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A Houston mayoral appointee went ballistic by criticizing a Texas camp site where seven little girls perished in floodwaters - then blaming Donald Trump for the tragedy. In a series of cruel videos, Sade Perkins vented her frustrations, calling Camp Mystic âwhites only Christian campâ hours after a heavy deluge ripped through in Hunt on the Fourth of July. âI know Iâm going to get cancelled for this, but Camp Mystic is a white-only girlsâ Christian camp,â she raged on TikTok as girls were still missing.
They donât even have a token Asian. They donât have a token black person. Itâs an all-white, white-only conservative Christian camp.â Perkins (pictured) was admonished by Houston Mayor John Whitmire, who said he would take steps to remove her from the board. However, she doubled down by blaming Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick for the tragedy, describing it as âtotally preventable.â
She complained she had become âthe scapegoat to cover up for the [expletive] of a floodâ, instead arguing the âreasonâ for the natural disaster was âof course your friendly MAGA Trump up there in the White House .â âI did not cause the flood, nor did I cause the failure from the National Weather Service and FEMA. Those were done by design, by the Lieutenant, and by the Governor, and your [expletive] President,â she said. Perkins was admonished by Mayor Whitmire, who issued a statement apologizing for the horrifying comments as the death toll rose to 82, including 23 children and seven girls from the summer camp.
But Perkins had no regrets after being publicly scolded by the mayor on Sunday, instead doubling down on her extraordinary attack on the camp. âYou people are [explerive] crazy, you people are insane,â she said of her critics. 'And the video is still up and I still stand behind - 10 toes down on the [expletive]ground. 'That [expletive] is racism and white supremacy, period. âIf it was Hispanic kids, if it was LGBTQ kids that got swept away yâall wouldnât give a [expletive] and them same MAGA people would be saying they deserve it and that itâs Godâs will, so [expletive]all yâall.â
The Weather Service began warning Folks on Tuesday of potential floooding exisited.
Wendsday they activated Emergency Responce Teams.
Thursday they issued an even more stern warning of imminent flooding. The Governor personally callled all the Judges and Mayors and warned them.
3:55 pm a Flood Warning was issued by the National Weather Service.
Friday, July 4th:
At 12:42 a.m., the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio posted on X upgrading its flood watch to a flood warning for part of the impacted area. In a post from 2:14 a.m., that area was expanded. A flood warning occurs when flooding is imminent or already happening.
At 1:26 a.m., the National Weather Serviceâs Weather Prediction Center said âflash flooding likely overnight with significant impacts possible.â This message was posted on X a minute later.
Around 3:30 a.m. the Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said he was out for an early morning jog along the Guadalupe River and saw ânot a drop of rain,â according to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who recounted his conversation with the city manager. Rice added that he left around 4 a.m. when âthere was very light rainâŚWe did not see any signs of the river rising at that time.â
At 4:06 a.m. the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio posted on X: âA very dangerous flash flooding event is ongoing.â It ended: âTurn Around, Donât Drown!â
Then, at 5:15 a.m. the National Weather Service San Angelo posted on X that there was a flash flood emergency. The Austin/San Antonio office posted on its X account about the emergency at 5:23 a.m. This type of alert is âexceedingly rareâ and used when there is a âsevere threat to human life and catastrophic damage,â according to the National Weather Service.
Between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., the Guadalupe River surged, with water levels rapidly rising as much as 30 feet, according to Rep. Roy. Local TV footage showed the empty foundations of houses, where everything else had been swept away.
For many they had went to sleep, lost power and didnât have any more warnings about flooding until the water got them.
I donât see a lot more that could have been done, at some point you warn people and then it is up to them to take action.
Nobody opened a damn or released water.