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Flash flood emergencies trigger evacuations in Texas 81%

7/16/2026, 12:31:18 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 56.4% saturation with 242 hits. Analysis detected 1,157 faulty-reasoning hits from 429 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 73.4% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,348 of 17,067 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 80.40% of the video peer group.

the flooding in Texas. More than 20 
inches of rain falling in some parts causing rivers and creeks to overflow. 
Rescues and evacuations are underway. 
Faith Aboobaker is on the scene and Faith, we're learning right now about an elevated flash flood emergency along the Guadalupe River. 
>> That's right, George. Good morning to you. 
A scary situation developing just north of us. 
People are being told in this area to remain vigilant this morning because officials had to quickly call for a shelter-in-place yesterday that impacted hundreds of homes in this neighborhood. 
This creek you hear behind me roaring this morning, it actually rose about 10 feet in just 90 minutes and pushed a wall of water and debris into the neighborhoods here and caused some evacuations as well. 
This morning, Central Texas facing life-threatening flooding. 
Parts of the Hill Country seeing half a year's worth of rain in a matter of days. 
Dozens of high water rescues underway as first responders navigated the rapidly rising water, going door-to-door to check on residents. 
Vehicle after vehicle submerged in the San Antonio suburb of Boerne. More than a foot of rain falling there. 
This woman rescued from the roof of a car. 
Floodwaters barreling through the streets, overtaking neighborhoods. 
>> It's amazing how quickly things have changed here in Boerne, Texas. 
This creek low and calm earlier is now raging out of control. 
>> The floodwaters were too much even for some of the emergency responders. 
This police vehicle left stranded and surrounded by churning water. Residents ordered to shelter-in-place. 
>> You can't get out. 
You're trapped. This is the worst I've ever seen. 
>> The danger was not limited to flooding. 
>> This is a tornado. 
>> An EF1 tornado with 100 mph winds touching down in San Antonio, crossing a busy interstate, sparking power lines, and debris flying in the sky. 
>> Oh, no. 
>> The roof of this apartment building ripped away damaging multiple businesses 
and the threat is not over. 
More rain on the way. 
>> The rain's going to come back tonight. 
It looks like with a vengeance again. 
So, I would urge caution. 
>> And Robin, back to that scary situation developing on the Guadalupe River. 
Officials say that the river gauge suggests that there is a a large and deadly wave of water flood wave that is moving down that river after it rose 32 ft in just 4 hours. 
Robin. 
>> Goodness, that scene behind you with all that rushing water. Faith, thank you. 
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Anchoring Bias
4%
Availability Heuristic
24%
Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
2.1%
Overconfidence Bias
16.1%
Framing Effect
9.3%
Loss Aversion
11.4%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
2.8%
Pessimism Bias
2.6%
Negativity Bias
56.4%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
7.7%
Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
7%
Primacy Effect
4.9%
Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
21.2%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
1.4%
Circular Reasoning
8.2%
Hasty Generalization
7%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
39.9%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
12.8%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
1.2%
Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
4.2%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
8.2%
Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
8.2%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
8.2%
Indoctrination
1.2%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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Analysis

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