Looks like a lot of incompetence from Texas officials may have resulted in many / most deaths:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/texas-flood-local-response.html
Because they don’t learn lessons:
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene
And Noem purged FEMA call centers the day after the flood while otherwise dodging accountability:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.r96a.4fjLaR8OXWTV&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Arbitrary and capricious.