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« Reply #550 on: October 04, 2024, 04:02:09 pm »
Elon Musk has donated a lot of Starlink terminals to provide internet service to the affected areas of the southeast. FEMA is trying to block him, apparently. Must not have liked that Trump endorsement.

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA
 is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1842284913279586447
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Let me know where the blockades are and we’ll have NC State Police move them out of the way.
Already did it once, which is one reason why we have an escort now. FEMA has zero jurisdiction.
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« Reply #551 on: October 04, 2024, 04:10:42 pm »

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FEMA isn’t out of money just because they’re funding illegal immigration.

They’re out of money because they’re funding the largest human trafficking network the world has ever seen in cooperation with international drug cartels and a vast network of “NGOs”

This is treason.

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« Reply #552 on: October 04, 2024, 04:16:59 pm »
Elon Musk has donated a lot of Starlink terminals to provide internet service to the affected areas of the southeast. FEMA is trying to block him, apparently. Must not have liked that Trump endorsement.



So how is this not as much as an attack on a specific political opposition demographic, as what W was accused of in 2005?
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« Reply #553 on: October 04, 2024, 04:20:04 pm »
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Breaking: Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents

The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville

Yep, that's what happens when useless government hacks FAFO with mountain folk during disasters.

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« Reply #554 on: October 04, 2024, 04:21:05 pm »
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Breaking: Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents

The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville

Nobody recorded it on their phones? Color me skeptical.

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« Reply #555 on: October 04, 2024, 04:25:48 pm »
Nobody recorded it on their phones? Color me skeptical.
Perhaps their phones had no juice, and electricity has yet to be restored so that they might charge them.  :shrug:
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« Reply #556 on: October 04, 2024, 04:26:27 pm »
NICE TRY, but NO: Desperate FEMA Blames 'Rumors' for the Hurricane Response Backlash They've Received

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 |  3:00 PM on October 04, 2024

FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene has been, in a word, terrible.

And that's an understatement.

The Biden-Harris regime has made DEI FEMA's top priority and wasted hundreds of millions of FEMA funds on illegal immigration.

So while roads are washed out across the rural southeast U.S. and people are getting vital supplies delivered by drone and donkey, FEMA really doesn't want you to spread 'rumors' about how much they suck.


https://twitter.com/fema/status/1841965169334771722

Do your jobs and maybe people won't talk.

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« Reply #557 on: October 04, 2024, 04:29:08 pm »
Elon Musk: FEMA 'Actively Blocking' Volunteer Help in N.C.

 By Nicole Wells    |   Friday, 04 October 2024 01:57 PM EDT

Tech billionaire Elon Musk took to X on Friday afternoon to claim the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is "actively blocking" volunteers who try to help the struggling citizens of western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

"Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina," Musk wrote. "@FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!"

"Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC," Musk said his employee wrote. "We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We've deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.

"The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own," the post continued. "It's very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough."

Musk's allegation is not the only report of volunteers being blocked from assisting in the North Carolina rescue operations. A helicopter pilot hailing from South Carolina said he was threatened with arrest over the weekend for his efforts to rescue people trapped in the mountains.

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« Reply #558 on: October 04, 2024, 04:54:07 pm »
Nobody recorded it on their phones? Color me skeptical.

Good point...   How better to gas light a poor FEMA response than claiming crazy Scotch Irish hillbillies are attacking you.
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« Reply #559 on: October 04, 2024, 04:57:20 pm »

"The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own," the post continued. "It's very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough."

<snip>. Elon Musk


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This from Musk...  not a Social Media hack.    This is about as jaw dropping as it gets.....   And if FEMA is getting attacked in the field, it might be justified.
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« Reply #560 on: October 04, 2024, 05:00:18 pm »
FEMA is a federal agency.  Give the circumstances and the supposed rumors, what part of that government agency should we trust?

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« Reply #561 on: October 04, 2024, 05:07:40 pm »
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« Reply #562 on: October 04, 2024, 05:44:40 pm »
Nobody recorded it on their phones? Color me skeptical.

