The former White House information officials: The right technology could have saved dozens of Texas floods. My industry needs to escalate opinion star-news.press/wp

Hearts are broken throughout America and the world with the continued destructive stories of Texas in crystallization. The rising water of the Guadalobi River called more than a hundred lives. Mystic camp, a summer camp for girls in The Hill Country, lost dozens of camps in the mutation, along with the employees who died in an attempt to save the girls who entrusted him to take care of them.

As a mother, my heart suffers for all families who will never be able to carry their loved ones again. As a veterans in the technology industry for more than 30 years, my minds are racing in the ways that we can intensify our efforts to help ensure that such tragedies did not happen again. We have technology at the present time, today, to issue previous warnings of strange weather events, identify areas at greater risk, and provide the largest possible number of lives when the worst occurs.

A devastating event shows us such a place that we can and should do better. To see many Americans use this horror as another country to strike only political opponents that destroys the tragedy more. Not only is the ghoul, it is not fruitful. It will not restore the woolen vehicle in the camp, or save any other life in the future. Peace and renewal will come from finding solutions and implementing them, not a scapegoat.

We can start with harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for a positive thing, not only replacing beginners jobs and avoiding Deepfake Celebristy. Artificial intelligence tools can be used to draw a map of the flood -exposed areas, and the model in floods, fire and storms for each boycott in America, while paying special attention to weak sites such as camps, schools and hospitals. These maps can then share with local officials and those responsible for the installations at risk, to help them develop plans to mitigate their risk and enable previous evacuations. AI can also unify national weather, law enforcement, community data or camp for smooth communication.

Early reports indicate that there are many issues that reach alerts that reach the population in weak areas. To enhance communications, the assignment of specialized applications that provide national weather service alerts directly to the application of law and employees in the camps and other weak rural sites, which exceed “do not bother”, can guarantee time and critical notifications. There are versions of these in war -torn countries such as Israel and Ukraine to warn the missile attacks received. They can awaken people even in the death of the night. If there are restrictions on cell service, a network of satellite backups (such as Starlink) or radio alert alert devices can be implemented.

There are recent examples of advanced technology that is used for a significant effect in the wake of catastrophic floods. After Hurricane Helen across the western state of North Carolina in 2024, Elon Musk and Spacex published hundreds of stations of stars – some through FEMA, and some of them on their own – to enable the respondents’ contacts in emergency situations and allow the displaced population to contact loved ones and the rest of the outside world. Musk also presented Starlink as a connector for rural areas, defending its inclusion in the stock and publishing program (Bead) of $ 42 billion, some of which are at risk of floods and other extremist weather conditions.

The role of Musk in national policy may have controversy in court, but its emergency spreading to Starlink stations after Helen explains how the technology industry can successfully climb to the catastrophe. Sometimes, this means partnership with government agencies, which we know can be slow and ineffective – as we cannot adhere to our features in the world of technology. Sometimes, this means putting people before profit – something I feel that our field is getting worse in doing.

Although their demands are on the contrary, Big Tech is not strong. Sufi tragedy cannot be prevented from the next camp on its own. There is a place for low -tech measures, such as old schools, such as unusually loud pods that can be installed in high -risk areas can scream a warning of danger to miles without digital ingredients at all. Each high -tech or low -tech solution will require new training and implementation plans for ordinary officials and citizens to get used to them.

But these are small harassment compared to the thought that is not explored by another empty seat at the dinner table, leaving another small bed empty except for a single stuffed animal waiting for a child that he will not embrace again. If there is any meaning in such a meaningless tragedy, it must be found in reminding us of what matters. For those in technology, we must remember the importance of using our talents and training not only to simplify corporate profits, but to make the world a little better – and even, where we can, to save lives.

Theresa Payton is the CEO of Fortalice Solutions. She occupied the first White House official during the era of President George W. Bush.

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