00:00I think I've already addressed that, Kristen, and what I can tell you is that these offices
00:05were fully staffed. The San Angelo office was fully staffed with 12 forecast meteorologists.
00:10There were no vacancies. People were sleeping in the middle of the night when this flood came.
00:14That was an act of God. It's not the administration's fault that the flood hit when it did.
00:19But there were early and consistent warnings. And again, the National Weather Service did its job.
00:24On July 2nd, there were initial notices of potential weather and flooding risks were issued.
00:30Are there concerns within the White House or from the president himself over the cuts that happened
00:34under Musk while he was advising Doge, including the National Weather Service?
00:38I think I've already addressed that, Kristen. And what I can tell you is that these offices were
00:43fully staffed. The San Angelo office was fully staffed with 12 forecast meteorologists. There
00:49were no vacancies. The San Antonio office was operating with 11 forecasters. And as Brian
00:55said, the union themselves said that there was adequate staffing. So I think those words speak
01:00for themselves and the numbers speak for themselves. This was a once in a century flash flood, a tragic
01:06natural disaster. And the administration is doing all that we can on the ground to help these
01:10families during this time of year.
01:11Well, the alerts imminently were sent out before the flood when people were sleeping because the
01:16flood hit in the very early hours of the morning. So people were sleeping in the middle of the night
01:21when this flood came. That was an act of God. It's not the administration's fault that the flood
01:26hit when it did. But there were early and consistent warnings. And again, the National Weather Service
01:32did its job. On July 2nd, there were initial notices of potential weather and flooding risks were
01:37issued. On July 3rd, escalating warnings throughout the day with a flood wash issued at 1 18 p.m.
01:45And then later on at 6 10 p.m. on July 3rd, the Weather Prediction Center warned of excessive rainfall
01:50and a high likelihood of flash flooding. 6 22 p.m. July 3rd, National Weather Center issued a hydraulic
01:57warning highlighting considerable flooding risks, including in Carriville County. And then there were the
02:03timely flash flood alerts at 11 41 p.m., 1 14 a.m. And then another flash flood emergency warning issued
02:10at 4 03 a.m. just before the flood hit. So those were all of the warnings that went out to the affected
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