The Hill Country Flood Death Toll Tops 100

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 07/08/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
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The latest news, weather and traffic. It's more of what
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Speaker 3 (00:17):
It is five am, Good morning, Tuesday morning. Here on
Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories
as we get started this morning, the Hill Country flood
death toll is now top one hundred. Is Houston ready
for its next major flood? And coming up at five away,
we've set an all time record for car payments. Details
in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First, dude,

(00:40):
we're checking out that warning drive sky Mike's here.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Hey, Jimmy, we got let's go to it.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
Ten.

Speaker 5 (00:44):
First of all, I've got some kind of problem over
greens by you. This is a east freeway coming in
just past the beltway. Got some kind of slow down
hitting there. Is it overnight pavement repair. It's tough to
see what these lights are doing or is that an
actual wreck.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
We'll know that by five p ten this morning.

Speaker 5 (01:00):
About a three minute drag to twenty five might be
a good way around it. We'll hit your rest of
your freeways also they're rocking for now. We're in the
USA Rvresorts dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
From our KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour Weather
Center Party Cloudie early fifty percent chance of scheduled after
in thunderstorm today with the high temperature right about eighty seven.
Jerry Smith will join us from the Weather Channel with
their complete forecast in about nine minutes right now seventy
nine at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven
forty k TRH. It's time now for the news. Here's

(01:30):
Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:31):
Good morning, Jimmy, Good morning everyone, five oh one on KTRH.

Speaker 7 (01:34):
Our top story, the President said, Ted anything Texas needs.

Speaker 6 (01:38):
The answer is yes, Texas Senator Ted Cruz with our
TV partner Channel two is the death toll from the
Hill Country flooding is now over one hundred, including fifty
six adults and twenty eight children. Dozens more are missing.
The search is now in its fifth day.

Speaker 8 (01:54):
Primary search continues and we remain hopeful.

Speaker 6 (01:57):
Every foot, every mile, every bend the river. Our work continues.
Rville Mayor Joe Herring, a search and rescue helicopter, though
had to make an emergency landing after colliding with a
privately owned droll, so officials now want all drones to
be grounded during the search. The left claims that cuts
to the National Weather Service was partly to blame for

(02:20):
the disaster, but even the union representing those forecasters called
it fake news. The forecasters did their job.

Speaker 9 (02:28):
There's very few times when I'll be in a position
that I have to agree with the President of the
United States. The President said they did their job, and
they did.

Speaker 6 (02:36):
That's Tom Fahey on CBS, and there's this. According to
the Liberal Associated Press, the National Weather Service office in
New Braunfels was actually overstaffed on Friday. Meantime, the Texas
Legislature is expected to discuss ways to help prevent tragedies
like this later this month. But unfortunately there's no quick fix.

Speaker 10 (02:58):
You know, no one as of midnight, you know, heading
into July fourth, really could have predicted that we were
going to see the flash flood creek rises on.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
The Guasape River.

Speaker 6 (03:08):
Eric Berger with Space City Weather Now, if you want
to help the victims and the survivors of the flood,
we have a link to the Community Foundation of the
Texas Hill Country at KTRH dot com and on our
Facebook and X pages five vote three. With the tragic
flooding in the Hill Country and with hurricane season underway
eight years removed from Harvey, how prepared is Houston for

(03:31):
a major flooding event?

Speaker 11 (03:33):
According to PRECINC three Commissioner Tom Ramsey, where as prepared
as we can.

Speaker 12 (03:37):
Be when there is a storm and the golf we
go into disaster prep We preposition assets, we line cruise.

Speaker 11 (03:45):
At Montgomery County Judge Mark Ko says they've also gone
out of their way to prepare for major storms.

Speaker 8 (03:50):
We know there's going to be some kind of activity.
All we can do is continue to train and plan.
We have done that and have been very successful.

Speaker 11 (03:58):
In Both Keyo and Ramsey emphasis the need to work
and communicate with other officials when the storms do come.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (04:07):
There are also concerns about how ready the Texas Windstorm
Insurance Association is for a potential disaster. According to our
recent analysis, current rates or actually drastically inadequate.

Speaker 13 (04:19):
If the coastline gets sit with any type of storm,
they're going to run out of money pretty quick, which
means that they'll be waiting for their properties to be
fixed for a very long time.

Speaker 6 (04:32):
Insurance expert Rouns know For warns that this has been
a problem for over a year now and it could
result in insurance rates being jacked up yet again. Five
ZHO four A man is dead after opening fire at
a border patrol facility in South Texas. McCallan police Chief
Victor Rodriguez says this was an ambush.

Speaker 14 (04:51):
Border Patrol agents returned fire and subsequently neutralized, that is,
killed the person that had opened fire upon that building.

Speaker 6 (04:58):
He says, no federal agent where heard. One local cop
was hit in the knee. The gunman was from Michigan.
And there's this. Eleven people are now facing charges after
an ambush had an ice facility back on July fourth.
One officer was shot in the neck. Butt is expected
to recover. Five OHO five on ktrh.

Speaker 15 (05:18):
Nta tremendous success together, and I think it will only
go on to be even greater success in the future.

Speaker 6 (05:24):
President Trump meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin that Yahoo
at the White House that you're talking about a potential
ceasefire in Gaza, amongst other issues. That Yahoo nominated Trump
for the Nobel Peace Prize for his middle East prices
right now. Oil futures this morning are down fifty five
cents to sixty seven dollars and thirty eight cents a barrel.

(05:45):
Ustonians are paying an average of two dollars and seventy
four cents for regular unlitted gas. That is thirty five
cents cheaper than July eighth of last year. In addition
to his big Beautiful Bill, the President is also unleashing
the oil boom that he promised with a record number
of new drilling permits.

Speaker 16 (06:03):
Sim Stewart is the president of the US Oil and
Gas Association.

Speaker 17 (06:08):
With a shot across the bow to the bureaucracy, it's
sorry welcome by the industry, that's for sure, a certainly
welcome change from the Biden administration.

Speaker 16 (06:15):
Forty four percent more permits than under Biden.

Speaker 17 (06:19):
It's good for the American a consumer. It's good for
American workers as well, because the jobs stay here and
we don't have to rely on foreign oil to chewel
our economy.

Speaker 16 (06:27):
With even more permits expected to be approved in the future,
Jeff Biggs News radiosven.

Speaker 6 (06:33):
Forty k T E five oh sixty Astros lose to
Cleveland seven to six. Their lead over Seattle and the
Al West drops to six and a half games. Series
continues tonight with pregame at six on Sportstock seven to ninety,
game time at seven on seven ninety and KTRH recapping
our top story. Today is day five of the search
for victims in the Central Texas flooding disaster. The death

(06:56):
toll as many as one hundred and four as of now,
dozens more are still missing. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news,
weather and traffic station news Radio seven RH.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 3 (07:13):
That's because you haven't made your first payment yet. Five
oh wait is our time here in Houston's worn News.
We'll get to the latest on the Hill Country flood
and clean up efforts and recovery efforts and all those
kinds of things. We'll keep informed all morning long. But
first time wanted to bring this up because we've talked
about this on the show before. I feel like I
feel like the town crier warning trying to warn people

(07:34):
against doing this. But I get it. You know a
lot of us feel like we don't have a choice.
I don't know, you know, how old your car is
how long you've had your car last time you bought
a new car. But we have done something. We've crossed
the threshold. As far as car payments go, we have
a record number of people who have extremely long car

(07:58):
loans and have monthly payments that are almost as much
as their mortgage payment. We have a record number of
one thousand dollars a month or more car payments in
the second quarter this year. This comes from Edmunds dot Com.
A share of new vehicle buyers who compremitted to monthly
payment of one thousand dollars or more hid at all
time high nineteen point three percent, So nearly one out

(08:22):
of five people who are buying a car have a
car payment of one thousand dollars a month or more.
That's up from seventeen point eight percent a year ago.
The average monthly payment is now seven hundred and fifty
six dollars a month, that is up sixteen dollars from
a year ago. Car buyers are also taking on longer
loan terms in order to achieve the payment. In the
second quarter, twenty two point four percent of new vehicle

(08:44):
financing were of loans eighty four months or longer eighty
four months are longer that almost a quarter of all loans.
That's a new record. In the second quarter last year,
eighty four month loans accounted for seventeen point six percent
of new car financing. We are taking a longer to
pay it off. We're making a higher payment. I mean,

(09:05):
it's one thing if you are making a higher payment,
if you're paying more than what your car loan payment
is supposed to be, because you're trying to pay that
off early. I'm doing that with the truck. You know,
I basically financed it for thirty six months, but I'm
doubling down on the payment so I can get the
car the loan done in half the time. That's the
plan anyway. The average amount financed, not how much it costs,

(09:27):
because people are also putting more money down in order
to try to get the payment something they can live with.
The average amount finance for a new vehicle is up
to forty two three hundred and eighty eight dollars, again
at all time high. That's up from forty eight hundred
and seventy three dollars a year ago. Averaging new car
loan sixty nine point eight months, average annual interest rate
seven point two percent. Wow, that's up from sixty nine

(09:51):
months and seven point three percent a year ago. You
remember your first car payment, your first new car. In
your first car payment, you were think back on that
because mine was less than one hundred dollars a month,
five to ten time for traffic and weather.

Speaker 6 (10:07):
It's together the most expensive vehicle I've.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Ever wrote, is that right? Yeah? All the insurance, Well
that doesn't even include the insurance of what we're talking about. Yeah, yeah,
that too. It Wow, let's.

Speaker 6 (10:18):
Figure out itenees.

Speaker 5 (10:20):
That looked like some kind of overnight work that they
just picked up at the last minute. We had some
leftovers there right in front of Shipley Valley that was on.

Speaker 6 (10:27):
The inbound And we're looking good.

Speaker 5 (10:29):
There's a little slight scooch and that will be gone
by the time you get there from Lynchburg Crosby. And
we're looking good on this side here, let's hit the
Katie Freeway side.

Speaker 6 (10:38):
So far, they did some pavement repair.

Speaker 5 (10:40):
Boy, yesterday, I learned this the hard way yesterday, guestner
at iten whenever they have a problem there because of
Memorial City, because of all the hospitals right there, man,
that is a terrible place to have signal problems. It
looks to me like that's good, But you tell me
what's going on because I can't see under the freeway
there seven one three two one two t ips mainline
look good, Katie Mills, twenty five minutes into the President's

(11:03):
heads and the rest of your freeways. I do have
this West Sam, Let me hit that quickly. West Sam
popped up northbound Tanner. It's a stall. Okay, so out
of the way. They've ninjaed that Skymichael the USA Rbresorts
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twenty four hour whether center.

Speaker 3 (11:19):
Terry Smith is with us. She has the forecast for today.
It'll look familiar because it's pretty much the same forecast
we had yesterday.

Speaker 6 (11:25):
Just about just about.

Speaker 18 (11:28):
Yeah, we are dealing with the rain most of the week.
We may get a little bit of a break briefly
bye Friday.

Speaker 6 (11:37):
We'll see how that pans out.

Speaker 18 (11:38):
But showers and thunderstorms today, and some of those storms
could produce some heavy rain in short periods of time.

Speaker 6 (11:45):
We're going to be keeping an eye on.

Speaker 18 (11:47):
It's an inch or two of rain in a short
period of time, that's possible. Seventy percent chance that you're
going to get wet today and temperatures load to mid nineties,
sixty percent chance at thunderstorm tomorrow, a forty percent chance
of more rain Thursday, load to mid nineties.

Speaker 6 (12:05):
We'll get a little bit of a break right now.

Speaker 18 (12:06):
It looks like Friday's only a twenty percent chance of
a thundershower, but the rain returns by Saturday.

Speaker 3 (12:12):
Right now, seventy nine at your official severe weather station,
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Speaker 2 (12:18):
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on the day.

Speaker 3 (12:30):
The left collectively, I think has lost its mind. This
only thing I can come up with at this point.
It's not it's it's the things they're saying are no
longer just to politicize something. They are based on insanity.
Rosie o'donald's a perfect example of that. You know, you

(12:50):
know who she's blaming the Texas Flood's on right, of course,
Donald Trump. We'll have more on the blame game from
the left as it relates to our flooding here in
Texas and reaction to that coming up next first though,
at five.

