Larry Linenschmidt chose his words carefully as he testified to Texas lawmakers earlier this month about the state’s deadly July 4 floods.
He introduced himself as a conservative and an evangelical Christian before he made his pitch: Texas has to move people out of its floodways on rivers, starting with the Guadalupe River.
The reason is simple, he said. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico are getting hotter.
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“Warmer air holds more moisture, leading to heavier rainfall,” Linenschmidt told lawmakers at a hearing Aug. 5. “The rainfall we just experienced is not the strongest Texans will endure. We need to look forward, not backward.”
