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Re: NC mountains
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/
txcoastal1
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Re: NC mountains
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/
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/
txcoastal1
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Re: NC mountains
I have friends in the Hendersonville (south Asheville) area in a fairly steep area. Here is what they just posted.
EndersShadow
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Re: NC mountains
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
treitz3
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Re: Sonos new app
Yup and the app has improved but there are still many things wrong with it. It's now October and we have been dealing with this since May.
mantis
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Re: NC mountains
It all takes time...
After Ike in Galveston, the homes that still stood looked like boulders ran through them. 80% of the homes and business flooded anywhere from 2'-15'. The debris left on the island was moved off to a very large parcel of land by the dumpster loads, then later put on railcars and hauled off the island.
The water and sewage infrastructure was decimated, meaning even if your house made it, you were not allowed to use the bathroom. The communication networks fiber and copper, all gone. The Red Cross had brought in portable mini towers/boosters and placed them all over the island for cell comm.
I came back on the island 2 days after the storm as I had and Essential Personnel Tag, without it, you were not let on the island for over another week, and even that was limited. Getting to the island was a chore as the the Gulf Fwy was littered with debris, boats, vehicles, and yachts. Once on the island it was spooky with all the military, 1st responders, even military aircraft swarming the island.
The island lost 40% of there residents. Many homes were never returned too, were even a year later, never entered....people just left during the evacuation and never came back.
I camped out in my home for 3 weeks, before I got power. I took my baths with bottled water, I hauled my personal waste off in a bucket when I went to work.
My wife and dogs were in Dallas with my daughter in Dallas. I was without power for the first week, till my buddy on the west side of Houston was done with his generator. The first couple of days weren't so bad. I had started freezing jugs and bottles of water 3 days before the storm and stuffing them in my fridge and freezer. So I was of the very few that didn't lose mine. Had wood for the pit, and propane for the grill and cooked for myself and the neighbors till it ran out. Then most left...and without the Etag could not return. Still consider myself and my family blessed and lucky.
Helene victims will rebuild, some will move on, the state will start accessing soon and engineers will figure it out. I feel for those, because I know I can evacuate, but they were victims like a tornado...no warning.
Mother Nature controls it all, she bares us fruit, and sometimes rotten circumstances.
After Ike in Galveston, the homes that still stood looked like boulders ran through them. 80% of the homes and business flooded anywhere from 2'-15'. The debris left on the island was moved off to a very large parcel of land by the dumpster loads, then later put on railcars and hauled off the island.
The water and sewage infrastructure was decimated, meaning even if your house made it, you were not allowed to use the bathroom. The communication networks fiber and copper, all gone. The Red Cross had brought in portable mini towers/boosters and placed them all over the island for cell comm.
I came back on the island 2 days after the storm as I had and Essential Personnel Tag, without it, you were not let on the island for over another week, and even that was limited. Getting to the island was a chore as the the Gulf Fwy was littered with debris, boats, vehicles, and yachts. Once on the island it was spooky with all the military, 1st responders, even military aircraft swarming the island.
The island lost 40% of there residents. Many homes were never returned too, were even a year later, never entered....people just left during the evacuation and never came back.
I camped out in my home for 3 weeks, before I got power. I took my baths with bottled water, I hauled my personal waste off in a bucket when I went to work.
My wife and dogs were in Dallas with my daughter in Dallas. I was without power for the first week, till my buddy on the west side of Houston was done with his generator. The first couple of days weren't so bad. I had started freezing jugs and bottles of water 3 days before the storm and stuffing them in my fridge and freezer. So I was of the very few that didn't lose mine. Had wood for the pit, and propane for the grill and cooked for myself and the neighbors till it ran out. Then most left...and without the Etag could not return. Still consider myself and my family blessed and lucky.
Helene victims will rebuild, some will move on, the state will start accessing soon and engineers will figure it out. I feel for those, because I know I can evacuate, but they were victims like a tornado...no warning.
Mother Nature controls it all, she bares us fruit, and sometimes rotten circumstances.
txcoastal1
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