Speaker 6 (13:03):
Plenty deatric clinic that's hiring this morning.

Speaker 3 (13:06):
Is that right, sky Mate?

Speaker 5 (13:07):
You know that story, it's went viral. Let's go which
way you want to go. Let's go southwest, Jimmy I
sixty nine Southwest Freeway coming up from Great Wood. We're
in good shape here over the Brass River outbound. Of course,
we did that lane shift over the bridge, and that's
that's going to be some weekends. That's going to be
some tough stuff getting outbound. For now, we look good.
Twenty one minutes into downtown. Rest of your freeways, Rock,

(13:30):
I'm Skymike in the USA r Vresorts dot Com Traffic
Center from r KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour
Weather Center Party Claude early fifty percent chance it was
scattered afternoon thunderstorm today.

Speaker 3 (13:41):
Looks like about eighty seven sixty percent chance of a
shower storm tomorrow and then a forty percent chance on Thursday.
As we hover around ninety for the high current temperature
seventy nine at your officials Severe Weather Station News Radio
seven forty KTRH. It's Tuesday morning. We're checking out some
top stories in our newsroom. Here's clipp Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (14:02):
The search for victims of the Central Texas flooding disaster
now is in day five. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
warns Texas against scammers looking to take advantage of the flooding,
and the newly acquired Kevin Durant will wear number seven
for the Houston Rockets. Get the latest news anytime at
KTRH dot com. Our next update is at five point thirty.

(14:25):
I live in southeast Houston.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
Your forecast is at the bottom of the hour on
seven forty KTRH. You know, I know John Mayer has
been with a lot of chicks, but you don't think this, No, not,
Rosie o'donald. Five twenty two is our time here on
Houston's morning news. All right, Rosie o'donald leaves this off.
It's the left doing what the left does, blaming the

(14:47):
Texas flooding on Donald Trump, which is what they're trying
to do, and cuts at the National Weather Service that
haven't happened yet, and all those other things. So here
is what they have to say and some reaction to it.
On the five when.

Speaker 19 (15:02):
The president cuts all of the early warning systems and
the weathering forecast abilities the government. These are the results
that we're going to start to see on a daily basis.

Speaker 5 (15:15):
The incident comes as the Trump administration is making deep
cuts to weather forecasting services.

Speaker 6 (15:23):
We're also learning that there were significant staffing shortfalls the
National Weather Services offices in the region.

Speaker 20 (15:28):
I don't think it's helpful to have missing key personnel
from the National Weather Service not in place to help
prevent these tragedies.

Speaker 21 (15:37):
At the White House, correcting the record, the National.

Speaker 22 (15:40):
Weather Service provided early and consistent warnings. They gave out
timely flash flood alerts. There were record breaking lead times
and the lead up to this catastrophe, there is ongoing
flood monitoring and these offices were well staffed. In fact,
one of the offices was actually overstaffed.

Speaker 23 (15:58):
These people have emotional problems and bad religion. Let me
give you an example, Jessica, and it's good to be
back around the table. This climate change thing is a
religion to these people because they believe that weather is
punishing us for being a rich and successful and prosperous nation.
And all they need to do to appease the rain
gods is to have everybody use their sacred things like

(16:21):
solar panels and supid cars and windmills, and that's what's
going to save.

Speaker 6 (16:27):
Lives, all right.

Speaker 23 (16:28):
And then you have people that blame everything on Donald Trump.
So if they get fired, if they stub their toe,
if there's a virus, it's his fall. And so you're
walking around and dealing with people that are like suspicious pagans.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
All right, everything they see they.

Speaker 6 (16:42):
See as a conspiracy. They're superstitious.

Speaker 23 (16:44):
But we're not in this anymore. We used to have
to battle these people. We are in an age of common.

Speaker 3 (16:49):
Sense, well not completely in an age of common sense,
because only about maybe half of us have it. About
fourth of us I think are incapable of achieving common sense.
And then there's the other fourth I think that I
guess with enough training that maybe they could acquire more

(17:10):
common sense, but common sense. We tell you a couple
of things. First of all, the National Weather Service itself
has come out and said we had twenty six people
on staff. We were overstaffed compared to what we normally are.
We were overstaffed. Staffing was not an issue for this
event like anything else. You know, if you're short personnel,

(17:33):
just like if you're short at the air traffic control
tower of the personnel, then you guess what you have.
Some people are working over time and shifts that overlap
one another with whatever takes in order to get the
job done. And the National Weather Service is just like that.
Any cuts coming to the National Weather Service is we've
already discussed, do not take effect until October, and they're
on the periphery. They're not They're not the personnel who

(17:56):
are out there forecasting the weather. So to make the
blames to blame this is like blaming the weather on
climate change. This is not the first time that we've
had this happen here in Texas. This is not the
first time that this has happened on the Guadeloupe River.
This is not the last time these things will happen.

(18:19):
It's part of the risk of living where we live.
Where we live, we get hurricanes, where we live, we
get tornadoes, where we live, we get floods. Doesn't mean
we shouldn't try to find ways to mitigate these things
and to warn people about these things. But you can't
prevent mother nature from doing what mother nature does. Mother

(18:41):
nature is all powerful. These things happen, and they will
happen again. Five six. It's time to take a look
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Sign thirty is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour,
twenty eight children are among the flood victims. Democrats continue
to politicize the flood, and coming up at five thirty eight,
JJ Watt Brosi's never really left Houston. Details in the
minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking
out that drive again.

Speaker 5 (20:28):
You're sky mine all right, Let's check your belts and loops.

Speaker 6 (20:31):
North Sam.

Speaker 5 (20:32):
It's sure is nice that we have that roadwork finished
at all Dean Westfield and also Imperial Valley, so that's
out of the way. If you're trying to catch a
plane at Bush, you're in good shape. Sure, we'd like
to hear from Uber Mike. He'll give us some suckage
on will Clayton Parkway. I'm sure in just a few
Let's check forty five north Woodlands down twenty two minutes
and coming down from the sticks. You're east Text looking
nice now, Roman Forest, how you doing? We're thirty two

(20:55):
minutes into downtown. I'm Skymike. It's your Generators Supercenter dot
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Speaker 3 (20:59):
Center KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour weather Center
part of the county. Early fifty percent chance of a
scheduled after in thunderstorm today with the hig temperature ride
about eighty seven. More storm chances for tomorrow and for Thursday,
and then then again on Saturday. We just can't see
me get away from the rain. We'll get the latest
on all this from the Weather Channel and Terry Smith
will talk to her in nine minutes. Right now, it's

(21:22):
seventy nine at your official severe weather station, News Radio
seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's
Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (21:30):
Hey you, Jimmy five thirty one on KTRH. Our top story.

Speaker 27 (21:33):
Nobody saw this coming. We don't this sudden happen here,
you know. Sadly we don't get much rains, and when
we do, yeah, sluds.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
Put it not like this.

Speaker 6 (21:41):
Ill Country residents are still in shock after the flooding
that has now claimed more than one hundred lives, including
nearly thirty kids. Dozens remain unaccounted for. But we're starting
to hear more stories of heroism as well, people making
the ultimate sacrifice.

Speaker 28 (21:56):
The camp director who lost her life shaving I think
five of those little kids. Nick Eastland, he died trying
to save three little girls at you know, four, five,
six in the morning, when when those floods were running
through there.

Speaker 6 (22:08):
Texas Congressmanship Roy with Klay Travis and Buck Sexton right
here on KTRH. The left turning this into a political
issue and it has backfired on them. A Houston pediatrician,
doctor Christina Propst, fired from her job after posting that quote.
Kerk County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change.

(22:30):
May they get what they voted for. This marked a
shift from the way the left acted back in twenty
seventeen when Houston was going through Harvey.

Speaker 29 (22:39):
To say, it means you have to be thinking at
and I would even think that on any level. And
I remember grade Harvey, nobody sat there and cared whether
you were a Republican or Democrat. All they knew is
you're in trouble, you need help.

Speaker 6 (22:49):
We're going to help Houston. Former Houston City Councilman Greg
Travis says the tragedy shouldn't be used to score political points.
There's growing pressure on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to ad
the flooding. During a special session of the state legislature
on July twenty first, one idea revisit a bill that
would improve communications between police and firefighters.

Speaker 30 (23:10):
Ensure that each and every first responder that has put
in their lives on the line have the tools they
need to properly communicate with those around them.

Speaker 6 (23:19):
State Representative Ken King also included the use of outdoor
warning signs in the development of a new emergency alert system.
The safety of our seller camps in the Hill Country
is also under the microscope now.

Speaker 31 (23:32):
Camp Mystic, which was destroyed in this weekend's floods, just
one of many summer camps that dot the Texas Hill Country.
They're each having to take a good hard look at
their own safety plans.

Speaker 32 (23:42):
Can we prevent this or what can be done to
prevent this next time? And these are really hard questions.

Speaker 31 (23:47):
John McDonald heads the TBRM camp in the Bronfels. He says,
like everybody they're grieving, they're leaning into their Christian faith,
saying there is a spiritual connection between the camps and
he encouraged all parents to ask the hard questions about safety,
conversations he says.

Speaker 6 (24:01):
Bring the community closer.

Speaker 31 (24:03):
Michael Board News Radio seven forty KTRH, Thank you, Michael.

Speaker 6 (24:06):
The Astros donated a million dollars to relief efforts. The
Rockets and Texans also announced donations, and in a few
minutes Jimmy will tell you what Texans great JJ Watt
did for a Kurvel restaurant. If you want to help,
we have a way for you to do that as well.
We linked up to the Community Foundation of the Texas
Hill Country at KTRH dot com, on our Facebook page

(24:27):
and on x five point thirty four on KTRH. The
DOJ releases a memo concluding that the alleged sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein, did not have a client list and did
commit suicide in federal prison back in twenty nineteen.

Speaker 22 (24:44):
They committed to an exhausted investigation. That's what they did,
and they provided the results of that.

Speaker 6 (24:50):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt praised the memo and
the Trump administration's commitment to government transparency. Some new numbers
from the liberal Pew re Research Center showing that President
Trump's win in November was even bigger than we thought.
As Matt Kittle says from the Federalist, the numbers could
spell doom for the Dems.

Speaker 33 (25:10):
What we're seeing in the Democratic Party of dissarray is
great news for Republicans, those bad news for the country.
Look what happened in New York City recently. We are
doubling down on very unpopular far left radical policies.

Speaker 6 (25:24):
Kittle says. The majority of Americans don't support those policies,
especially minorities. The President is giving a break to our
trading partners when it comes to tariffs, but only for
a few weeks.

Speaker 34 (25:37):
A pause on tariffs announce it back in April was
set to expire tomorrow, but they won't be collected until
August first. President Trump has started sending out letters to
more than a dozen trading partners notifying them of new
tariff rights on imports, among them major trading partners Japan
and South Korea, who are both facing twenty five percent
tariffs on products sold in the US.

Speaker 6 (26:00):
Thank you, Jared Halpern. Futures trading this morning is mixed.
Dow futures are down sixty six after losses across the
board on Wall Street yesterday, led by a four hundred
and twenty two point drop on the down Now. One
trick home buyers used a couple of years ago was
to buy a home with a high mortgage interest rate
and then I hope to refinance when rates came back down.

(26:22):
They haven't, so now those high interest rate buyers are
thinking about either selling or other options.

Speaker 35 (26:28):
If I can't refinance anytime soon, I'm going to stay
in my home and Bill tim Ethwide.

Speaker 6 (26:34):
Houston real estate expert Kenya Barrell van Warmer says people
have choices, but the days of low interest rates like
some are used to are pretty much over. Five point
thirty sixty Astros lose at Home to Cleveland seven to six.
The series continues tonight pregame seven to five. Excuse me,
pregame at six tonight on Sports Talk seven ninety, Game
time at seven on seven ninety and KTRH their lead

(26:57):
over Seattle in the al West now at six and
night half games recapping our top story, The Hill Country
death toll rises to over one hundred, including nearly thirty kids.
Today is day five of the search for victims. I'm
Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather in traffic station news
radio seven forty kg RH.

