As of Friday, 2:40pm, the number of confirmed dead is 121 with 170 missing. A horrible tragedy. --- original text, 8:45pm Tuesday --- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in the past half-hour, has released the actual number of missing: "At least 160!" Terrifying.  [original text below] I've received a deluge of comments from multiple sources, so I wish to answer those comments here. My report on the meteorology behind the flood is here .  National Disaster Review Board   You will find more information about the proposed National Disaster Review Board (NDRB) and how it will function here and here .    The State of Texas has suffered nearly 1,200 flood deaths – most in the Hill Country – during the past 55 years. That number is staggering. This past autumn, we lost 249 souls because of Hurricane Helene. In 2011, 161 were killed because of a single tornado in Joplin, MO. National Weather Service tornado warnings are much  less  accurate than 15 years ago. These, and...