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Texas flood...Noem; I can't find the FEMA checkbook. Besides, didn't you get the memo???
Other states have provided help. I'm thinking that this practice will come to an end; as states will need to keep as much of their own money to help with their future events.
States are neither have the budget and manpower to handle natural disasters. That is what Federal government is for. Interesting how Gov. Abbott spin it as over 200 dead and counting. Hurricane season is upon the southeast, and that would be a mess.
@Sven . Generally speaking, I agree. A bit different in Texas. Texas's Rainy Day Fund, officially the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), is projected to reach a record $28.5 billion by the end of the 2026-27 biennium. This represents the fund hitting its constitutional cap for the first time, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Texas set to enter 89th legislative session with substantial budget surplus
Here's a breakdown:
Record Balance: The ESF is expected to reach $28.5 billion, its highest point ever, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Cap Reached: The fund's growth is limited by a constitutional cap, which it is now reaching.
Funding Source: The ESF is primarily funded by severance taxes on oil and natural gas production. Purpose:
The fund serves as a buffer against revenue shortfalls during economic downturns and emergencies.
\\ “It is likely” that Kerr County “will experience a flood event in the next year,” city and county officials concluded in a report for the Federal Emergency Management Agency released last October. Such floods, they added, could pose a particular danger to people in “substandard structures” and result in “increased damage, injuries, or loss of life.”
One solution, county officials noted, would be a flood warning system that could alert residents to rising waters. They estimated the cost of such a system at less than $1 million, and noted that FEMA had grant programs that could pay for it.
But by the time floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River [July 4] morning, killing at least 121, including at least 36 children, no such alarm system had been installed in Kerr County. \\
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Texas's Rainy Day Fund, officially the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), is projected to reach a record $28.5 billion by the end of the 2026-27 biennium. This represents the fund hitting its constitutional cap for the first time, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Texas set to enter 89th legislative session with substantial budget surplus
Here's a breakdown:
Record Balance:
The ESF is expected to reach $28.5 billion, its highest point ever, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Cap Reached:
The fund's growth is limited by a constitutional cap, which it is now reaching.
Funding Source:
The ESF is primarily funded by severance taxes on oil and natural gas production.
Purpose:
The fund serves as a buffer against revenue shortfalls during economic downturns and emergencies.
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\\ “It is likely” that Kerr County “will experience a flood event in the next year,” city and county officials concluded in a report for the Federal Emergency Management Agency released last October. Such floods, they added, could pose a particular danger to people in “substandard structures” and result in “increased damage, injuries, or loss of life.”
One solution, county officials noted, would be a flood warning system that could alert residents to rising waters. They estimated the cost of such a system at less than $1 million, and noted that FEMA had grant programs that could pay for it.
But by the time floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River [July 4] morning, killing at least 121, including at least 36 children, no such alarm system had been installed in Kerr County. \\