Speaker 2 (27:16):
Be Informed be on time. Houston's Morning News continues.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
With Jimmy Verrett.

Speaker 3 (27:24):
Oh we know Ive thirty seven is our time here
on Houston's Morning News. I'd like to because the rest
of it is just so heartbreaking that I can only
do so much before it depresses me. I can only
imagine how depressing it is for everybody. You know, what

(27:45):
has happened in the Hill Country. I mean, it's our
job to report it. We need to get you the information.
But I hope you'll forgive me if I look for
some of the some of the bright side, or some
of the some of the good news stories inevitably come
from these horrible, tragic events, and this is one of them.

(28:06):
It is always amazing to me. You can tell a
lot about a person just kind of based on their
bond with whatever area that they have called home for
a period of time. JJ Watt does not live in Houston.
He and his wife no longer live here, but his
heart is still here in many different ways, and he

(28:28):
obviously follows the news and he is very well aware
of the flooding of what has happened. He was also
aware of a Cerville restaurant that has been feeding first
responders and just about anybody else in the community that's
been ravaged by this deadly destructive flooding, and they've been
basically doing it for free. So he decided he wanted

(28:49):
to make a donation. He knew they had to go
fundme page, but I think he wanted to talk directly
to the restaurant rather than just going to go fundme
page and make sure that they got the money directly.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
So called.

Speaker 3 (29:00):
Also the restaurant evidently, and whoever answered the phone evidently
didn't know who it was. Well, he knew it was
a guy named JJ, but they had no idea who
JJ was. And he told the boss, Hey, there's a
guy named JJ. He's on the phone. He wants to
make a donation. The owner said that, you know, he

(29:20):
didn't based on that. He he just get his number
and uh, you know, I'll call him back, and he
calls it back as JJ Watt. He had he had
no idea. But how generous is that? I mean help,
I mean, what a great donation to make. You're helping
a restaurant continue to feed people in need who are

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there working to help the community. I just can't think
of a better, better way to spend one hundred if
you have one hundred, you know, granted most of us
don't have one hundred thousand dollars to donate that way,
but if you have that that kind of money, I mean,
what what a great way to target that money for
something that is an immediate need of the community. It's
also nice to see the Houston Astros commit a million

(30:02):
dollars to recover efforts for the flooding. The Texans have
kicked in. There are a lot of organizations and I'm
sure there are a lot of Fortune five hundred companies
here in the Greater Houston area that will also kick in.
We always help each other out when it comes to
this stuff, and I do want to remind you that
we still have the donation link on our page at
KTRH dot com for the Community Foundation of the Texas

(30:22):
Hill Countries the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. Those monies
will be used specifically to help people affected in hunt Ingram, Kerrville, Centerpoint,
and comfort along the Guadalupe River. The relief funds are
being directed to vetted local organizations involved in rescue, relief,
and recovery efforts, so you know the money will go
to the right places. Again. You can get the link

(30:44):
at KTRH dot com. Five forty time for traffic and
weather together. What's guy, Mike.

Speaker 6 (30:48):
JJ Watt's wife just had a baby a couple of
weeks ago.

Speaker 3 (30:51):
Now the boy didn't I Nico Benjamin Why?

Speaker 5 (30:53):
We don't know as hyde or weight, but we know
the college scouts will be there shortly.

Speaker 3 (30:57):
Yeah, no kidding and his brother by the way, cute
kid looks like his daddy.

Speaker 6 (31:00):
Oh congratulations, what family. We love y'all. Let's go.

Speaker 5 (31:04):
You know what I'm forgetting Now, I've got to check
the free iHeartRadio app. It's super easy to get downloaded.
It's free, and then you can talk to us on
the talkback.

Speaker 6 (31:13):
Mike, Let's do.

Speaker 36 (31:13):
One sky Mike Kevin from Texas City. I forty five
Golf Freeway southbound, just north of the six ten split
at exit forty the stall second right lane that hasn't
stopped a whole lot of traffic yet, but it might
get a little love here.

Speaker 5 (31:31):
Outstanding job Kevin from Texas City. There it is Golf
Freeway outbound at six y ten. Let me let the
pretty ladies on TV know about that. There's some some
of the onlines are showing a closure on two ninety
that's not there between the Belt and Loop that's wide
open and Grant Parkway to the West Loop sixty ten
right now looking good. Rest of your freeways rotten two
four now right back in ten with this, I'm Skymike

(31:53):
and your Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (31:55):
From r KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour web
Center time check inventory Smith. We have more storm chances today, yes,
and tomorrow. Yes. Do we get a break on Friday?

Speaker 18 (32:08):
I think we'll see a little bit less rain Friday.

Speaker 6 (32:12):
Yeah, a little bit of a break.

Speaker 3 (32:14):
When's the next time you think you're going to have
a forecast with the day in it that has a
zero percent chance of rain.

Speaker 6 (32:20):
I'll have to go find it. Not anytime soon, No,
I don't think so.

Speaker 3 (32:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 18 (32:26):
So it's an interesting setup for us today and tomorrow.
That's when we're most likely to get the rain because
we have this little disturbance that's hanging around and obviously
just a boatload of humiditated deal with. So showers and
thunderstorms are very likely today for a good bit of
US seventy percent chance, So you're going to get wet today.

(32:49):
At some point some of us may get some heavy rain,
some brief heavy rain out of these thunderstorms. Temperature is
load of mid nineties today. Tomorrow it's a sixty percent
ant of showers and storms, and then a forty percent
chance of moreen Thursday.

Speaker 6 (33:05):
Friday will get a little bit of a break.

Speaker 18 (33:07):
I think, like a twenty percent chance of a thutter shower,
so I think most of us will get through that
day dry. We'll see, and then a fifty percent chance
of more thunder store of Saturday.

Speaker 3 (33:16):
Okay, right now, seventy nine at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
This is Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New
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Speaker 3 (33:31):
Just about five fifties our time here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm trying very hard to not cry this morning. I'm
never very comfortable would I do it? Although I find
if you found this, the older I get, the more
inclined I am to cry, and sometimes not over things
that are particularly sad, but just things that are touching

(33:54):
or emotional. And I have to admit I didn't think
that Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick could make me cry, but
he did last night. I'll share some audio with you
from his appearance on Laura Ingram coming up next. First though,
A five fifty little Patrick. Yeah. Can you believe that? Yeah?

Speaker 5 (34:08):
Gosh, he hasn't made me cry since he was on
Channel eleven talking about the oilers. Ah, let's go, yeah,
let's go to the south side.

Speaker 6 (34:16):
Here, I got some golf freeway. I'm gonna go fast here.

Speaker 5 (34:18):
Golf three way drake from Texas City's on our tip
line seven one three two one two tips Gay Mike.

Speaker 12 (34:25):
Just before the six ten exit, there is a stalt
vehicle smack dab in the center lane.

Speaker 37 (34:32):
Bunches and bunches of.

Speaker 38 (34:34):
Nines are there?

Speaker 5 (34:35):
All right, I'm hearing a lot about this. We did
share this with the pretty ladies on TV. Let's be
super neuper careful if you're passing home depot right now.

Speaker 1 (34:43):
This is outbound, not inbound.

Speaker 5 (34:44):
Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (34:47):
From r KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour Weather
Center for today partly early fifty percent chance with scteraft
you in thunderstorm eighty seven, sixty percent storm chance tomorrow
ninety forty percent storm chance Thursday ninety two. Current temperature
seventy nine. At your official severe weather station, News Radio
seven forty k t RH. We're checking out some more

(35:08):
of our top stories this morning. Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (35:11):
The death toll in the Hill Country flood tragedy is
now over one hundred. A teenager and two children are
flown to the hospital after an ATV crash in Crosby,
and the Lamark City manager has resigned over questions about
his employment applications, specifically his military and educational background. At

(35:31):
the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our next
update is at six.

Speaker 1 (35:36):
I live in clear Lake, Humble.

Speaker 2 (35:38):
Reliable KTRH traffic and weather next on the ten.

Speaker 3 (35:45):
Five point fifty two our time here in Houston's morning News.
Yeah it's not. I mean, Lieutenant Governor Dan Pafick didn't
so much make me cry as the story he told,
you know, brought tears to my eyes. I mean, I'm
not talking about Sobin here, talking about you know, you know,
that little moment where you're going to have to wipe
your eyes. He was on with Laura Ingram last night
talking about the flood and some of the stories.

Speaker 4 (36:06):
When you do search, what you're doing is phase one,
a quick search, if they tried to find everyone alive
that they could find. And now we're in the second phase,
still searching for life, but they're going back over the
same area as they already search, but with a new searcher,
so you have fresh eyes on it to go back
and look in detail. As the water has gone down
so far, you know, there's new trees, new bushes, new rocks.

(36:29):
You see, and you can see where you couldn't see
under the water before. So we're I met with the
families today. There are about twenty families that I met with,
and I told them I gave him my cell number.
I said, you call me. I said, I'm not going
to leave you. I'm not going to abandon you. I've
got eight grand kids. I'm going to look at your
kids like I look at my kids and Greg Gabbott
myself in the entire state of Texas. We're not going

(36:50):
to leave until we find your child.

Speaker 38 (36:54):
Dan.

Speaker 21 (36:55):
I know you met with so many family members and
you had mentioned that that one family lost five members.

Speaker 1 (37:03):
Is that right?

Speaker 6 (37:03):
Could you share some of what you heard in the song.

Speaker 4 (37:06):
Yeah. Yeah, So one family lost five members. They've recovered
two of the bodies, their mother, their father, their sisters,
so and so they said, please find the other three
for me. Please fan find the other three, and I said.

Speaker 1 (37:23):
We're going to do it.

Speaker 4 (37:24):
There are two other families far that I'm aware of,
the soccer coach at the high school, and that was
a family of four or five. And there was another
family that I'm aware of of five that have been lost.
This is entire families wiped out, and of course the
children and the adults that have been that had been lost.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
But we're still searching.

Speaker 1 (37:46):
We still believe in life.

Speaker 4 (37:47):
We know the hours are getting longer each day, but
we're going to return all of these, all of their loved.

Speaker 6 (37:53):
Ones to the families.

Speaker 4 (37:54):
I went out to the Camp Maybury not Camp Maybury
Camp mystics can't missed it, forgive me, can't missed it
today and it was it was just heartbreaking, Laura and
inspiring at the same time. I talked with you know,
his father and the mother and their children run the camp.

(38:16):
And of course you know the father, they lost him
in the flood when he got in his truck and
tried to save a couple of kids. And it's the
last time his family saw him. But the one son
was telling me as he walked me through these stories.
They went cabin to cabin, and they left one cabin
getting the girls out as the water was rising. And
he said, within three minutes, we went from ankle to deep,

(38:36):
knee deep to neck deep, and the next thing we
were floating away, being driven down by the river. All
of these girls and myself probably one hundred yards and
we walked down there and they all went into the
trees and they were saved by the trees. And when
the water receded, they then walked up with no shoes
on in the cold. The mud is cold, the water
was cold. And they walked probably the one hundred yards

(38:57):
back to a building that's eighty six years old, looks
a little decrepit.

Speaker 3 (39:01):
It's been there a long time.

Speaker 4 (39:03):
And they were on the second floor and the water
rose to the second floor.

Speaker 6 (39:08):
Laura the second floor, and.

Speaker 4 (39:11):
A couple of hundred girls watched it, and they sang
Christian songs and that water stopped, and those children persuaded.

Speaker 3 (39:22):
It's tough to hear, tough to listen to him. But
that's what's all about. Five poin fifty six. Now here
in News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 39 (39:34):
This is use Radio seven kt RH Houston Live Everywhere
with now the latest news, weather, and it's more of
what matters to you.

Speaker 2 (39:46):
From the John Morris Services Studios. Six am is our
time here in Houston's morning News. I'm Jimmy Bairt.

Speaker 3 (39:52):
Among our top stories this half hour is Houston ready
for our next Hurricane Harvey. The flood death toll has
top one hundred. Some are still missing and coming up
at six o eight suwing RFK Junior.

Speaker 1 (40:05):
All right at East.

