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DAVID MARCUS: In wake of Kerrville flood, locals ignore blame game

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Volunteers with Samaritan's Purse are helping flood victims in central Texas with hard work and lots of prayer. (Credit: Derek Shook for Fox News Digital, Samaritan's Purse)

KERRVILLE, Texas – It didn’t take long for Democrats to pounce on last week’s tragic floods here with false allegations that the Trump administration had cut the National Weather Service, leaving the community vulnerable, but the locals are having none of it.

With a death toll of over a hundred, many of whom are children, one might expect bitter anger and recrimination. But little of that is on display on the ground. Christian, an Uber driver in his 40’s who grew up in Kerrville, said of the flood that "the system will never be perfect, it just came so fast, there’s nothing you can do with 20 feet of water rising in a half hour."

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This was in the wake of aggressive questioning by reporters directed at local officials that almost seemed to be intent on finding blame, not explanations.

There was a tinge of anger in Christian’s voice as he added, "Now they’re going after the mayor and the fire department,. It’s not fair."

This attitude was echoed by Rob, in his 50s who was newer to the area, but told me, "it was a perfect storm," not........

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