After the Guadalupe River flooding in Texas, Governor Abbott deflected blame for over 100 deaths, stating such inquiries were the "word choice of losers." This tendency to avoid assigning blame is also evident following school shootings, when leaders call for unity instead of political discourse. Experts regarding a tragic camp flooding refrained from speculating on what went wrong. Camp Mystic had a history of reckless decisions, like building cabins in flood-risk areas and failing to relocate older structures despite knowing the risk.
Following school shootings, many political leaders suggest a variation on the idea that "now is the time to come together," while asserting that anything other than unity might "politicize this tragedy."
After four people were killed last year at Apalachee High School in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp said, "Today is not the day for politics or policy."
When I asked what they thought had gone wrong at Camp Mystic, experts dodged the question, stating, "The loss of life is very tragic," but focused on those who survived.
In 2019, the camp began a project to build new cabins in a flood-risk area and failed to move several older cabins despite their location in a floodway.
Collection
[
|
...
]