Texas County's Lack of Warning Sirens
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Hard-hit Texas county had no flood warning sirens despite years of discussions

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At least 84 of the deaths occurred in Kerr County , including 27 children at Camp Mystic , an all-girls Christian summer camp near the banks of the Guadalupe River .
Records show Kerr County commissioners' court discussed installing flood warning sirens for nearly a decade .
"There should have been sirens here," says Texas Lt . Gov. Dan Patrick .
Officials concede they were caught off guard by torrential rains that caused the Guadalupe River to rise to near-historic levels in a matter of minutes .
"We didn't know this flood was coming," Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state began preparing for the storm last Wednesday .
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