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Just got in my Google travel log for last month. It's actually missing some areas I visited from the week before that. On the right is all work related stuff. On the left is fun time stuff. I'm up in the mountains often and many of the photos I have seen, I can easily place where they are. Heck, even the wife recognized where the temporary rock/mud road coming out of Banner Elk was.



We have cancelled all of our mountain trips for this year, as to not burden the local folks. It takes too long to get up to the cabins near Byson City (where Carverfest is held) due to roads being closed until late next year.

I will be able to take the family up to my Dad's cabin to go visit him. His area didn't get hit that bad. The main damage in that area (near Lake Toxaway) was down at the stream/river basins and the power infrastructure. He finally has power again (and can communicate good now with the outside world).

Tom

More pics of the destruction.

WilliamM2 wrote: »

txcoastal1 wrote: »

@Kex And you took it political...get out of this thread, or we can discuss the border(FEMA) and Ukraine

You can stay only if you pledge.....

He didn't take it political, others mentioned FEMA misinformation yesterday.
Discuss away:

https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-fema-hurricane-helene-relief-funding-biden-1963998

While the funds are distributed by FEMA, they do not come from the agency's budget.

Keep spreading that misinformation from your glorious orange leader.

Maybe it was KJP that spread the misinformation

https://x.com/Apoctoz/status/1842578046081282531?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1842578046081282531|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=safari-reader://therightscoop.com/breaking-white-house-karine-jean-pierre-told-a-big-fat-lie-about-biden-using-fema-aid-for-illegals-and-heres-the-proof/

On Point Rescue is try but need more transportations

Seems like many are answering on Facebook. Saw this on the news a couple days ago

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/10/04/trucks-drivers-needed-to-transport-essentials-to-hurricane-helenes-hardest-hit-areas/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/628919354995136/

I have friends in the Hendersonville (south Asheville) area in a fairly steep area. Here is what they just posted.

Perspective

billbillw wrote: »

Tom, I think there is press coverage on this. People are talking about it.

I was cautious when I made that post because I didn't want to turn this thread into a political discussion. After hearing from people in the area, seeing videos (not on the MSM) and photographs, there was much more "news" that I hadn't heard a peep of on the national level at that time. Only devastation coverage, which was appropriate.

The news I am talking about is finally starting to come out and frankly, it's about damned time.

It all started when I first heard a report of a volunteer Helicopter flying near Lake Lure (on his own dime, mind you), who had just rescued....tell you what. Just type in these keywords into a browser and you can read from any news source you want. helicopter pilot lake lure fire department rescue husband behind arrest

I heard this and was infuriated. Then I started hearing about other "news" from the area that the "help" wasn't really helping, only hindering and then reports of donations for the hurricane victims being seized and used for another disaster because the donations did not come from a "preferred" vendor. Then you heard yesterday about the engineer reporting about the Starlink distribution and the banning of videos. Then there is the title 10 thing.

You add it all up and I was getting frustrated at seeing the destruction, knowing what was actually happening and not seeing even a hint of it on the national scene. Well, it all seems to be slowly trickling out now for all to see. That's what I was talking about.

Reporting on the destruction is one thing. All media outlets have done a fine job on this IMO. That said, reporting on the confiscation of donated supplies, the threats of arrests for those pilots who were trying to rescue people, the thwarting at all levels of getting supplies to those who desperately need it (and the list goes on extensively), along with the very clear perceived element of covering up what they didn't want the general public to know (about any of this), is what really burst my bubble.

It's out there now, so there is no stopping that domino effect. All one has to do now, is a little bit of research. It does need to be known by all Americans, though.

This should explain part of my frustration. At the same time of knowing about all of the aforementioned, I am reading posts like this from folks who are in the area of destruction....so I had a very heavy heart and was fuming at "certain entities" at the same time. Please allow me to share this heart wrenching post from someone who lives up there and is going through this firsthand.







Tom