Speaker 5 (40:07):
Tech southbound, I'm hearing bad things about Tidwell. Looks like
we've got some kind of wreck that just popped up.
Watch out on the inbound coming down from six from
the North Belt and also forty five North. Got a
stall around the corner at the Shepherd Curve Go Freeway
outbound at the loop. The rest of the media knows
about that stall. All kinds of tow trucks on seen

(40:27):
here that's outbound, not inbound. At six', Ten I'M skymikee
on The Generator supercenter Dot Com Traffic center.

Speaker 3 (40:33):
From OUR ktrh top Tax defenders twenty four Hour Weather
center part of THE kaudi early fifty percent chance of
a scheduled afternoon thunderstorm today with the high temperture right
about eighty. Seven we'll get you the complete forecath Of
Terry smith in the about nine. Minutes she's at the weather,
channel of, course right now seventy nine at your official
severe weather, Station News radio seven FORTY. Ktrh it's time
now for the. News Here's Cliff. Saunders thank you very.

Speaker 14 (40:55):
Much.

Speaker 6 (40:55):
Jimmy it is six oh one ON, ktrh our top.

Speaker 4 (40:58):
Story we're about twenty families That i'm with AND i
told Of Greig gabbott myself in the entire state Of.
Texas we're not going to leave until we find your.

Speaker 6 (41:08):
Child Lieutenant Governor Dan patrick On. Fox more than one
hundred people have died in The Central texas flooding so,
far including twenty eight. Kids search operations now in the fifth.
Day we're going to just make.

Speaker 15 (41:21):
It as comfortable as possible for the state Of. Texas
they have a great, governor they have wonderful, senators they
have wonderful, representatives and we're going to work together with
them and we have been working really very.

Speaker 6 (41:32):
Hard President trump last night at The White. House, meantime
The Kerr County sheriff's office is asking for all drones
to be grounded after a search and rescue helicopter had
to make an emergency. Landing that was because of a
collision with a privately operated. Drone, now if you believe
the narrative from the left of the mainstream, media The

(41:54):
National Weather service was not fully staffed for this, Disaster
but that's fake.

Speaker 9 (41:59):
News the staffing that we had in Both San angelo
And San antonio, offices we had adequate amount of staff
to get out the alerts and warnings to the.

Speaker 3 (42:09):
Public that was.

Speaker 6 (42:10):
THE Nws union Had Tom fahey On San antonio. Television
others are asking if more warnings for those along The
guadalupe would have saved more.

Speaker 40 (42:19):
Lives it's technology versus human nature. Space City weather Editor
Eric berger Says Guadalupe river authorities could spend big money
installing weather, sirens but there are already weather emergency warnings.

Speaker 10 (42:33):
Available mobile devices have a setting where you can toggle
on to receive emergency weather alerts in The National Weather. Service,
also many weather apps have the ability to get weather
alerts AND, dsa things like tornado warnings and flash third.

Speaker 40 (42:45):
Warnings but The Kirk county storm hit about four in
the morning on a national. Holiday how do you warn
people who are? Asleep that will be the topic for the.
Legislature Mike, Shiloh News radio seven forty.

Speaker 6 (42:57):
Ktright thank, You, michael and we do have a way
for you to help the victims of the. Flood we've
got a link to The Community foundation of The Texas
Hill country AT ktrh dot com and on Our facebook
and x pages SIX zho. Three the flooding is brought
back memories Of houston's history of, floods Including, harvey and
with hurricane season officially, underway some are concerned it can happen.

Speaker 12 (43:20):
Again when there is a storm and the golf we
go into the disaster prep we preposition, Assets we flynn
crewise out in terms of who's responsible through the night
to monitor certain.

Speaker 6 (43:33):
Points Harris County precinct Three Commissioner Tom ramsey says we've
seen so many storms that at this point being prepared is. Routine,
meantime The Texas Windstorm Insurance association could be facing financial.
Trouble according to a new, report current rates are not
adequate and off by three point five, percent which could

(43:54):
mean a rate.

Speaker 13 (43:55):
Hike because of insurance rates going up at a drastic,
rate aren't.

Speaker 1 (44:00):
Going to be able to.

Speaker 13 (44:00):
Afford their insurance along with their, houses and so housing prices.

Speaker 6 (44:05):
Will end up dropping because of. That insurance Expert Ron
snow fore warned that if The texas coast is hit
with a major, storm The Windstorm Insurance association could run
out of money. Quickly six h four, now a man
is dead after shooting at border patrol In South texas
and borders our tom home and blames the violent rhetoric

(44:25):
we get from the.

Speaker 41 (44:26):
Left the rhetica against the men and women OF ice is,
skyrocketing especially by members Of. Congress we have, senators we
have congress people that Compare ice to The, nazis Compare
ice to Racist.

Speaker 6 (44:38):
No federal agents were, hurt a local cop was wounded
the gunman From. Michigan eleven people are now facing charges
After friday's ambush at AN ice. Facility one officer was
shot in the, neck but that officer is going to.
Recover at SIX zho, Five President trump meets With Israeli
Prime Minister benjamin net And yahoo at The White house

(44:58):
who Nominated trump The Nobel Peace prize for His Middle east.

Speaker 1 (45:02):
Work he certainly warrants.

Speaker 20 (45:04):
It he should get The Nobel Peace price And god
Blessed Prime, Minister.

Speaker 1 (45:07):
Net And yahoo for that.

Speaker 6 (45:09):
NOMINATION i Are Republican Congressman Jim jordan On Fox, Trump
net And yahoo discussed a potential ceasefire In. Gaza looking
at your, Money eustonians are paying an average of two
dollars and seventy four cents for a gallon of regular
unleaded gasoline, nets thirty five cents cheaper than it was
On july eighth of last. Year and as inflation, cools

(45:31):
companies are quietly shrinking package. Sizes shrinkflation, continues and.

Speaker 42 (45:37):
It's done in such clever ways that many consumers don't
even know what's. Happening and it is listed the number
of ounces or the number of, items but a lot
of us don't read.

Speaker 6 (45:48):
That financial Analyst Bill dendy says many companies are now
hiding price hikes through what they Call, jimmy are you
ready for, this, yeah price pack architecture.

Speaker 3 (46:03):
To put in real estate terms that we're. Downsizing is
that what we're?

Speaker 6 (46:06):
Doing, hey fancy way to say you're getting less for your.
Buck six oh, six The astros lose To cleveland seven to,
five their lead Over seattle in The Al west at
six and a, half same two. Teams today pregame at
six On Sports talk seven, Ninety game time at seven
on seven ninety AND, ktrh and recapping our. Lead today
is day number five of the search for victims in

(46:26):
The Central texas flooding. Tragedy the death toll over one
hundred with dozens still. Missing I'm Cliff saunders On houston's,
news weather and traffic Station News radio seven FORTY. Ktrh.
Hellsten usually on the wed work and on the way.

Speaker 9 (46:40):
Home for every, DAY i can't be, late SO i
listen to traffic for every.

Speaker 7 (46:44):
ONE i listen for the weather forecast Use radio SEVEN.
Ktrh all, right it's what A covid? Update six o
seven is our time here In houston's Born. News what
do you mean A covid? Update we don't talk ABOUT. Covid,
well we're gonna talk ABOUT covid for, second mainly Because
Health Secretary ROBERT. F Kennedy junior and The department Of

(47:06):
health And Human services is being sued by several major medical.
Organizations they're calling it a public health emergency that demands
immediate legal action and. Correction they're suing him because he
recently fired numerous vaccine panel experts and removed a recommendation

(47:31):
for children and pregnant women to get A covid. Shot hang,
On these are health organizations that are suing because there's
no longer a recommendation for The United states government for
a pregnant woman or a child to get A covid. Shot,
seriously flanners are asking the court to reinstate the immunization

(47:51):
recommendations for children and pregnant women on THE cdc. Schedules
The American academy Of pediatrics president expressed concern that the
current administration's actions are jeopardizing the success of the immunization.
System what success would that be as relates to THE covid?
Shot can anybody the idea behind a vaccine is to

(48:16):
eradicate a. Disease is does the vaccine ERADICATE? Covid, No
it's like a flu. Shot the lawsuit also includes plaints
such as The Infectious Diseases society Of, america The American
college Of, physicians The society For Maternal Fetal medicine and
The Massachusetts Public Health, alliance along with an anonymous pregnant

(48:39):
woman From massachusetts who is unable to get A covid
vaccination due to the changed. Recommendations what do you mean she's.
Unable you can get a vaccination without A cdc. Recommendation
you just have to pay for. It it's not. Expensive,
oh these folks will not let go of, this will
They they will not let. GO i mean do they

(49:02):
like Own stock And? PFIZER i mean do they probably.
Do maybe they want a whole bunch Of stock And.
Pfizer hard to say where this lawsuit is. GOING i
don't think they stand much of a. Chance but, hey
we'll see six. Ten time for traffic and weather. Together
bring their. Masks, yes they are wearing the, MASK I, Mike,
yes really freaks me.

Speaker 5 (49:20):
Out to go in the store now and someone is
they're still wearing their, mask, dude let's do first of,
all six' Ten golf freeway southbound at. Six' ten the
rest of the media has. THAT stalled vehicle i think
they'll have, that ninja shortly. But it's outbound plenty. OF
flashy lights i don't have to Worry About You. EAST
text freeway i still need the rest of the media

(49:41):
know about The. Wreck at tidwell got a pretty good
scunch Coming Down From. East mount houston now let's reroute
big shots to.

Speaker 43 (49:47):
The.

Speaker 5 (49:47):
Hardy commoners listen fix over to forty Five Forty five north,
freeways looking, Good, wild Card hi find Mike.

Speaker 12 (49:54):
John from channelview apparently they got a bit of frew
ha ha right there at six.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
Ten e, down i'm.

Speaker 38 (50:01):
Sorry that's Westbound i'm Going. Towardstown from canel if you have,
A nice day.

Speaker 1 (50:05):
I'm all, confused, oh no no.

Speaker 6 (50:07):
You know, what thank you even though you, HAVE that
backwards i.

Speaker 5 (50:09):
See this wreck now we'll get you some laneage at
the twenty at the twenty break And then. East tex
SOUTHBOUND that backup i. Mentioned that already oh Let's go. Uber,
mike quickly.

Speaker 2 (50:18):
Hey, It.

Speaker 32 (50:18):
Was okay mike my ears are burns ill over here.

Speaker 1 (50:21):
By, The airport well clayton.

Speaker 32 (50:23):
Just backed up everybody's at the airport.

Speaker 1 (50:24):
The same.

Speaker 12 (50:25):
Time it's tallid it is the backup.

Speaker 6 (50:27):
Traffic that right if you're trying to, catch a plane
let's get.

Speaker 5 (50:30):
An early START IT'S The usa Rb resorts Dot com
traffic center.

Speaker 3 (50:34):
FROM R ktr H top tax defenders twenty four hour
With A center terry smith. That, joins us yes there
is more ring. In the, forecast you know you're almost
making me root, for A drug and i don't want.
To Do that oh.

Speaker 18 (50:44):
I've been close that's. A, bad sign yeah it would
be nice to kind of. Get a break variety is the,
spice OF life as i, like to say when it comes,
to the weather a.

Speaker 43 (50:57):
Little, bit of rain a little.

Speaker 18 (50:59):
Bit of nuts but we've got quite a bit of
rain here the, next two days and then our rain
chances begin to decrease, into the weekend at least for a.
Couple of days today though a seventy percent chance of showers,
and storms now it looks like most of that will wait.
Until the afternoon so if you've got something critical, to
do today morning hours are going to be a better

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Speaker 3 (52:01):
In Addition to the texas flooding we've, been dealing with
we are smack dab in the midst of, a hurricane
season so farnock. On my, microphone so. Far so good,
but you know if, you have insurance and most, of
us do if you, have windstorm, insurance hail, insurance flood
insurance you would have to think that those things have

(52:22):
gotten so terribly expensive that there are some people who are,
doing without it which could be. A terrible mistake we're
going To Talk, to ron stafford a, property insurance expert
get his thoughts too on what is likely to happen
to insurance rates based on what's going on right Now In.
The hill country we'll talk to him, next first though
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Speaker 6 (53:26):
Thank you jimmy today is day five of Search Efforts.
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Time here in. Houston's morning, news all right wind and
hail and floods and, hurricanes and, tornadoes and yeah we
get it All. Here in texas Rons NOW for joins us,
property INSURANCE expert and i hate to put you on, The,
spot HERE ron but i think that one of the things,
that will, be you. KNOW very sad i think for
probably a lot of Folks In the hill country is
they're probably are a fair amount of People In the

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hill country that don't. Have flood insurance.

