In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas, state leaders are exploring whether to install more flood warning sirens.

"But without investment and urgency, they remain ideas on paper - until the next flood turns them into regrets. The River Will Rise Again. That's not fear. It's fact." ...

Thomas Reese Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese's column for Religion News Service, "Signs of the Times," appears regularly at National Catholic Reporter.