Posted on 10/04/2024 6:48:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Residents in North Carolina are frustrated with the federal government’s response in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which has already taken the lives of more than 220 people.
Helene, the deadliest mainland hurricane since Hurricane Katrina, hit the people of North Carolina particularly hard. Large portions of Asheville, Chimney Rock, Swannanoa, and Biltmore Village were wiped out by flooding, and the western part of state is struggling with limited power, internet, and cell service, and water systems have been destroyed.
Suffering residents say the federal government has offered little help and has been far too slow to respond. For example, one woman from Asheville was asked if she had any “faith” in the feds. She responded, “No. No.”
“Nobody’s going to help us,” she said.
“FEMA is not on the ground there at all, not in these towns and not in these villages,” another resident said on NBC News airwaves.
Another resident said that in the absence of help from the federal government, private citizens have been stepping up to help one another.
“What there is, is lines of private planes that have landed and are taking off; they have dropped off supplies and personnel,” he said. “See, America is responding. The government is telling us there’s no way to get in, but America is not listening. And God bless America.”
“We heard that Biden was just, ya know, gonna be flying around — it kind of just made us feel like, as our president, where is the guidance?” one woman asked, adding that she felt almost “abandoned” by the federal government.
“Where is our f***ing government?” a young man tearfully said in a video posted on TikTok. He noted that he’s an “avid supporter” of VP Kamala Harris, but is frustrated she merely put out a statement instead of visiting North Carolina. Harris will reportedly visit North Carolina soon.
“Where is our government?” he said. “Where is the f***ing president?”
“[Kamala Harris], you broke my heart,” the video is captioned.
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@yeehawjace @Kamala HQ you broke my heart. #wnc #westernnorthcarolina #appalachia ♬ original sound – Yeehaw Jace 🤠 “What the government is doing right now to the entire state of North Carolina and Tennessee is nothing short of just plain awful,” another young woman said, noting that she still can’t locate her elderly aunt. “Like, I do not physically have the words for it. There is no government aid. None. Zero. Zilch.”
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North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards (R) has also criticized the slow response from FEMA, calling it “disappointing.”
Underscoring the chaos, Edwards said counties in his area were in desperate need of water, and at one point, 400 pallets of food and water dropped by FEMA were not able to be located by state officials.
It’s a Republican area, they want loeer voter turnout. Does anyone doubt that?
Make it so those in red areas can’t vote, collect NC’s electoral votes on election day.
Dems are soulless scum who care about nothing but power. The media are Dems to the core. I could not hate them more than I do now.
The response of Traitorjoe, Commie-La, and FEMA to the citizens of western NC is essentially “Let them eat cake.”
Hopefully, an eye-opener for some voters.
That one idiot is a staunch Harris supporter, but she broke his heart. I bet he still votes for her and then he can cry some more. Pansy.
[‘Nobody’s Going To Help Us’: Residents In NC Rip Feds, Biden And Harris For Slow Response [220+ dead]]
Need to link the thread where Democrat Kamala Harris says Whitey gonna get help last
Con man
Video
Mayorkas 3 months ago: FEMA is “tremendously prepared” for hurricane season
Mayorkas today: FEMA is out of money and can’t make it through hurricane season. “We do not have the funds”
https://rumble.com/v5hds91-mayorkas-3-months-ago-fema-is-tremendously-prepared-for-hurricane-season.html
Does anyone doubt though that if this area was a populous Dem-voting region (like New Orleans during Katrina), the Left-wing media (and politicians) would be screaming from the mountaintops about the need to get quick aid and repair efforts underway?
TRUMP WOULD HAVE HELPED ALL OF YOU !
WOMEN WHO VOTED AGAINST TRUMP BECAUSE OF MEAN TWEETS ARE TO BLAME!
AND ALL DEMOCRATS ARE TO BLAME!
agreed. wonder how many of those counties will vote blue?
Yet Buttplug is efficient at preventing private aid flights from landing in NC.
The military should be there in huge numbers right now. Heavy equipment operators. Bodies are still in trees. No sense of urgency.
IIRC, there is a local FEMA and the Federal FEMA.
Asheville is lib lib lib.
And now dem are having 4pm prayer groups.
Come to God moment for dem.
Amazing isn’t it?
That’s right. Fort Bragg is not far and they have huge assets that could be used. Won’t happen, though.
That area is democrat! A lot of liberal moved there over the years plus there’s a nearby university.
There is, but like all true blue bureaucrats, no one does anything until someone higher up tells them to, and exactly that and nothing else. That goes across all departments and all levels. Nothing will happen until the person at the upper level says it will happen...................
Good thing they got their early votes in for Cameltoe.
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