Speaker 44 (54:33):
That's very true most of them are going TO deal
with fema and that's going to take them a long time.
To get paid and or there's a cap of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ON. Limits for fema.

Speaker 3 (54:47):
The other thing is even the ones that think to.
Get flood insurance flood insurance has gotten to be cost
prohibitive for a. Lot of, people you know we have
A place in freeport that we have. Flood insurance on
it's over three thousand dollars a year just for. The
flood insurance.

Speaker 44 (55:02):
You're one of. The fortunate ones i'm hearing some really
ridiculous stuff down along the coastline that people are opting
to completely.

Speaker 3 (55:11):
Not have insurance now that seems to be a. Recipe
for disaster would you agree to be completely uninsured unless
you own that place free and clear and have a
whole bunch of money? To rebuild it does does it
make sense not? To carry insurance it doesn't.

Speaker 44 (55:27):
Make any, sense you, know right now whether. It's so
unpredictable the stuff that happened over the weekend was not
expected to do anywhere near, what it did and we
had once in a generation type flooding There in the
guadalupe and people will never be the same.

Speaker 3 (55:50):
Because of it SO here's WHAT i guess i have
to wonder about all this is where do you think
property insurance? Rates are going we have seen them go
very high here over the course of the last five,
or six years they seem to be continuing to head.
In That direction and i'm guessing events like what just
Happened In The hill country i'm not going. TO help

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that i assume that the entire state insurance rates are
probably going to go up as a result. Of, that event.

Speaker 44 (56:18):
Well that will be. Part of it but you have
to remember that the cost of construction has gone up
astronomically in the. Last five Years here. In texas alone
we've seen, Labor costs increase we've seen. Material costs increase
all that goes into what your costs. For insurance is
it's based on what the cost to replace your home

(56:41):
or your property. And so forth so as those prices keep,
continuing to rise the price for insurance will. Continue to rise.

Speaker 3 (56:50):
So when you're trying to make, an insurance decision you're
a family and you're trying to make, an insurance decision
and you can't afford. To get everything you can't afford to,
get flood insurance plus, WINDED hail insurance. Us property insurance
we have all three on Our, place in freeport and
we're talking about well over seven thousand. Dollars a year
some people are not gonna be able to afford. To
do that how do you go about picking what the

(57:10):
most important thing Is to ensure.

Speaker 44 (57:15):
That's. A great question you really have to be strategic
in what you have, available to you and you should
try and get some, type of coverage even if it's
catastrophic where your deductible. Is extremely, high that way at
least if you do have a hurricane that comes in
to wipes, out the building you're going to get the
majority of it paid. Back to you you can increase

(57:37):
your deductible from one percent to two, or three percent
and that'll take care of. The catastrophic loss the smaller
claims you're going to be out of pocket on and
be paying. For, those yourself.

Speaker 3 (57:49):
Yeah do you see anything that's going to improve, the
landscape though as. First insurance costs.

Speaker 44 (57:56):
Hopefully in the, next legislative session which is a year
and a half, away from now we'll have something that
has done because insurance companies are still making astronomical Profits,
here in texas and somebody should step in and try
and wane in some.

Speaker 43 (58:16):
Of those.

Speaker 1 (58:17):
Profits you know.

Speaker 3 (58:18):
The only thing that concerns, Me about that and let
me get a quick thought from you on that is
That places like california, have done that and, as a
result some insurers no longer Do. Business in california if
you take the pool and you make it smaller of,
available insurance companies seems like that would naturally drive the price. Of,
insurance up.

Speaker 44 (58:37):
Well even if we shave off a little bit of
margin on what, they're making now they're still making more
money than just about any other state. In the country
and The stuff in california had to do. With the
wildfires they told them for years that they needed to
have better preparedness on water and fire departments, and so

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forth and insurance the state said they wouldn't do. Anything
about it and each year the Insurance companies in california
told them we need, to increase price we need, to
increase prices and eventually they told them that they weren't.

Speaker 3 (59:12):
Going, to STAY yeah now i give, what you're, Saying,
All right ron thanks. Appreciate your time hoping for lorn.
Shirts Caught, someday ron snapper, property insurance expert joining us.
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democrats well they're Continuing to blame Trump for. The texas
flood twenty eight children among, the flood victims and the
search continues today and coming up at. Six thirty eight
our question, of the day do you remember how much
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Speaker 6 (01:01:49):
Hey can jimmy six thirty two on kgrh. Our chop
story it just SCARED me and i was way more
worried about my little. Brother than myself that young boy
describing the Horror Of the. Kerr county flooding and That
Was At, camp la junta six miles away from the
awful things We Saw. At camp mystic it was about three.

Speaker 2 (01:02:09):
Thirty four o'clock this guy a posted a radio here.

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On this river it was about five thirty and the.

Speaker 8 (01:02:15):
Water was already up to The Road, On waterloopy street
so there's no way anybody could have gotten out from
the camp.

Speaker 6 (01:02:21):
At that time search operations now, in day five the
death toll at least one, hundred and four including. Twenty
eight kids dozens. ARE Still missing a houston pediatrician who
POSTED online that maga supporters coach get what they voted
for in terms of the floods. Is fired yesterday we are.

Speaker 37 (01:02:39):
Still pulling bodies out of the flooded. Water right Now
so for democrats to come in and falsely politicize this
as a way of trying to score political points, AGAINST
the president i.

Speaker 6 (01:02:52):
Think it's Disgusting That Is Texas congressman brandon gill Reacting To,
doctor christina propst and that doctor is only one of the.
Left's shameful rhetoric.

Speaker 11 (01:03:02):
There have also been posts On ex blaming trump and his.
VOTERS for this i don't Care whether They're.

Speaker 29 (01:03:07):
REPUBLICAN or democrat i don't care if they're a.

Speaker 45 (01:03:09):
Wide or black the fact is these were innocent people
and it's a tragedy and should.

Speaker 43 (01:03:13):
Never be Politicized.

Speaker 11 (01:03:14):
Former City councilman, greg travis says, despite the hatefulness there's
still a lot of compassion.

Speaker 1 (01:03:18):
FOR the victims i see a lot of good people.

Speaker 28 (01:03:20):
Out there, too they're grieving even they didn't have a daughter,
at the camp even they didn't have a.

Speaker 1 (01:03:25):
Loved one parish that.

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Gives Me Hope Ethan buchanan news RADIO. Seven forty krh.

Speaker 6 (01:03:30):
There's Growing Pressure on governor abbott to address the disaster
during the upcoming legislative special session and revisit a bill
that would have improved communications between the fire. Department and police.

Speaker 1 (01:03:42):
We don't start talking.

Speaker 6 (01:03:43):
To each other these disasters. Cannot Be Mitigated State. Representative
Ken king camp mystic is just one of many Camps In,
the hill country and now they're all reviewing. Their safety
plan we feel the.

Speaker 32 (01:03:54):
Way of taking parents' most precious thing.

Speaker 6 (01:03:59):
For a week john McDonald runs one of Those camps
into bronfels and is pushing for parents to ask hard.
Questions about safety more help from our. Local Sports teams
the astros donate a million bucks. For Relief efforts The
rockets and texans announced. Donations as well you. Can help
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there is a lot of conspiracy. Theories out there There are.
The epstein thing You. Dealt with, maria you said as far,
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so fast forward to yesterday and the GoJ releases a
memo Concluding Indeed that jeffrey epstein did kill himself and
that he did not have an. Actual, client list meantime
there's a new report From The Liberal pew research center
showing that the Real Numbers from president trump's Big win in,
november were, really really huge.

Speaker 16 (01:05:00):
And those numbers are Not, good for democrats.

Speaker 33 (01:05:04):
The people who Really Helped, elect donald trump For the
disaffected democrats who have said.

Speaker 16 (01:05:10):
Enough Is Enough, That's Matt kittle senior elections corresponded With
the federalist.

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Democrats still are doubling down on those kinds. Of loosing
policies it's a big problem for a party that is
lost in the, wilderness.

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Right now and it led to a big Second Win,
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Jeff biggs news RADIO Seven, forty ka, Tirey, thank You.

Speaker 6 (01:05:36):
Jeff the president is giving a break to our training
partners when it, comes to tariffs but only for. A
few weeks we're.

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Always subject to negotiate, something that's fair but we've talked
to most of the countries and pretty much they've had
their way for.

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Many many decades.

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If a deal is Not made, by august first those
countries will see it twenty five percent. Tarify on goods
other Countries that the president set Letters To, Include, South, Africa,
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the DOW meantime the us is set to gain seventy
five hundred, millionaires THIS year bringing us over forty billion.
Dollars of wealth but this, is nothing new as eighteen
percent of. Households are millionaires.

Speaker 35 (01:06:27):
Because we have the biggest, economy and also compared to
the rest, of the world the best.

Speaker 14 (01:06:32):
Environment For business Fox News economist elizabeth ames says more
millionaires means, more economic growth and the impacts from the
influx will.

Speaker 3 (01:06:40):
Certainly be felt.

Speaker 35 (01:06:41):
They pay the largest. Percentage of taxes they're the ones
who really are, fueling our government. And they're paying if you,
don't have them you have a, Smaller tax.

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Base she says millionaires, also invest heavily which will.

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Six thirty Seven now the astros Loose to c eveland
seven to five and recapping. Our top story today is
day five of the search for Victims In the central.
Texas Flooding Disaster, I'm cliff saunders houston's news weather IN.
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Speaker 3 (01:07:21):
I should have done this. Earlier this morning is a
QUESTION that because i did the story like at five oh.
Eight this morning but but let me let. Me repeat
it if you. Didn't hear it we are, in a very,
in my. Mind dangerous territory when it comes. To car
payments we have set an all time record for. Average
car payment the average car payment is now up to
seven hundred and fifty six. Dollars a month more than

(01:07:44):
nineteen percent of us have, a car payment a monthly
payment of more than. One thousand dollars, and of course when, you,
hear that granted, we're talking, about you know money in
twenty twenty five versus money when, we were young whenever thing,
was less expensive and of course we made. Less money
too but it made me think about, my first car

(01:08:06):
my first car payment on my first. Brand new car
my car payment was like ninety eight, dollars A month
AND i think i was, probably one wow ninety eight.
Dollars a month that's a lot. For a, car of,
course right now that sounds wonderful to be spending ninety

(01:08:26):
eight dollars a month. Out a car so do you remember,
your first car your first new car, that you bought
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Speaker 5 (01:09:07):
Uncle jim was like one hundred. DOLLARS a month i
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Carlo Let's do. East freeway inbound look up for this wreck.
AT the loop i haven't had munch of chance to,
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Mike tractor trailer that's blocking up a couple of right
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Speaker 18 (01:10:21):
High, it is well it's. AN interesting setup i was
looking at. The satellite picture you can see this little
area of low Pressure In the northern gulf that's drifting.
In our direction so that's going to help to enhance.
Our thunderstorm coverage and we've got, tons of humidity and
of course our. Usual afternoon heating so between all three

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of those we are in a good position to see some.
Widespread rain today some spots may get, some heavy rain
just brief periods of heavy rain an. Inch or two
you know how those thunderstorms can get a little. Over
the exuberant we may see some. Of that today so
a seventy percent chance againing what mainly. In the afternoon
not to say we're not going to have any, rain
THIS morning but i think the bulk of that will.

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Be later today load, of mid nineties sixty percent chance of,
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thursday we're still in the load. Of mid nineties we've
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Right DoD put your. Hard hats on we've got.

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This Seaside problem east freeway Inbound At the bud plant
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Lion through there.

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Speaker 6 (01:12:57):
Thank You. Jimmy kirk county it's going to update the situation.
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forty ktrh well a lot of people got A, job
in june a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:13:34):
More than expected the unemployment, rate ACTUALLY dropped, as i
mentioned by one tenth.

