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Grok, even in its manipulated state, continues to emphasize the facts. And that's hurting the feelings of a lot of Twitter users. (discuss.online)

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 69 points 1 day ago (19 children)

There's all this focus on the NWS/NOAA not sending warnings early enough. Not from what I can tell, they were sending out warnings. And Kerr County, where many of the deaths have been, doesn't have a local flood warning system because they didn't want to pay for it.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

There’s all this focus on the NWS/NOAA not sending warnings early enough. Not from what I can tell, they were sending out warnings. And Kerr County, where many of the deaths have been, doesn’t have a local flood warning system because they didn’t want to pay for it.

If the warnings were louder, their parents would have done something. Why are you counting your "not from what I can tell" as data?

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People have reported receiving text message alerts on their mobile phones early on Friday morning, warning them of flooding. Some residents told the New York Times they did not understand the seriousness of them and others said they never received any at all.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rvp24wvrqo

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I saw a story about a guy who received the alert as he was trying to climb onto his roof because his house was flooded.

But in all honesty, I usually ignore flash flooding alerts too. There are just so many false alarms.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Which is also part of the problem. If they're cautious and issue "too many" alerts or are "too alarmist", people ignore them.

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