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‘West Virginia Boys’ move a literal mountain to build a road so Helene victims can finally return home: ‘Nothing short of miraculous’
NY Post ^ | 10/27/24 | Olivia Land

Posted on 10/27/2024 5:45:15 AM PDT by Libloather

CHIMNEY ROCK, West Virginia — Blue-collar workers prevailed over bureaucracy in Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina by rebuilding a highway at breakneck speed on their own terms – allowing residents to finally return home.

Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock washed away by Helene.

Chimney Rock residents who fled the hurricane one month ago will now be able to return home for the first time within a few days, months earlier than they expected.

“The river swallowed the road, so I haven’t been home since the hurricane,” Robin Phillips, 49, told The Post.

“The West Virginia boys have moved the mountains. All of the roads were just gone, until now. It’s nothing short of miraculous.

“I haven’t been to my house since the flood but I know very soon I’ll be able to. Without their help, who knows, it would be months before I could access our house.”

**SNIP**

The miners, who were all volunteering their time, were too sheepish about building a highway without legal permission to speak on the RECORD.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), North Carolina Department of Transportation and the local Sheriff’s office all visited the site but turned a blind eye to the unsanctioned build.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food; Weather
KEYWORDS: chimneyrock; disaster; fema; helene; highway; hurricanehelene; miracle; mountain; nc; westvirginia; westvirginiaboys; wv
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“The Army Corps of Engineers took a look and said they’d send some surveyors and engineers, the same thing the DOT said pretty much. I told them you might as well not waste your time because the West Virginia guys will have this road built before you finish your paperwork,” Lewis continued.

Git 'er done.

1 posted on 10/27/2024 5:45:15 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), North Carolina Department of Transportation and the local Sheriff’s office all visited the site but turned a blind eye to the unsanctioned build.

They'll eventually be charged with something.

2 posted on 10/27/2024 5:48:50 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad
They'll eventually be charged with something.

Not federally if Trump is elected.

Not locally if the local politicians want to stay in office.

3 posted on 10/27/2024 5:56:26 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Libloather

I told them you might as well not waste your time because the West Virginia guys will have this road built before you finish your paperwork,” Lewis continued.

and there it is...


4 posted on 10/27/2024 5:57:42 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Libloather

It shows the incompetence of the federal gubmint.


5 posted on 10/27/2024 5:57:42 AM PDT by exnavy
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To: Libloather

I wish Baby Dog’s Dad would turn those miners loose on our roads here in the hollers and ridges of West Virginia.


6 posted on 10/27/2024 5:58:01 AM PDT by chalkfarmer (I)
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To: marktwain

I’m with you.


7 posted on 10/27/2024 5:59:27 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Libloather
More pics here...

A group of coal miners from West Virginia have finished building a road from Big Chimney in under a week.

God bless those miners!

8 posted on 10/27/2024 5:59:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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...but turned a blind eye to the unsanctioned build....

Riiiiiight.

According to whom, NYP?

Does anyone actually believe that BS?!

9 posted on 10/27/2024 6:01:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: johniegrad

So why did they visit the sight, eh?

Likely to shut it down and someone thought better of it.

I’d like to see someone FOIA the communications regarding the alleged site visit/s.

Bet the info would be interesting.


10 posted on 10/27/2024 6:02:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Libloather

My money says Garland is reviewing environmental regulations and Highway Construction laws as we speak and will likely come down hard on these folks with Severe Criminal Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture. It’s just what commies do when you make them look bad.


11 posted on 10/27/2024 6:02:50 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Libloather

Nothing illustrates the difference between socialism/communism (government) versus capitalism (free individual people and enterprise) better than this story and the one about the 15 DHS workers moving one log that would fit in your fireplace, a whopping 15 feet.


12 posted on 10/27/2024 6:04:48 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: johniegrad

“Government and non-profits do not select for managers with the ability to deliver results. They select for people who are good at playing the game of status and power within an organization.”

I’m 78 ,born in Canada,,, naturalized US citizen,,,
True Words!


13 posted on 10/27/2024 6:06:56 AM PDT by Big Bill in TN (Army Vet.here. I know how to fix stupid, but it will hurt!)
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To: mewzilla
Likely to shut it down and someone thought better of it.

Bad "optics" in an election season.

14 posted on 10/27/2024 6:10:18 AM PDT by johniegrad
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I would not be surprised if the government will force the road to be destroyed because an environmental impact study was not done prior to the road opening.


15 posted on 10/27/2024 6:11:41 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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“...the 15 DHS workers moving one log that would fit in your fireplace, a whopping 15 feet.”

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It’s on YouTube...


16 posted on 10/27/2024 6:12:53 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for The Anti-War President...🇺🇦...Dem☭crats...)
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To: johniegrad

Yup.

Turned a blind eye, my arse.

If someone could make public the communications that went on before the site visit, bet that would make interesting reading right before the election...


17 posted on 10/27/2024 6:12:59 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

If those comms suddenly disappear, that would be interesting, too.. .


18 posted on 10/27/2024 6:14:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“ I would not be surprised if the government will force the road to be destroyed because an environmental impact study was not done prior to the road opening.”

I would not want to be the bureaucrat who made that decision.
He would do well to have his affairs in order.


19 posted on 10/27/2024 6:18:05 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: mewzilla

I can not put into words how much I love my fellow Americans. Look at what can be accomplished when people just get out of the way of these miracle workers. It makes your heart swell with pride when you see how they just turn up for each other. Gods people in Gods country.


20 posted on 10/27/2024 6:18:58 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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