Maybe they were smart enough to no want any recordings.
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« Reply #563 on: October 04, 2024, 05:52:17 pm »
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SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA
 is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA
 wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1842284913279586447

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« Reply #564 on: October 04, 2024, 05:52:52 pm »
Maybe they were smart enough to no want any recordings.

Bingo...
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« Reply #565 on: October 04, 2024, 05:53:21 pm »
Let's see now. We have innumerable people seeking FEMA aid who were denied immediately upon applying for help, along with other eyewitness accounts - on the ground in hurricane-ravaged regions - of how FEMA's doing nothing, but we're supposed to believe Kommiela when she says they're handing out tens of thousands of dollars willy-nilly.  :whistle:
I have little doubt she is handing out gobs of money--just not in the southeast to American citizens.
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« Reply #566 on: October 04, 2024, 05:54:43 pm »
I have little doubt she is handing out gobs of money--just not in the southeast to American citizens.

Some earlier comments stated that FEMA was hijacking supplies.  Hell, they might be making money as an organization.
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« Reply #567 on: October 04, 2024, 05:59:48 pm »
Elon Musk: FEMA 'Actively Blocking' Volunteer Help in N.C.

 By Nicole Wells    |   Friday, 04 October 2024 01:57 PM EDT

Tech billionaire Elon Musk took to X on Friday afternoon to claim the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is "actively blocking" volunteers who try to help the struggling citizens of western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

"Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina," Musk wrote. "@FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!"

"Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC," Musk said his employee wrote. "We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We've deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.

"The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own," the post continued. "It's very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough."

Musk's allegation is not the only report of volunteers being blocked from assisting in the North Carolina rescue operations. A helicopter pilot hailing from South Carolina said he was threatened with arrest over the weekend for his efforts to rescue people trapped in the mountains.

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« Reply #568 on: October 04, 2024, 06:05:12 pm »
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Maybe we need to start running our own armed convoys into the region to deliver aid.
The government only has the authority that we've delegated to them.
Let's take some back.
Imagine the optics of them trying to halt an aid convoy.
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« Reply #569 on: October 04, 2024, 06:06:55 pm »
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Maybe we need to start running our own armed convoys into the region to deliver aid.
The government only has the authority that we've delegated to them.
Let's take some back.
Imagine the optics of them trying to halt an aid convoy.
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Sounds like southern Appalachia has turned into an episode of Mad Max...  Road Warrior
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« Reply #570 on: October 04, 2024, 06:07:34 pm »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fox-news-hosts-dishonestly-cut-off-kamala-harris-speech-to-claim-hurricane-victims-are-only-getting-750/ar-AA1rFA2P

Fox News Hosts Dishonestly Cut off Kamala Harris Speech to Claim Hurricane Victims Are Only Getting $750

The vice president continued:

FEMA is also providing tens of thousands of more dollars for folks to help them be able to deal with the home repair, to be able to cover a deductible when and if they have insurance, and also hotel costs. Today, I’m also announcing that the president has approved the governor’s request for 100% federal reimbursement of local costs… Also, we will be covering 100% of the local costs for food, water, and shelter.

That is a lot more than $750, to put it mildly.

It’s more shameless stuff from a shameless network.
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That's a load of shameless bullshit, completely contradicting on the ground (and aerial) reports.
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« Reply #571 on: October 04, 2024, 06:10:34 pm »
That's a load of shameless bullshit, completely contradicting on the ground (and aerial) reports.

For those of us who have went through 10 hurricanes, I can attest that he had 3, maybe 4 lies in that stupid ranted post.  Liars like him, aren't worth the bother.  And if we all ignore him, maybe he'll get bored.
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« Reply #572 on: October 04, 2024, 06:20:53 pm »
For those of us who have went through 10 hurricanes, I can attest that he had 3, maybe 4 lies in that stupid ranted post.  Liars like him, aren't worth the bother.  And if we all ignore him, maybe he'll get bored.
Sorry, I had been reading down the leftist nonsense on X, and that just blew it over the top. One or two lies, maybe, but I OD'd. My bad. Moderation in everything...
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« Reply #573 on: October 04, 2024, 06:25:44 pm »
For those of us who have went through 10 hurricanes, I can attest that he had 3, maybe 4 lies in that stupid ranted post.  Liars like him, aren't worth the bother.  And if we all ignore him, maybe he'll get bored.

