Barry Freed writes:

Hello reprobates, apologies for the very short notice but I'm back in town and meeting a bunch of you this Tuesday July 8 at Half Pint/Ernie's Bar at W3rd and Thompson in NYC. Festivities begin around 5 pm. Lurkers most welcome.
Hope to see you there.

This guy basically says, "Look, the cuts at the NOAA and NWS are deadly and I'm openly opposed to them, but they did not contribute to the flooding tragedy." He stops short of identifying what needs to happen to prevent future tragedies, though.

(I'm willing to blame Texas officials for not prioritizing funding for local emergency warning systems, although of course that specific bill wouldn't have helped this specific emergency.)