Hurricane Helene

[mountaineer]

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1848356446645215485

The truth about FEMA:

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1848756045625081928

[mystery-ak]

 Oct 23, 2024

Trump to join Tucker Carlson live in Arizona for event to benefit hurricane victims

"We are coming together to support those affected by the recent hurricane. All proceeds from this event will be donated to hurricane relief efforts, providing much-needed aid and resources to communities in need.”


David Krayden
Oct 23, 2024 2 minute read

Former President Donald Trump will join Tucker Carlson at a live event in Glendale, AZ to benefit victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton on Oct. 31, just days before the Nov. 5, 2024, presidential election.

The event is part of a tour organized by the Tucker Carlson Network that brings Carlson together with notable Republican and conservative leaders at designated cities across the US. The Glendale stop is advertised as a fundraiser for those Americans who were devastated by Hurricanes Helen and Milton: "We are coming together to support those affected by the recent hurricane. All proceeds from this event will be donated to hurricane relief efforts, providing much-needed aid and resources to communities in need.”

Trump made an unexpected appearance in Ashville, North Carolina Monday to inspect the damage incurred by Hurricane Helene and to announce that the GoFundMe campaign he has authorized for the victims of the hurricane has generated $8 million.

"I want to thank everyone who supported the GoFundMe. We set it up right after the storm left, almost immediately, and I authorized a lot of people to help," Trump said, noting that houses and possessions can be rebuilt and replaced but lives cannot be.

"To date, we raised $8 million, of which $7 million has been distributed to the various charities that are helping" clean up the impacted areas by Hurricane Helene. The page states, "With so many still facing challenges after the storm, President Trump is once again on the ground in communities to see the aftermath firsthand. All donations are directed to help those most affected by Hurricane Helene by supporting these organizations: Samaritan’s Purse, Water Mission, Clinch Foundation and Mtn2Sea Ministries."

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https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-join-tucker-carlson-live-in-arizona-for-event-to-benefit-hurricane-victims

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1848356446645215485

The truth about FEMA:

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1848756045625081928

So in watching this video in the back of my mind -- what about the reporter that happened upon a FEMA encampment with only one way in and out that supposedly have set up camp so that they can provide disaster relief???  I say that they are there for some other reason.

We also experienced the same thing in this area during Ian -- FEMA was non existent.  Claims were denied.  FEMA said it was the responsibility of the homeowner's insurance agencies and those agencies said it was the responsibility of FEMA. People to this day are still homeless and living in cars.  Those that FEMA did place in temporary trailers were kicked out of those trailer a couple of months ago.

To have a flood policy and to be denied has also happened.

So ... if you aren't in a known flood zone or in an area that hasn't ever flooded in decades -- why would you purchase flood insurance?

These people don't even have clean water yet the Brandon administration can house ILLEGALS and pay for their food and medical. 

As the lady in the video stated, why are we paying taxes to our gov't? 

A whopping $750???   

Just a thought  -- perhaps if you are a registered DEM -- those in that FEMA encampment will help you out and have voting machines set up.

[AllThatJazzZ]

So in watching this video in the back of my mind -- what about the reporter that happened upon a FEMA encampment with only one way in and out that supposedly have set up camp so that they can provide disaster relief???  I say that they are there for some other reason.

We also experienced the same thing in this area during Ian -- FEMA was non existent.  Claims were denied.  FEMA said it was the responsibility of the homeowner's insurance agencies and those agencies said it was the responsibility of FEMA. People to this day are still homeless and living in cars.  Those that FEMA did place in temporary trailers were kicked out of those trailer a couple of months ago.

To have a flood policy and to be denied has also happened.

So ... if you aren't in a known flood zone or in an area that hasn't ever flooded in decades -- why would you purchase flood insurance?

These people don't even have clean water yet the Brandon administration can house ILLEGALS and pay for their food and medical. 

As the lady in the video stated, why are we paying taxes to our gov't? 

A whopping $750???   

Just a thought  -- perhaps if you are a registered DEM -- those in that FEMA encampment will help you out and have voting machines set up.

@libertybele


How prescient you were!

