Kerrville leaders caught off guard by July 4 floods, internal messages reveal

Newly released text messages and emails show Kerrville city officials were unprepared for the deadly July 4 flooding that devastated the Texas Hill Country. Records obtained by KSAT Investigates reveal candid exchanges between city leaders, including a comment from Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice referring to U.S. Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem as “basically homeland Barbie” after a joint press briefing.