Peter Rothpletz
speaker
8,118 appearances
89 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 17 Feb
Peter Rothpletz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It is a fundamentally inherently political story, and we cannot lose sight of that.
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We must walk and chew gum at the same time here, have thoughts and prayers for those who are going through so much heartbreak right now, but also recognize that this was likely preventable.
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Yes?
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I did.
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I did.
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I think 20% cuts to FEMA have already happened across the board.
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There is a funding freeze that DOGE is still pursuing.
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Jen, I believe that you relayed to me that the National Weather Service and the NOAA, state by state, it's varied, but it's around 20% to 40% cuts to their budget nationwide.
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And so, of course, something like this is inevitable.
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Of course, something is.
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And for those of you who don't take my word for it or don't take Jen's word for it, let's play local Texas officials specifically calling out the National Weather Service for failing to accurately predict the forecast over the weekend.
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Thank you, Andy.
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This rain event sat on top of that and dumped more rain than what was forecasted on both of those forks.
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When we got the report, it was about seven feet or so on the South Fork.
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And within a matter of minutes, it was up to 29 feet.
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And all of that converged at the Guadalupe.
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And that's where we saw those very quick rise in flood.
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So Jen, I don't know about you.
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I'm a Twitter addict.
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I'm probably on Twitter a good three, four, sometimes five hours a day.
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