The Texas floods were no 'natural' disaster

Growing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130 people in central Texas have been confirmed dead overall.

Had I been just a few years younger, it’s hard not to feel like I could’ve been one of those girls tragically lost.

But this tragedy was no “natural” disaster — it was political.

Texans have gotten used to “unprecedented” natural disasters. When I was growing up, we...