Laura Shepard). ⤵️

5. More always on #sustainwhat, because these are vital but complex questions with no single right/wrong answer. revkin.substack.com/p/from-texas-t… I'd be happy to host more conversations (including with you both) to go deeper and wider. The wider the better because great ideas can spread fast. See @petabencana's social-media-informed disaster warning system. There's more on @nashin_mahtani's work in my post at the link here. ⤵️

@MatthewCappucci @oldscarf1stweek 6. The abrupt destruction of #USAID by @realDonaldTrump @SecRubio, @DOGE et al has had a terrible impact on @petabencana's capacity to do its realtime disaster mapping in Indonesia, @nashin_mahtani told me.

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