The request of a CodeRED was met with a dispatcher informing the first responder, “10-4 stand by, we have to get that approved with our supervisor, please be advised we do have the Texas Water Rescue en route.”
Call shows first responder calling for alert as flood waters started to overwhelm Kerr County Sisters share how Camp Mystic sisterhood helped them through flood rescueHouston Humane Society takes in 26 dogs from Hill Country Humane Society following Central Texas floods– “Is there any way we can send a CodeRED out to our Hunt residents asking them to find higher ground or stay home?” This was a question asked by a first responder at 4:22 A.
M. last Friday after he witnessed water overwhelming the banks of the Guadalupe River.The request of a CodeRED was met with a dispatcher informing the first responder, “10-4 stand by, we have to get that approved with our supervisor, please be advised we do have the Texas Water Rescue en route.”The alert is part of a mass notification system to alert residents to flooding. However, in the aftermath of the tragedy, officials and residents have confirmed there was a delay with some not receiving word for hours. As a result of the responders call coming to light, there are specific questions now being asked to the county sheriff as to why something wasn’t done sooner. “Those questions are going to be answered. I believe those questions need to be answered to the family of the missed loved ones, to the public, you know to the people that put me in this office, and I want that answer and we’re going to get that answer,” said Sheriff Larry Leitha. At least 120 dead in Texas Hill Country floods; 59 adults, 36 children confirmed in Kerr County, others still missing However, those answers appear to not be happening anytime soon as during a news conference on Thursday, Sheriff Larry Leitha says his immediate focus is on the recovery of those still missing with any questions pertaining to how operations were conducted during this deadly tragedy to be answered down the road in an after-action report. “We’re not running, we’re not going to hide from anything, that is going to be checked into at a later time. I wish I can tell you that time, I don’t know that time,” said Leitha.Journalistic bulldog focused on accountability and how government is spending your dollars. Husband to Wonder Woman, father to a pitcher and two Cavapoos. Prefers queso over salsa.
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