Speaker 7 (01:13:37):
And.

Speaker 3 (01:13:38):
One percent uh but what really stood out in addition
to the growing, number of jobs what really stood out
more than anything else was the composition. Of the workers
we set an all TIME record for. Us born workers More,

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AND more Americans us born, americans are working which is
reversing a, big time trend and and. Fewer foreign workers
here They Are in fox business talking. About the report
nearly one hundred.

Speaker 21 (01:14:11):
And fifty thousand good jobs are, created last month and
According To, The white house american born workers have accounted
for all.

Speaker 1 (01:14:18):
Of those games so?

Speaker 21 (01:14:20):
What's happening here the report also details the number of
foreign born workers has fallen by five hundred and forty Three.
THOUSAND since january a.

Speaker 46 (01:14:29):
Lot of it has to do with border security and
the fact that nobody's crossing the boar hearing.

Speaker 21 (01:14:34):
Five hundred and forty three thousand.

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Fewer, foreign born yeah the.

Speaker 6 (01:14:38):
NUMBERS are right i did the.

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Numbers This, morning since january native born jobs have gone
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Thing, my opinion interestingly wages for all the native born.

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Workers are entering.

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Wages are good they're rising at least four percent. Year
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for a change are, rising faster. CROSSES you know i
think that the money supply. IS being controlled i think
that the federal reserve is. Probably too tight but we've
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the inflation rate is one point four percent at an Annual.
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Speaker 3 (01:17:29):
Seven am is our Time Here In. Houston's Morning News.
I'm jimmy barrett among our top stories, this f are
they're Still Searching for hill. Country flood victims what would
we do different if Another? Harvey hit houston and coming
up at, seven o eight supposedly you no longer need
to take off your shoes. At the airport details in. The,
minutes ahead first we're Checking Out that morning. Drive Once again, skoy,

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MIKE'S here.

Speaker 5 (01:17:52):
Dude i got Major suckage on all ninety coming up.
At six' ten that looks like another one. Of them
signal problems. YOU got Forty Five i have nord freeway outbound,
at two forty. Two eighteen wheeler wreck It's ugly From The.
Woodlands Outbound grant Parkway Here's Blake.

Speaker 6 (01:18:06):
From New Caney hotes guy mike.

Speaker 32 (01:18:09):
Ted in westbound On ninety nine to spring to go To.

Speaker 43 (01:18:11):
My butler and Gig.

Speaker 6 (01:18:13):
You're going to tomball there is.

Speaker 32 (01:18:15):
Some police activity at just before thirty fourteen Truck.

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Ktrh top tax Defenders Twenty Four Hour. Weather center party
claudie early, seventy percent scattered afteroon thunderstorm chants today with
a high temperature. Right about eighty seven we'll get The
Complete forecast with Terry Smith at the weather. Channel in
eight minutes right now seventy nine at your, Official Severe
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(01:18:44):
For The. News here's cliff saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:18:46):
Thank. You very much jimmy it is SEVEN. Oh one on,
Ktrh our chops, Story?

Speaker 1 (01:18:51):
Doesn't It said? Ted anything texas needs, The Answer Is.

Speaker 6 (01:18:54):
Yes sexas senator TED cruz With our. Tv partner channel
two is a Death Toll from the hill country flooding
is now over one, hundred fifty six, adults twenty eight.
Children dozens more missing the search for victims. In day
number five primary search continues. And we, remain hopeful, every
foot every mile every.

Speaker 1 (01:19:12):
Bend of the.

Speaker 6 (01:19:13):
River Our Work Continues, kervil mayor joe herring a search
and rescue helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing
after colliding with. A Privately Operated Drone the kirk county
sheriff's office is asking for all drones to be. Grounded
during search operations the left Claims Cuts To the national
weather service was partly to blame, for what has unfolded

(01:19:36):
but even the union representing those forecasters. Called that fake
news the.

Speaker 9 (01:19:40):
Forecasters did their job there's Very few times when i'll
be IN a position that i have To agree with
The President. Of The united states the president said, they
did their. Job And they DID.

Speaker 6 (01:19:50):
Tom fahey. On cbs there's This According To, the Liberal
Associated Press the National Weather service in new bronfels was
overstaffed on the. Day the flooding began texas legislature is
expected to discuss ways to Help Prevent tragedies like kirk.
County later this month but, there's no, quick fix.

Speaker 10 (01:20:09):
You know no, one as, of midnight You know heading
into july fourth really could have predicted that we were
going to see the flash flood Creek Rises.

Speaker 6 (01:20:18):
On The guazupe River Eric berger with space city whether
now if you want to help the victims and, survivors
of the flood we have A Link to the Community
Foundation Of the TEXAS hill country at ktrh dot Com
and on our facebook and x. Pages seven oh three
while the Tragic Flooding in, the hill country continues the
hurricane season is also underway and we are Eight. Years

(01:20:39):
removed from Harvey how prepared is houston? For a MAJOR flood.

Speaker 11 (01:20:44):
According To Preasingc, three commissioner tom ramsey where as prepared
as we can be when there is.

Speaker 12 (01:20:48):
A, storm and the gulf we Go into disaster, prep
we preposition.

Speaker 1 (01:20:53):
Assets We Blind.

Speaker 11 (01:20:55):
Cruise At Montgomery county judge mark kio says they've also
gone out of their way to.

Speaker 1 (01:20:59):
Prepare for major storms.

Speaker 8 (01:21:00):
We know there's going to be. Some kind of activity
all we can do is continue. To train and plan
we have done that and have been Very successful In.

Speaker 11 (01:21:09):
Both keyo and ramsey emphasized the need to work and
communicate with other officials when. The Storms Do Come ethan
buchannan news Radio seven Forty.

Speaker 6 (01:21:16):
Krh, thank, you ethan today, also by the way is
the One Year, anniversary of hurricane beryl and there are
concerns About How Ready The texas windstorm insurance association is for.
A potential major disaster according, to our recent analysis. Current
rates are inadequate.

Speaker 13 (01:21:33):
If the coastline gets sit with, any type of storm
they're going to run out, of money pretty quick which
means that they'll be waiting for their properties to be
fixed for. A very Long.

Speaker 6 (01:21:44):
Time Insurance expert ron snow for warns that this has
been a problem for over a year and it could
result in insurance rates being. Jacked up yet, again seven
h five a man is dead after opening fire at
a Border Patrol. Facility in South Texas McCallan police chief
victor rodriguez says this was nothing. Short Of an ambush.

Speaker 14 (01:22:03):
Border patrol agents returned, fire and, subsequently neutralized that is
killed the person that had opened. Fire upon that.

Speaker 6 (01:22:10):
Building no federal agents were hurt when local cop was
hit in the knee The, gunman apparently from michigan and
eleven people are now facing charges after an ambush and An.
Ice facility last friday one officer is expected to survive
after getting shot in the neck seven h FIVE now
on k trh.

Speaker 15 (01:22:28):
S TREMENDOUS success together and i think it will only
go on to be even greater.

Speaker 6 (01:22:34):
Success In the Future President Trump Meeting israeli Prime minister
benjamin Net Yahoo. At the white house the two talking
about A potential Ceasefire in Gaza that yahoo Nominated Trump
For the nobel Peace Prize for. His middle east work
oil futures this morning are down slightly to sixty seven
dollars and eighty, four Cents a barrel while ustonians are
paying an average of two dollars and seventy, four cents

(01:22:55):
for gas thirty five Cents cheaper than on. July eighth
last year in Addition to, The Big beautiful bill president
trump is unleashing the oil boom that he promised on
the campaign trail with a record number. Of New drilling permits.

Speaker 16 (01:23:08):
Sim stewart is THE President of The Us, Oil and
gas association.

Speaker 17 (01:23:13):
With a shot across the, bow to the bureaucracy it's sorry,
welcome by the, INDUSTRY that's for sure a certainly Welcome change.

Speaker 3 (01:23:19):
From the biden.

Speaker 16 (01:23:19):
Administration forty four percent More permits than under biden It's
good for.

Speaker 17 (01:23:25):
The american a Consumer it's good for american workers as
well because the jobs stay here and we don't have
to rely on foreign oil. To chewel our economy with.

Speaker 16 (01:23:33):
Even more permits expected to be, Approved In The Future
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The astros Lose at home to. Cleveland seven to five
pregame Tonight at six, On SportsTalk seven ninety game time
at seven ON seven ninety and ktrh. Recapping Our Top
story the hill country death toll rises. To Over one
hundred kerk county will provide an update at. Ten O'clock
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Today oh Yeah seven o eight Our time, here in houston's.
Ports right last time think about this for A second
that because I just flew so i can tell you
the last time you went to the airport AND you,
went through tsa security did they make you, take off
your shoes and, the answer is no they.

Speaker 6 (01:24:35):
Didn't M.

Speaker 3 (01:24:38):
According To the, wall, street journal yesterday supposedly even though
there's been no, official announcement made, yet but Multiple Sources Including,
the wall STREET journals say the tsa quality quietly made
the change and they're no longer requiring all passengers to
take off. Their shoes at all passengers are allowed to

(01:25:02):
keep their shoes on when going, through the. Security CHECKPOINTS
supposedly now when tsa was, asked directly, about IT they,
said and i quote we are always exploring new and
innovative ways to enhance the passenger experience in. Our strong
security posture any potential updates to our security process will be. Issued,
through official channels okay so they're not saying if they're if,

(01:25:26):
they've made a change or they, haven't made a change they.
Just have stopped asking but that may not BE true,
with all tsa agents and it may not be. True
AT all Airports so i got i've. GOT another flight
tomorrow i Got A. Flight, TO san diego Yes. I
know it's california is THERE like a pill I can
take Before? I go? To CALIFORNIA to it so i

(01:25:47):
don't come Down with, anything while i'm there some some
sort of. Insane disease Or something my niece Jilly's getting
married and, i'm OFFICIATING the ceremony so i. Gotta Go
for that but i'll be going. Through the airport tomorrow
see that they asked me to take my. Shoes off
or not we'll get you. An update On that seven
ten time for. Traffic, and weather together yes when? DID

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YOU get ordained i i have a card right HERE
that says that i. Can, see, WARM wedding. Seriously yes
i have i'm an ordained wedding provider with the what's
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Let's do some here i'm going To Get to the katie.

Speaker 5 (01:26:42):
Freeway In A moment but nord, freeway two forty two
that's the ugliest piece.

Speaker 4 (01:26:46):
Of.

Speaker 5 (01:26:46):
Roadway right now outbound this is. A multiple eighteen wheelers
is that guy? LAYING on his side. I can't see
it those of you, playing the home. Game look with
me it's on camera. Two five, to nine, It's Outbound
Not inbound north freeway.

Speaker 1 (01:26:58):
Shenandoah two forty two look at That.

Speaker 5 (01:27:00):
Skunch from, the woodlands, All right Itm West meghan from Chemay.

Speaker 48 (01:27:03):
Mikey at the katie three way doll pick up truck
does Splashes. On right before, kirkwood no toe trucks, ninjas
are around yet don't.

Speaker 1 (01:27:13):
Even see, a, driver all right Well.

Speaker 5 (01:27:15):
Said me from chema inbound lookout and all Ninety the
most city expressway Right at the.

Speaker 6 (01:27:21):
SOUTH loop six. Ten i?

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Center now YOU should know when, i do perform, weddings
by the way we do it. A little bit differently
we do the. Kiss the bride first what week will?

Speaker 44 (01:27:36):
We?

Speaker 3 (01:27:36):
DO that first yes i. Think we dessert first it's
like Having, dessert before the yes. It is all right
THAT'S definitely next.

Speaker 1 (01:27:42):
Time i.

Speaker 18 (01:27:43):
Get married none problem, time you. Get married non problem
you guys need a lightning detector at these ceremonies. That
you're doing Right i'm one for. I've only done one.
I'm one. For one i'm wondering i've got a perfect
record so far. Back in a thousand VERY good from Our.

Speaker 3 (01:27:57):
Ktrh top tax Defenders twenty Four hour weather cent terry is.
Here with the forecast, there will be lightning but it
won't have anything to. Do with. Me, today we.

