You might be joking, but this actually is the problem. The kids who died in the camp flood didn’t get a warning because the taxpayers didn’t want to pay for warning sirens.

https://thesagonline.com/officials-feared-flood-risk-to-youth-camps-but-rejected-warning-system/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/texas-flood-warnings-sirens.html