{"id":41165,"date":"2025-07-31T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kerr-county-emergency-official-says-he-was-sick-and-asleep-when-deadly-flash-floods-hit-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:13:01","slug":"kerr-county-emergency-official-says-he-was-sick-and-asleep-when-deadly-flash-floods-hit-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kerr-county-emergency-official-says-he-was-sick-and-asleep-when-deadly-flash-floods-hit-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerr County emergency official says he was sick and asleep when deadly flash floods hit Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kerr County&#8217;s emergency manager testified at a hearing Thursday that he was sick and asleep when the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-floods-missing-people-death-toll-climbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deadly flash floods<\/a><\/span> hit Central Texas on July 4, killing at least 135 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>William B. Thomas IV, who has been serving as Kerr County emergency management coordinator since 2015, said at the start of a hearing held by state lawmakers in Kerrville that he was in bed on July 3, the day before the floods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my absence, my supervisors and sheriff&#8217;s office leadership were aware that I was off duty,&#8221; Thomas said. He also testified he missed emergency briefings due to illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials have faced questions over their preparedness and the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-flood-emergency-alerts-timeline\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">speed of their initial actions<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Most deaths during the floods were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maps-texas-flash-flooding-camp-mystic\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">along the Guadalupe River<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Kerr County, including at least 27 campers and staff from Camp Mystic. Many of the campers who died were the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-flooding-victims-camp-mystic\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">camp&#8217;s youngest attendees<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/history-warned-of-the-central-texas-guadalupe-river-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hill Country region<\/a><\/span> is naturally prone to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/flash-flood-difficult-combat-nature-rescue-experts-plan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">flash flooding<\/a><\/span>\u00a0because its dry, dirt-packed soil cannot soak up heavy rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/09\/cd93d30c-30ef-4aae-b438-809ec6c50879\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c7d1f863b1cbf46ea9308285232236fb\/gettyimages-2224174086-16x9.jpg#\" alt=\"Gov. Greg Abbott speaks after the deadly flash flooding in Texas on July 4, 2025. \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/09\/cd93d30c-30ef-4aae-b438-809ec6c50879\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c7d1f863b1cbf46ea9308285232236fb\/gettyimages-2224174086-16x9.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/09\/cd93d30c-30ef-4aae-b438-809ec6c50879\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/78e6396a9c167aaba004e8c6d2b537fc\/gettyimages-2224174086-16x9.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Gov. Greg Abbott visits the area after deadly flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, on July 4, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following testimony from officials, the committee heard from several residents, advocates and counselors about how events unfolded during the flooding, as well as challenges residents are still facing and how counties can better prepare for future disasters. Educators and mental health counselors also spoke about the resources available for Kerr County residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One resident who spoke at the hearing said she lives 5 miles from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-flood-camp-mystic-buildings-removed-from-100-year-flood-map-by-fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Camp Mystic<\/a><\/span>. By 4:05 a.m., as the waters rose around their home, she said and her husband evacuated in their pick-up truck, and the &#8220;flood was chasing us, it was rising so fast.&#8221; She said there was no way to be rescued at a certain point except by helicopter, and many residents huddled at the Hunt Methodist Church for hours, not knowing whether they would live or die. She said their house stayed intact but was flooded by 12 feet of water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another resident testified that when her family tried to escape the rising water at the vacation house the family has owned for a century, access to the highway and roads was blocked off and fenced. Although their home was situated on a bluff at least 40 feet above the normal water level, flooding still rose around their home, leaving them trapped and helpless. Their family climbed onto cars and trees as the waters swirled, staying there for hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized the need to focus on recovery for residents in the communities of Hunt and Ingram, where they said many friends and neighbors lost their homes or lives in the deadly storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others testified that residents had found victims&#8217; remains in the river. State Senator Jos\u00e9 Men\u00e9ndez said at the hearing that cadaver dogs need to be brought in to help.<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Jeffrey Baker <a href=\"https:\/\/kerrcountylead.com\/the-jeffrey-family-emlyn-penelope-and-madelyn-jeffrey-july-4-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">testified<\/a>\u00a0that her 11-year-old daughter Emmy and her parents were killed by the deadly floodwaters that swept them away from their vacation cabin at Casa Bonita. Her parents bought the cabin in 2008, and they have summered in the area since the 1990s, Baker said. &#8220;The river that we loved so much killed them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/31\/ef6a0739-3e96-4c92-9401-2ad744a5468c\/thumbnail\/620x298\/a1549b70913733eb4b90a7fd1dc32873\/screenshot-2025-07-31-at-4-10-53-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-07-31-at-4-10-53-pm.png \" height=\"298\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/31\/ef6a0739-3e96-4c92-9401-2ad744a5468c\/thumbnail\/620x298\/a1549b70913733eb4b90a7fd1dc32873\/screenshot-2025-07-31-at-4-10-53-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Alicia Jeffrey Baker testifies in Kerr County about the loss of her 11-year-old daughter and parents in the July 4 deadly flash floods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baker said her parents were found the following day after she waited more than 12 hours for information on what happened to her loved ones. She said her daughter was not identified until July 10, and her body was so badly decomposed that the only way they were able to confirm it was her daughter was through her charm bracelet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to do better for the people in this community,&#8221; Baker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara  Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. 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