As Kerr County Leaders Avoid Alert Questions, New Audio Surfaces in CodeRED Timeline

Timeline of deadly Kerr County flood

The July Fourth flooding that caused chaos across Kerr County began early Friday morning.

Ex-Kerr County official says some Texas flood alerts were delayed amid authorization request

John David Trolinger, a former Kerry County, Texas, IT director and registered pilot, was part of the team that installed Code-Red at the county level more than a decade ago. It sends recorded messages and texts to warn people about life threatening emergencies, but Trolinger said he didn't receive an alert until hours after the flooding emergency began. CBS News' Jason Allen has more.

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Director who helped bring CodeRED to Kerr County says leadership lost sight of tool’s value

John David Trolinger was in his home’s radio room listening intently early Friday morning as the first water rescues took place on a rising Guadalupe River.“I was expecting the alerts to go off,” said Trolinger, who worked as Kerr County’s longtime IT director before retiring in 2019. He pushed for the county to first bring in the CodeRED emergency alert system in 2009.The service, which he recalled costing the county $25,000 a year, does not co…

As Kerr County leaders avoid alert questions, new audio surfaces in CodeRED timeline

KERR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Dispatch audio has surfaced from the critical hours before a deadly flood hit its height in Kerr County, helping piece together the timeframe local officials have yet to provide amid public scrutiny of their decisions on July 4. “We still have water coming up,” an Ingram volunteer firefighter is heard telling a county sheriff dispatcher at 4:22 a.m. “The Guadalupe Schumacher sign is underwater on State Highway 39. Is …

County encourages flood damage reporting following July 4 disaster

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