I generally don't get past the first lie IF I get that far.
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« Reply #574 on: October 04, 2024, 06:25:59 pm »
Sorry, I had been reading down the leftist nonsense on X, and that just blew it over the top. One or two lies, maybe, but I OD'd. My bad. Moderation in everything...

No reason for apology.  He's the same leftist dipshit that called me a racist.  That blew his credible in its entirety/
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« Reply #575 on: October 04, 2024, 06:35:57 pm »
No reason for apology.  He's the same leftist dipshit that called me a racist.  That blew his credible in its entirety/
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« Reply #579 on: October 04, 2024, 07:29:20 pm »

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Work is being done by mainly churches -- yet our gov't is assisting efforts against Christianity.  :shrug:

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« Reply #582 on: October 04, 2024, 08:24:09 pm »
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WEAPONIZATION: Elon Musk posted that one of his SpaceX engineers on the ground in North Carolina is reporting that FEMA is blocking and seizing shipments of aid including Starlink receivers. The engineer reports that all Starlink shipments are on hold until they can get an escort from local first responders to protect them from the FEMA enforcers. Why is FEMA blocking aid shipments? Why is FEMA blocking deliveries of Starlink receivers? This is insane.


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« Reply #584 on: October 04, 2024, 10:43:24 pm »

https://twitter.com/Mark_R_Mitchell/status/1842329413934809374

When Elon, a man of basically limitless financial resources, offers you help, maybe accept it?

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« Reply #585 on: October 05, 2024, 08:25:16 am »
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FEMA wants you to know:

- After you apply for disaster assistance, they may contact within 10 days. Or maybe not.
- Don't worry. If FEMA comes to your destroyed home, they will practice social distancing. In 2024.
- Even though your entire life washed away in a Biblical flood, you must present photo ID.
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NASCAR driver 'should receive Presidential Medal of Freedom' for Hurricane Helene efforts, ESPN analyst says
Greg Biffle has used his private helicopter to deliver internet service and other supplies
Ryan Morik By Ryan Morik Fox News
Published October 3, 2024 7:45pm EDT

A NASCAR driver has been in North Carolina helping victims of Hurricane Helene.

Greg Biffle has posted numerous photos and videos of the destruction caused by the storm.

The 54-year-old has used his personal helicopter to deliver supplies and internet service to those who need it. He even located a stranded family while flying due to their use of a mirror against the sun. ... https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nascar-driver-should-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-hurricane-helene-efforts-espn-analyst-says?intcmp=tw_fnc
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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #588 on: October 05, 2024, 08:43:48 am »
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Same day.
$2M to South Carolina for hurricane relief.
$157M to Lebanon
9:49 PM · Oct 4, 2024

Right, and also how much did Biden give to Gaza?
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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #589 on: October 05, 2024, 08:48:46 am »
Helene Death Toll Passes 200, FEMA Accused of ‘Seizing’ Aid

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman Friday, October 4, 2024

The man-made disaster that is FEMA: Whistleblower details ‘waste’ of taxpayer funds and staff waiting in hotels.

The official death toll from Hurricane Helene is now 213, and desperate aid and recovery efforts continue throughout the American Southeast.

    Searches for missing loved ones grow more desperate each day as officials say hundreds are unaccounted for. Rescue crews are hindered by cell service outages and ruined roads and bridges as federal officials warn money to help people get back on their feet is tenuous with 57 days still left in the official hurricane season.

    …A massive relief effort is underway across the region to restore shredded power grids and rebuild damaged water and cell infrastructure. Transportation infrastructure across the region also has suffered “unprecedented damage” after Helene ripped up and washed out roads and blasted through bridges, Polly Trottenberg, deputy secretary of the US Transportation Department, said Thursday.

    Hundreds of roads remain closed, hampering efforts to send aid to hard-hit communities. And for those who left before Helene, the closures have delayed their return to check on family, friends and the state of their homes. Some areas are so inaccessible supplies are being delivered by mule and air.