[Bigun]

@libertybele


How prescient you were!

That happens frequently @AllThatJazzZ @libertybele is one smart lady!

[mountaineer]

FEMA denied aid due to no proof of citizenship she was born in Ashville

https://twitter.com/TheShawnHendrix/status/1857226687580164408

[mountaineer]

I want to commend Fox News for flying a reporter down to Swannanoa NC today in the middle of a snow storm. While FEMA is saying no one is in tents, Fox News is literally talking to them.

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1860132105134760121

[catfish1957]

All I needed to know about FEMA, I learned in '05 and '08 with Rita and Ike.

They did nothing but ride around in new Escalades, and fled when a citizen approached them with a question.  Difference now is that there is social media to call them out on their shit.

[mountaineer]

FEMA still worthless.

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1862976006430015704

[libertybele]

This is heartbreaking.  All I can do to help is pray and donate to entities like Mercury One who are helping those affected.

[libertybele]

I want to commend Fox News for flying a reporter down to Swannanoa NC today in the middle of a snow storm. While FEMA is saying no one is in tents, Fox News is literally talking to them.

https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1860132105134760121

People died from the hurricane, but at this ridiculously and alarmingly slow rate of recovery and lack of supplies I would bet more will die from lack of basic humanitarian needs; water, sewer, shelter and food, especially since winter is well underway with cold and freezing temperatures.

Living in tents?  Those tents look pretty ragged and one good wind is all it's going to take for those tents to blow away. Then what?  Indian teepees would seem to be more durable.

How are they going to keep warm? You can't very well build a fire inside a tent with no way to vent it out?

Each family should have a least a decent sized durable tent, porta potty and every week they should be getting a new supply of food and water -- their porta potty emptied -- this is at the very least.  The food doesn't have to be fancy, but enough to meet calorie needs of adults and children. 

 

[mountaineer]

People died from the hurricane, but at this ridiculously and alarmingly slow rate of recovery and lack of supplies I would bet more will die from lack of basic humanitarian needs; water, sewer, shelter and food, especially since winter is well underway with cold and freezing temperatures.

A few weeks ago our church sent a team to a little town in NC. They took hundreds of pounds of winter clothing and bunch of guys who know how to fix water lines (in the past, they've gone to Haiti to install water wells). At least the folks there should have running water now, but they still have inadequate shelter, destroyed vehicles, and a lot of hardship - and just multiply that times a zillion for every little hamlet in GA, VA, TN and NC that was hit by flooding. 

[libertybele]

A few weeks ago our church sent a team to a little town in NC. They took hundreds of pounds of winter clothing and bunch of guys who know how to fix water lines (in the past, they've gone to Haiti to install water wells). At least the folks there should have running water now, but they still have inadequate shelter, destroyed vehicles, and a lot of hardship - and just multiply that times a zillion for every little hamlet in GA, VA, TN and NC that was hit by flooding. 

Good for your church and it is nice to know that people are still helping and these people haven't been forgotten.  My concern is of course the winter weather and freezing temperatures.

It is estimated that 375,000 people have been displaced. 

FEMA is non-existent.  There are people in this area who are still displaced by Ian. That was nearly 2 years ago.  Insurance claims still remain unsettled; lawsuits galore.

So back to Helene victims; what are these people supposed to do??? Friends, family can help, but money I'm sure has become strained and trying to afford for another family I'm sure is beyond stretched by now.  I especially feel for those who don't know anyone who can help them or who are elderly and just can't get up and around.  This will become yet another tragedy; the winter that claimed more lives affected by Helene.

So .... what about the FEMA camp that was filmed setting up awhile back that was armed with one entrance in and out?  By the reports from the locals, it sure doesn't seem that they are doing anything.

[mountaineer]

Good people:

https://twitter.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1862710003087368613

How many still are missing? Apparently, you won't get the truth from Gov. Cooper:

https://twitter.com/Sassafrass_84/status/1848058612238938522

[Smokin Joe]

People died from the hurricane, but at this ridiculously and alarmingly slow rate of recovery and lack of supplies I would bet more will die from lack of basic humanitarian needs; water, sewer, shelter and food, especially since winter is well underway with cold and freezing temperatures.

