Disaster Recovery Efforts - The immediate focus should be on recovery efforts and supporting grieving families affected by the flooding in Texas [2][3][6] - There will be time later to evaluate what could have been done to prevent the tragedy [3][4][6] - Emergency management is a tiered system, with federal assistance available if local and state resources are insufficient [16] Weather Monitoring and Warning Systems - A bill was filed to address rural weather monitoring systems to better predict storms [4] - Discussions are ongoing about improving warning systems after monitoring systems are in place [5] - The bill focuses on monitoring low-level weather systems, particularly in rural areas where radar coverage is limited [9][10] - The recent flooding highlights the challenges of monitoring and warning about storms in rural America [10] State Legislative Action - The Texas state legislature will likely discuss how to prevent similar events in the future [14] - The state legislature may consider an emergency flood warning system [15] - Texas is believed to have sufficient financial resources to address the issues related to the flooding [17][18]

And joining me now is Illinois Democratic Congressman and former meteorologist Eric Sorenson. You certainly bring skills to this and understanding of what uh can be such a complex situation with weather. We appreciate uh getting your insight on this.As you know, the governor of Texas may have a news conference at any moment. So bear with me if we have to step away, but let's start with your knowledge about this. uh you have worked along with uh Texas Congressman Moran trying to introduce a bipartisan bill t ...