Speaker 18 (01:28:06):
Won't yeah we got showers and thunderstorms that are starting
to fire up, off to the east and they were.
Drifting in our direction that's a little weak disturbance that's
gonna kind of just drag itself across The.

Speaker 6 (01:28:22):
Southeastern part of texas so we're going.

Speaker 18 (01:28:24):
To be watching it seventy percent chance that we'll see
those showers and storms over our, part of town today.
Some heavy rains possible we'll be watching those storms and
seeing if. They're misbehaving or not load of mid nineties
sixty percent chance and more thunderstorms tomorrow and a forty
percent Chance. Of the rain thursday We'll. Get a break

(01:28:44):
friday there's a twenty percent, chance of getting wet so
it's not. A Completely dry day and saturday more rain
fifty percent Chance.

Speaker 17 (01:28:51):
With.

Speaker 6 (01:28:51):
Thunderstorms return saturday.

Speaker 3 (01:28:53):
Deupit you're right now seventy nine at your. Official Severe
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Now back to Jimmy Barrett And The houston morning news
team all the info you need to.

Speaker 3 (01:29:09):
Take, on the, DAY well you know. I really thought
that I don't know. WHY i thought THIS i guess
maybe i just hope for the best that the insanity
would stop with the progressive left and That They would
allow president trump to govern and they wouldn't try To politicize.
Things like texas floods, but nothing has changed and they
are sounding. Even crazier than ever We'll Talk To Former

(01:29:31):
Republican Houston city councilman greg travis about all this. In just,
A moment, First though oh. Good i'll, Be Short. Thank
you Sky Mike Please do it's north freeway.

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From R ktrh top tax defenders twenty. Four hour weather center,
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thunderstorm eighty seven sixty percent storm chants tomorrow in the
forty Percent. Storm chance on thursday currently it's seventy nine
at your, official Severe weather station NEWS. Radio seven forty
ktrh time to get caught up on some more of

(01:30:14):
our newsroom stories, or top. Stories anyway Here's.

Speaker 6 (01:30:17):
Clip thank you jimmy the search For Victims in the
central texas flooding is. Now In Day five governor greg
abbott updates the, disaster later this Afternoon, And according to
waladhub detroit is the most Stretched. Out city in america
they look at things like credit. Scores and divorce. Rates
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Speaker 3 (01:30:54):
Well truct arrangement syndrome is real and evidently there is
no known cure for it is, far we can tell
and the latest person to be infected With It Is.
Shaw dee perkins Uh Formerly on the houston food, back
board you know or some sort Of food group for. Houston,

(01:31:15):
that you know anyway she, was a mayoral appointe not.
Of the current mayor she's no longer a, part of.

Speaker 19 (01:31:22):
That.

Speaker 3 (01:31:22):
Board thank goodness uh but you may recall she had
a little something To say about the texas floods and
all those white. KIDS that, Got killed.

Speaker 50 (01:31:31):
I know i'm probably going to, get Canceled For this
but camp mystic is A white's. Only girls christian camp
they don't Even, have a token asian they don't have.
A token black person it, is a all White white. Only
conservative christian camp, if you ain't, White you ain't right,

(01:31:52):
you ain't getting in. You AIN'T going period and i
think that context needs to be, said in this?

Speaker 3 (01:32:00):
Matter does it really she also identified It As, being
IN east texas so i don't know if she's a from,
here or come here but geography is obviously. In Our
Strong suit greg Travis joints a former republican City councilman From.
The CITY of houston greg i don't know how you follow.
UP somebody, like that i mean it wouldn't do any

(01:32:21):
good to explain to them the, error of their ways
because it wouldn't, change anything. For them, would it you know.

Speaker 45 (01:32:29):
You'd like to think that's, just a one off that
that's the only person out.

Speaker 43 (01:32:32):
There that's like that unfortunately. THERE'S a, lot more i
mean she. Just showed her ignorance.

Speaker 45 (01:32:38):
This isn't about race this is about innocent people perishing.
In a natural, disaster it is, terrible and your thought,
and my first thought in most normal people's first.

Speaker 43 (01:32:49):
Thought wasn't about race.

Speaker 45 (01:32:51):
It wasn't about politics it Was about a fellow.

Speaker 43 (01:32:55):
Americans who need help and.

Speaker 45 (01:32:58):
That's the normal response and there's a lot of, admormal
PEOPLE out there and i don't, know how they're, proliferating
but they are and it's. Getting worse and worse we Never.
Had this during harvey we All stepped. Up when harvey
happened we all stepped up. During nine to eleven.

Speaker 43 (01:33:13):
Everybody cared about Everybody. Because we're fellow americans and this
has just.

Speaker 3 (01:33:18):
Gotten out, of CONTROL you know when i first, HEARD
her say, It i was thinking greg that maybe she's
Been Studying At the Jasmine Crockett. School of public relations
maybe she's just trying to make, a NAME for herself
which i think Is Most of what jasmine crockett, does
is an act trying to make, a name for herself and. Unfortunately,
It's Highly effective well.

Speaker 45 (01:33:37):
Jasmine crockett actually does her act. For people like this.
These are her voters these are people, who think like
This Who, vote for jasmine crockett. And that's again horrendous
it's terrible that. WE'VE come, TO this i mean i
don't KNOW how anybody says i did not know, These, People, Were.
WHITE black asian hispanic. I DID not know all i
knew was that little eight to nine year old girls

(01:33:59):
were and that. Tore MY heart apart and i just
don't understand why somebody.

Speaker 43 (01:34:05):
Would go there and. MAKE it, A point i mean
i Don't care if A.

Speaker 45 (01:34:08):
Christian or, not christian they're, people and you, know there's
somebody's daughters and. Of course these aren't it's not just
the little, girls that died there there's adults that died
and they were still somebody's son or daughter, or mother or,
father and you know not to think in those terms,
is just.

Speaker 3 (01:34:25):
IT'S not it's outrageous i guess you have to, get to,
a point and unfortunately there are a lot of people
that have got to this point In, the price of
left where you look at people who are conservatives and
you don't. Consider, them people, anymore yeah we must we must,
be to these people we must. Be in animate objects
that's all the way you can talk, about somebody that
way especially after. A, tragedy like.

Speaker 45 (01:34:46):
This well these are the SAME people that during covid
were wanting the unvaccinated, to starve to death couldn't, go
to grocery stores. Couldn't leave their house they wanted you.
To lose your job they wanted to. Put, you in
prison remember they kept and that you're evil if you
decided that maybe the vaccination. Wasn't offer for you and
these are the same people out here doing this, That

(01:35:08):
were doing That, AND it's not honestly i do. JUDGE
people by that i judge by how they react to
this because, those aren't my friends and. THOSE aren't my
people i hang OUT with everybody that, i KNOW is
caring and i hang out with. Him for a reason,
and if you're not and if you're one of those
people that wants to sit there and put people in

(01:35:28):
prison and starve them because, they didn't.

Speaker 43 (01:35:30):
Get vaccinated or you wish evil upon.

Speaker 45 (01:35:33):
Somebody because they're white i'm shaking.

Speaker 43 (01:35:37):
My head, right now you know it's.

Speaker 45 (01:35:39):
Just even in now we're, talking a week, later or you,
know FIVE days later and i still can't get it.
Out of my head, and There's That, doctor doctor. Christina
props the, pediatrician oh my god does she treat her
patience differently based. UPON their political views i don't TREAT
when during when i was on CITY council and, everybody
i was conservative when people needed, WATER during the freeze,

(01:36:02):
i GOT them water and i don't.

Speaker 43 (01:36:04):
CARE what they. NEEDED i got it i didn't. ASK
their political views i didn't ask. THEY voted for me
i didn't. Ask ANY of that all i knew. Was
they needed water and that's the key. You have to
have i'm not.

Speaker 45 (01:36:13):
SURE about this doctor i think this doctor might have
sat there and treat your patients differently Based Upon their
political maybe.

Speaker 3 (01:36:19):
I'LL tell you what i wish we could find a
way to just distance. Ourselves FROM these people but i
think it's important we know who they are and where
they are so we can keep our distance and not pay, Them,
any further attention greg, thank you so much Appreciate Your
time for Republican. City Councilmen from houston greg. Travis seven
twenty eight time to take a look at your money
as We Check him With. Jeff bellinger and jimmy this Report.

(01:36:39):
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Speaker 3 (01:37:26):
It Is Seven Thirty. One Houston's Morning. News i'm jimmy
barrett among our top. Stories this f hour the current
death toll one oh four. Some, are still missing well
the left ever toned down the rhetoric and coming up,
that seven thirty eight a well Known Meteorologist Defends the
national weather service details. In the Minutes ahead You're. In,
houston's morning news first we're checking. Out the Drive. Again here's,

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guy mike all right.

Speaker 5 (01:37:49):
If you're playing the home game with Me on forty
five north three way At, two forty two shenandoah camera.
Two five to nine see it looked at me like
that truck. Was on His, side transtars as no he's,
just a. Short, truck all right outbound that wreck has
taken up. All but two lines Big, Backups from The. Woodlands,
giant from Rosenberg.

Speaker 38 (01:38:05):
Dude nice guy mike alternate ninety comes to A Sudden
stop at stella link due to the lights blinking at
fire station twenty one.

Speaker 3 (01:38:14):
Right before, the loop all.

Speaker 6 (01:38:16):
Right that's terrible too Let's Jump.

Speaker 5 (01:38:18):
On, the southwest FREEWAY Insteed it's Your usa rbresorts dot
com TRAFFIC Center.

Speaker 3 (01:38:23):
From our ktrh generator supercenter Twenty four hour weather center
partly cotting or at least seventy percent storm chants, for
the afternoon today but the high temperature. Right about eighty
seven more storm Chances. For tomorrow and thursday. We'll Check
that out Terry Smith of the weather channel. In about,
eight minutes right now it's eighty at your, Official Severe
weather station NEWS. Radio seven forty ktrh it's. Time For The.

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News here's, Cliff saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:38:46):
Hey you jimmy SEVEN. Thirty three on. Ktrh our top.

Speaker 27 (01:38:50):
Story, nobody Saw this coming don't, this doesn't. Happen here
you know sadly we, don't get much rains, and, when,
we do yeah floods but.

Speaker 6 (01:38:57):
It Not Like this the old country residents still in
shack after the flooding that has now claimed more, than
one hundred lives. Including nearly thirty, children, we are starting
though to hear, more stories of heroism but people who.
Made the ultimate sacrifice the.

Speaker 28 (01:39:10):
Camp director who LOST her life saving i think five.
Of Those, little kids dick eastland he died trying to
save three.

Speaker 6 (01:39:16):
Little, girls, at, you know four five.

Speaker 28 (01:39:18):
Six in the morning when those floods. Were Running Through.

Speaker 6 (01:39:21):
There Texas congressmanship Ry with CLAY. And Buck on ktrh
kerr county. Officials update The situation attend the governor. At
five o'clock tonight the left has turned this into a
political issue and. It's backfired On Them pediatrician doctor christina
props fired From her job in houston. After Posting That
quote kerr county MEGA. Voted to gut fema. They deny

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climate change may they get. What they, voted for this
is of course a big difference from the way the
left action. Back in, twenty Seventeen you know when Houston,
was going through.

Speaker 29 (01:39:54):
Harvey to say it means you, have TO be thinking
and i would even think that on Any, level a
great harvey nobody sat there and cared Whether you were A.

Speaker 43 (01:40:02):
Republican or a democrat all they knew. Is you're in.
Trouble you need help.

Speaker 6 (01:40:06):
We're Going To Help Former Houston city. Councilman greg travis
there but There's Growing Pressure, on governor greg gabbott who
addressed all of this during a special session Of the legislature.
In austin this month one idea revisit a bill that
would have improved communications between police and fire departments.

Speaker 30 (01:40:22):
Ensure that each and every first responder that has put
in their lives on the line have the tools they
need to properly communicate.

Speaker 1 (01:40:29):
With Those.

Speaker 6 (01:40:30):
Around Them state rep ken king also included the use
of outdoor warning sirens and the development of a. New,
emergency alert system meantime the safety of Summer Camps in
the hill country is. Also Under, the microscope camp.

