So much went wrong in Kerr County on July 4th. Everyone in power is in Kerrville (the county seat), which is downstream from where the flooding started. No one from Kerr County attended the state's emergency management session the day before. The County Judge (head of the county) was vacationing near Austin. The County Emergency Management Director was in bed sick. The mayor of Kerrville was asleep and focusing on the 4th of July bike parade. Kerrville's city manager was apparently out jogging at 3 am and didn't notice rain (or least heavy rain). The sheriff was asleep. There isn't cell reception where the downpour began and it was coming down at a rate of 6 inches per hour. And people in Kerrville can't hear NWS alerts because those alerts weren't for Kerrville! Kerrville got their first NWS alert at 5:30 am. The western part of the county had been under a flash flood warning since 1:15 am. Anyway, they want to improve emergency management services, so this BS doesn't happen again. If they had been awake in Kerrville many lives would have been spared!
They want to improve camp areas safety. I think it will happen.
Most of the flood victims were actually fairly well off. Many had homes worth 1 million. Many of those homes are vacation homes too. They didn't have flood insurance, but they also can afford to rebuild.
Most of the people who died were vacationing. They were staying in vacation rentals or RVs in campgrounds.
There is an area in Travis County where people lost homes. They are working class. They need financial assistance and many should be eligible for FEMA. One my friends works for FEMA and they only provide the bare essentials, so a millionaire would not benefit nor would they qualify.