Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was brutally grilled over the delayed warning alerts Texas residents received before a monster flash flood was about to devastate the state.
At least 32 people – including 14 children – have died in Kerrville after the Guadalupe River surged 30 feet above its normal height, devastating children’s summer camps and ripping apart families.
Noem joined Governor Greg Abbott and other state personnel for a press conference on Saturday, where a journalist grilled the cabinet member on the delayed warning from the National Weather Service.
‘ICE Barbie’ blamed the ‘ancient system’ and said the Trump Administration would look into renewing the system to better work for US citizens.
‘The weather is extremely difficult to predict,’ Noem said. ‘But also that the National Weather Service, over the years at times, has done well and at times, we have all wanted more time and more warning and more notification.’
She said the Trump Administration is working to ‘fix’ and ‘update the technology.’
‘We needed to renew this ancient system that has been left in place with the federal government for many, many years and that is the reforms that are ongoing there.’
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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