Speaker 31 (01:40:42):
Mystic which was destroyed, in this weekend's floods just one
of many summer Camps That Dot. The texas hill country
they're each having to take a good hard look at.

Speaker 6 (01:40:50):
Their own safety plans.

Speaker 32 (01:40:51):
Can we prevent this or what can be done to?
Prevent this next time and these. Are really hard questions.

Speaker 6 (01:40:57):
JOHN McDonald heads the Tbrm.

Speaker 31 (01:40:58):
Camp in, the bronfels he says, like everybody they're grieving
They're leaning, into their christian faith saying there is a spiritual,
connection between the camps and he encouraged all parents to
ask the. Hard questions, about safety, those conversations he says.
Bring The Community Closer michael boord NEWS. Radio Seven forty ktrh.

Speaker 6 (01:41:15):
The astros donated a million, dollars to Relief efforts While
the rockets and, texans Also Announced DONATIONS And texans great
jj watt gave one Hundred thousand to a kurvel restaurant.
Impacted by the disaster if, you want to help we've
got A Link to the Community Foundation Of the TEXAS
hill country at ktrh Dot com and our. Facebook and ex.

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Pages it's coming up, on Seven Thirty six the justice
department releasing a memo concluding That Alleged sex offender jeffrey
epstein did not have a client list and did kill
himself in. Jail six years ago they committed.

Speaker 22 (01:41:50):
To an exhaustive investigation, that's what they did and they provided.

Speaker 6 (01:41:54):
The Results Of That White House press secretary caroline levitt
praised the memo and the administration's commitment. To Transparency for
now the president is giving a break to our trading
partners when. IT comes to tariffs a pause.

Speaker 34 (01:42:07):
On Tariffs announce back in april was, set to expire
tomorrow but they Won't be. Collected Until august first president
trump has started sending out letters to more than a
dozen trading partners notifying them of new. Tariff rights on
imports among Them major Trading Partners, japan in south korea
who are both facing twenty five percent tariffs on PRODUCTS.

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Sold In The us.

Speaker 6 (01:42:28):
It's Jared halpern reporting The astros lose To Cleveland at
dyke in, park seven to five Their lead over The
Mariners in the al west now at six. And a
half games the series continues tonight Pregame At six on,
sports talk seven ninety the game at seven ON seven.
Ninety and ktrh recapping our top story today is day
number five of the search For Victims in the, central

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texas flooding tragedy with the death. Till Over One hundred
I'm cliff, saunders on houston's news WEATHER. And traffic station ktrh.

Speaker 49 (01:42:58):
It's severe weather se make your severe weather station a
preset on our iHeartRadio and.

Speaker 1 (01:43:05):
Get information what.

Speaker 3 (01:43:06):
You need To know, he IS radio seven ktr h
seven seven Our time here. In houston's, Borning News All
Right the national weather service has been thrown under the,
bus by the left well inadvertently thrown under the bus
by the left with the claim. That they. Were understaffed they.
Weren't they were overstaffed by the claim that, that they

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you know they've been, Gutted by You know. Doze and
trump cuts they they have not had. Any cuts done
yet no Cuts. Take effect until october and it's. It's
Non ESSENTIAL services so joe pustarti you may. HAVE heard
of him i THINK He's worked, for aci weather Before
Maybe even. THE weather channel before i know he these Days. Works.
For weather bell uh he was on Yesterday Talking About

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the national weather service and making sure That People Understand
the national weather. Service Did Their Job.

Speaker 1 (01:43:58):
The national weather.

Speaker 20 (01:43:59):
Service did us JOB two days before i read a
lot of discussions Coming Out. Of the weather service we
have very talented people that Are Working at, these weather
services office and two days before. They were outlining it
they issued the flash flood watch, twelve hours in advance
the warning. Three hours in advance Contrasts That to the
estes park flood back In seventy six in colorado who

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killed one hundred.

Speaker 6 (01:44:21):
And forty four people.

Speaker 1 (01:44:23):
Same kind of channeling of.

Speaker 20 (01:44:24):
Water with stalling thunderstorms the first flood warning was not
issued to three or four hours after the. Flood was
going on so that's absolutely they were. All ready for it,
they understood their duty and a lot of the guys
That Work in, these weather service offices they look at
themselves the same way as people you know That are

(01:44:45):
in the army, that they're, trying to you. Know help
their country and they. Did a, great job, with this
you know but how do you get that warning out
at one thirty. Two in the morning and, you. Got
to understand Folks this Area Of texas from del rio
To west of the metroplex is known As The Flash
Flood alley okay kerk. County nineteen eighty seven july sixteenth.

(01:45:06):
Had The Same thing the guadalupe river Went, Out, of
control medina texas a dying tropical storm dump forty.

Speaker 6 (01:45:13):
Eight inches of.

Speaker 20 (01:45:14):
Rain then the next Day Went up to shackelford county
and dumped. Thirty inches of, rain your, daughter GOES say
it m i, Grew up down there. MY dad went
there i can Remember a tropical storm abbey came. In
in Sixty Four the darn brass river. Was a mile
wide that's how fast the Water comes up in texas and,
is any mountainous. Area this will happen we Had, It

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here In pennsylvania johnstown, flood july seventy seven twelve to
sixteen inches of rain in a six hour period and
broke All.

Speaker 1 (01:45:43):
The dams around johnstown.

Speaker 20 (01:45:45):
There was a disaster this is part of what happens
with the majesty of the atmosphere is, capable of doing
things and you have a lot of people. That don't
understand that they do not understand the. Power OF the
weather are i, LOOK at, THE weather i say i
can't believe, it's not even worse because if you've seen,
some of the. Extremes, you'd understand.

Speaker 3 (01:46:07):
That well we've seen The. Extremes here in. TEXAS we
understand it. I think we do We understand that the.
Guadalupe has flooded before we Understand That we had hurricane
harvey and we had what about. Forty inches of. Rain
we Understand. That speaking of, harvey by the Way We'll,
Visit With Tom, ramsey harris county commissioner coming up here at.
Seven Point Fifty two is harris county ready for? Another

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mass flood event have? THERE been, any change i mean
what can you do to get ready. FOR something like
that i think we did as well as you could Expect.
TO do after harvey i don't know that there's a
whole lot of. Changes you can Make the topography of houston,
is what it is just like our weather conditions. Are
what they are But we'll talk to tom about that
coming up. In about, ten minutes right now traffic And

(01:46:52):
weather together justin harry. Gay men.

Speaker 6 (01:46:55):
SO reassuring you Know i.

Speaker 5 (01:46:56):
Was TELLING jimmy yesterday if i ever get, Something in
my eye i'm going To.

Speaker 6 (01:46:59):
Come crying to terry.

Speaker 3 (01:47:00):
It's like mom telling you. Everything's gonna be okay tell.

Speaker 5 (01:47:03):
Me he get, Here this all right let's go TO
all ninety and i will give her plenty of. Time,
Here all Ninety, Lookout john from rosenberg thank you for
letting me know why we. Have this big scooch usually
we have the Signal Problem. At the south loop. That's
a chronic thing now right in front, of the fire station.
You got signals flashing that's a big scunch Now Coming.

Speaker 1 (01:47:21):
Up from he'll.

Speaker 5 (01:47:22):
Croft let's let's reroute let's Go Ahead into the southwest freeway.
Or two eighty eight two eighty eight's actually looking. Pretty
good this morning get on those toll lanes if. You
Can afford them lord freeway outbound. At two forty two that's.
An eighteen wheel erect looks like.

Speaker 1 (01:47:35):
They're just about.

Speaker 5 (01:47:36):
To pull them off two left lanes getting, out of
their big big skunch Coming up. From the WOODLANDS, northbound
ladies on tv you are about. To, drive me crazy
no there. Are no real alternates there unless you can.

Speaker 6 (01:47:46):
Do the east text.

Speaker 5 (01:47:47):
To two forty two i'm sky might get Your generator
supercenter dot com TRAFFIC Center.

Speaker 3 (01:47:51):
From R ktrh generator super center twenty four Are where the.
Center terry is here the blue that, was in the
sky it's filling in. Now with the clouds so.

Speaker 12 (01:48:00):
Here.

Speaker 18 (01:48:00):
We go again yeah now it's not to say that
we're not going, to see any sunshine but with a
little disturbance that's Out there in the, gulf heading our
way we're going to see more clouds and, increase in
the rain. The showers and thunderstorms they could start to pop,
up LATE this morning but i really think the bulk

(01:48:21):
of the rain. Is in the afternoon, but here's the
thing having rain possibility with, some of, these storms you
know these isolated downpours that we often see, in the summer.

Speaker 6 (01:48:31):
Months and then some.

Speaker 18 (01:48:33):
Gusty winds as well so we'll be keeping you posted
if anything. Gets out of control seventy percent, chance of
those thunderstorms load, of mid nineties today sixty percent, chance more.
Rain tomorrow forty Percent Chants, of rain thursday friday. We
got to break that's your best day if you want
to do something outside without worrying about the thunder and
lightning and, rain and all that and a fifty percent

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chance Of.

Speaker 6 (01:48:54):
More wet weather saturday.

Speaker 3 (01:48:57):
RIGHT now it's Eighty i Your Officials Severe weathers station
news RADIO. Seven, forty k trh yeah we wondered The.
Same thing during harvey did only seven. Fifty two Our
time here, In Houston's morning NEWS Tom Ramsey Joins, us
harris county commissioner the lone Right Spot On the harris county, commission,
to talk about well something that when you get, Right,

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down to it tom how Do? You prepare for harvey
what could? We have done differently what have We done
differently since harvey to prepare for a repeat if, That should. Ever, Happen,
god forbid well jamie thank.

Speaker 38 (01:49:29):
You for having me this, is a important topic not
only considering, what happened last week the tragedy.

Speaker 6 (01:49:36):
That happened last week But.

Speaker 38 (01:49:38):
We STILL remember harvey but i can tell you, every
storm Is. DIFFERENT whether it's elisha I remember the night
alisha came about three. O'CLOCK in the morning i thought
it was going to all be. Over at that point
that was, in The, early eighties Then, allison Then Tax,
day THEN memorial day then I, and then finally harvey

(01:49:59):
and and, every storm is different but there's certain things you.
Gotta do preparation wise i'm Not SAYING THIS, because i'm
o ktrh but get your radio tuned in because one
of the biggest problems we have in a storm event
we saw this this past week, is people, getting information
getting alerts knowing what's happening because you don't know where

(01:50:23):
the rain is, going to fall necessarily and being aware
that the storm has moved Like. It did in harvey
IT came over the uh the areas to the NORTH
and WEST of us and uh they just dumped, thirty
inches of rain but it all fell at the at the,
at the right, time as it were and and certain

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areas were flooded. While Other Areas weren't tropical storm allison
WAS an equally damaging uh and that was just a
tropical Storm that went to. Lufkin and came back so
people have. Got to pay attention and, we IN the
county and i know that my other colleagues, and the other.

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Precincts but we prepare i've got over two hundred and
fifty people. That are on alert when we get noticed
that a, storm may be hitting so they put assets in.
Different areas and locate we know the areas that are likely,
to flood an event we respond.

Speaker 3 (01:51:28):
And GET there well and i know some of the
first responders have gotten new equipment to help. With a
flooding situation we just weren't used to. That LEVEL of
flooding but i know a lot of the fire departments
now have boats and other things that they can do
out to help. With high water rescues exactly.

Speaker 38 (01:51:45):
That we have added we had equipment every year and you.
Learn from every storm and when you consider probably the
worst storm that in history is a. Storm of nineteen hundred, so,
when they say well this, is a recent. Phenomenon, Of
course not no we've Been having storms in texas in
this area for well over one hundred years that that we. Can,

(01:52:10):
we can document well it's.

Speaker 3 (01:52:11):
It's part of it's part. Of where we, live and,
it's uh you know we we knew that. Before we
built here so we just we did we live? In,
a plot, line yeah. We did we do always good, to,
Talk to you sir thank. You for Your Time That
Is Harris. County commissioner tom ramsey y'all. Have a great day,
we'll see tomorrow morning BRIGHT. And early five am hope
to see you THIS afternoon four on AM nine fifty
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