The death toll is likely to be much higher when recovery efforts are complete, based on reports streaming in from social media.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) faces backlash over reports that claim the agency supplies indirect aid supporting illegal aliens. Then Mayorkas announced FEMA had no money for a second hurricane response.

The agency’s solution was an attempt to gaslight Americans…which was a poor choice.

Now the agency is facing allegations that relief workers are sitting idle without orders — and that those who are working are “seizing” aid deliveries and slow-walking distribution of Starlink satellite internet equipment.

    The allegations were outlined by Elon Musk, the CEO of Starlink operator SpaceX, and by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), citing on-the-ground whistleblowers as the death toll topped 215 across six states, making the storm the deadliest in America since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

    “Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!” Musk wrote on X.

    The note read: “Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks [sic] and outpour is it has saved many lives. The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own.

    ..[Congressman Matt] Gaetz, meanwhile, wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that “my office has been in contact with whistleblowers in numerous emergency-management functions at the federal, state, and local levels, and they all point to the same critical mismanagement issues.”

The FEMA whistleblower allegations are quite damning, especially in regards to the deployment of first responders.

    A letter from a whistleblower to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. details how the department has wasted and misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene and is now ‘exacerbating the emergency.’

    The letter also alleges ‘hundreds if not thousands’ of first responders and service members have been ‘without deployment orders’ with some waiting around in hotels while others ‘have sat idle’ as Americans throughout the southeast are in dire need.

    …’FEMA has wasted taxpayer funds misappropriated funds, and left other federal, state, and local responders without deployment orders on the ground,’ Gaetz, a close ally of ex-President Donald Trump, wrote.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/helene-death-toll-passes-200-fema-accused-of-seizing-aid/

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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #590 on: October 05, 2024, 09:24:55 am »
Blinken announces $157 million for Lebanon while Americans suffer.

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@SecBlinken5:04 PM · Oct 4, 2024

The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.

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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #591 on: October 05, 2024, 09:31:42 am »
I walked to Chimney Rock for answers... Hurricane Helene Aftermath


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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #592 on: October 05, 2024, 10:13:13 am »
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Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina.

@FEMA
 is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!

“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into  hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.

The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough.”
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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #594 on: October 05, 2024, 11:56:55 am »
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10 Shocking Stories the Media Buried Today

#10 - @glennbeck
 exposes how useless FEMA is in Asheville, NC.

First, he discovered that the FEMA crew was stationed OFF the main road, making them hard to find.

Next, FEMA admitted, "We got here yesterday," a full week late.

Then, a FEMA crew member told Beck that they have a “great” app, but nobody has internet in the area.

Beck asked how victims are supposed to find FEMA's location, and they replied, “That would be the news media’s job.”  The thing is, nobody has functioning TVs.

Then FEMA urged residents to listen to the radio in their cars for updates, the same cars that were washed away from the flood.

One crew member told Beck, “We actually go door to door.” Beck then asked, “When will that start?” The crew member replied, “That’s way above my head. Do you want to talk to my crew lead?”

Finally, the crew leader comes in and admits to Beck, “We don’t necessarily go door to door.”

THIS is what failure looks like.

Earlier today, @ElonMusk
 said, “FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!”

Musk posted this after a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina wrote to him, “The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping.”


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Re: Hurricane Helene
« Reply #595 on: October 05, 2024, 12:02:26 pm »
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$2M to South Carolina for hurricane relief.
$157M to Lebanon
9:49 PM · Oct 4, 2024


The cost to build a bridge is roughly 100 million per kilometer. that's 10 million for just over 100 yards. Factor in approaches, etc, and the whole amount won't get you across one 100 ft. wide river.
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« Reply #597 on: October 05, 2024, 12:30:03 pm »
People are buying/sending supplies to those in need....unbelievable! hope you all can see this...


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Breaking News: Wal-Mart originally donated $6 million to the Hurrican relief fund and after seeing the damages they raised it to $10 million.

Dolly Parton originally donated $1 and has now raised her donation to $2 million.

Wal-Mart sent in 60 Semi Trucks full of supplies to Asheville.  I posted the video on my feed.
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