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North Carolina dumps on hurricane survivors and the Amish
American Thinker ^ | 26 Nov, 2024 | Mike McDaniel

Posted on 11/26/2024 4:30:04 AM PST by MtnClimber

And so it goes as Joe Biden fades to transparency and his handlers howl in outrage and plot Trump’s, and America’s, destruction.

After the horrific hurricane damage that destroyed or damaged as many as 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, one would think FEMA and local officials would move heaven and earth to get those affected out of flimsy tents and trailers and into solid dwellings as winter inexorably descends. One would think wrongly:

WNC resident (and X user) Margo reported last month that her area had "56 passenger bus load groups of skilled Amish carpenters coming down from Lancaster PA weekly to help build tiny homes for Cabins for Christ." Margo was doing her bit, looking for help finding room to lodge all of the volunteers. "We are bringing our own supplies and would be 100% self-sufficient," she posted, "Just need a place under [a] roof to sleep and house our volunteers from Monday night through Friday night every week."

That’s the kind of selflessness Americans have always revered. How many tiny homes have they built?

Teamed up with Cabins 4 Christ, the Amish volunteers have been working five-day shifts before swapping out for the next team of volunteers. Nobody seems to know how many tiny homes have been built. But I used my paid research assistant, ChatGPT, to do some investigating for me. For whatever it's worth, ChatGPT claims that "In disaster relief efforts, such as the recent North Carolina project, Amish carpenters often build small cabins in as little as 5 days."

If a small team can build a home each week, and there are hundreds of volunteers working for almost four weeks, they must have built more than a hundred quality cottages by now. All on their own dime.

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


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: amish; cabins4christ; disaster; fema; hurricane; northcarolina
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To: MtnClimber
This has nothing to do with Codes or Safety

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE city/county/state NOT GETTING THE MONEY FOR THE PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE PEOPLE !!!


41 posted on 11/26/2024 4:47:13 PM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: mabarker1

Yep. Again the government shows it only cares about its self.


42 posted on 11/26/2024 5:10:42 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Z28.310

Hey dip,
You completely misinterpreted my comment and insulted me.
I was suggesting ways they could claim these were alt structures and bypass the bureaucrats housing codes.
Pray for your own self-righteous vanity


43 posted on 11/26/2024 8:28:10 PM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Z28.310

Well said. Thank you for the reminder to pray for them; it is a privilege.


44 posted on 11/27/2024 5:19:00 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Your government hates you and wants you to die.

AMEN to that. Most Americans have NO IDEA what is going on in the Flood Zone.

45 posted on 11/27/2024 5:24:06 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: WildHighlander57

It is amusing to note that FEMA keeps extending the deadline for receiving assistance? Did it ever occur to these lintheads that free people (even in distress) want NOTHING to do with their data-mining operation?


46 posted on 11/27/2024 5:31:28 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: silverleaf

What you wrote was not clear at all, even after you explained what you were trying to say it doesn’t come across that way. The misinterpretation was understandable.

His post reminded me that I need to be more thankful and to do a better job of sharing what time and means I have been given.

I thought nothing less of you based on your 1st post ... I am sorry to say, that happened with your 2nd one.


47 posted on 11/27/2024 5:41:12 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)
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To: MtnClimber

On the Tennessee side...one has to wonder how many people are falling thru the cracks due to the UTTER INCOMPETENCE of government agencies??? Personal experience, here.


48 posted on 11/27/2024 11:28:07 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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