Living in tents?  Those tents look pretty ragged and one good wind is all it's going to take for those tents to blow away. Then what?  Indian teepees would seem to be more durable.

How are they going to keep warm? You can't very well build a fire inside a tent with no way to vent it out?

Each family should have a least a decent sized durable tent, porta potty and every week they should be getting a new supply of food and water -- their porta potty emptied -- this is at the very least.  The food doesn't have to be fancy, but enough to meet calorie needs of adults and children. 

 

The tent directly behind the Fox Reporter has a small stovepipe sticking out of it. Those little stoves are not much for providing heat in a tent that size, and the risk of fire is always present, especially with the way that pipe is wiggling about. This, especially considering the political bent put on by FEMA, is an obscenity.

[mountaineer]

The tent directly behind the Fox Reporter has a small stovepipe sticking out of it. Those little stoves are not much for providing heat in a tent that size, and the risk of fire is always present, especially with the way that pipe is wiggling about. This, especially considering the political bent put on by FEMA, is an obscenity.

I had the same thought, and dread hearing a news report about an entire family being burned up in a tent in 25 degree weather. 

[libertybele]

Lengthy but recent video on victims of Helene - this is an update as of Nov. 2024.  This group is helping to provide trailers for a couple of families; they are signing the title over to them without any expectations of repayment. People are trying so hard to help one another yet our government sits idle and does very little to help. 

People are being helped by each other  --  one family at a time.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=reports+on+hurriane+helene#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:668c7b33,vid:5zPqgdiL55k,st:0

[AllThatJazzZ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwNXDrXjOY8&t=22s

[libertybele]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwNXDrXjOY8&t=22s

Good video...again...the govt is doing little.

Thanks for posting.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Good video...again...the govt is doing little.

Thanks for posting.

It's so disconcerting that there's precious little of this on the news.

[mountaineer]

Billions to Ukraine when North Carolina looks like this.

https://twitter.com/Yolo304741/status/1862861925484241331

[mountaineer]

James O'Keefe investigates FEMA's response to Helene in NC:

https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1864492508933214560

[mountaineer]

JD Vance in Fairview, North Carolina surveying Samaritan’s Purse home recovery project in aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Vance is joined by his wife Usha, North Carolina Sens. Tom Tillis and Tedd Budd, as well as West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.

https://twitter.com/KitMaherCNN/status/1865098765121585171

[libertybele]

The extension is not nearly long enough unless these people have a FEMA trailer to go to and are getting $$ to rebuild.

FEMA extends free hotel stays for Helene survivors in North Carolina

Hurricane Helene survivors in North Carolina who are staying in hotels for free will be able to do so for a bit longer than expected, officials announced Friday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, on Dec. 6 extended its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program to Jan. 11, 2025, for survivors in North Carolina. The federal program provides "temporary, short-term accommodations for eligible survivors when other housing options are not available" after a disaster, FEMA’s website reads.

The deadline extension -- which was requested by the state of North Carolina -- will mean 4,900 families who are checked into hotels and motels can continue staying there for free, officials said. Those using the temporary shelter provided by FEMA will check out of their hotels and motels on Jan. 11, 2025.

FEMA said the deadline change will give people some more time to “identify other housing solutions or make repairs to their home” in the wake of Helene. Before Friday, the program was scheduled to expire on Dec. 12.

More than two months ago, Helene tore through Western North Carolina -- destroying homes, roadways, and livelihoods. Hundreds of people were killed across multiple states.

Recovery efforts have persisted in the weeks since the storm and the devastating floods that came with it. FEMA has been part of those efforts, with more than $260 million approved for over 138,000 households and people recovering from the storm, as of Dec. 4.

More than 10,000 households have made use of FEMA’s temporary shelter assistance following Helene, officials said Friday. About half of them have "found suitable, longer-term housing and moved on with their recovery," the agency said.

Part of FEMA’s work included providing trailers and manufactured homes to North Carolina residents displaced by Helene.

An agency spokesperson told WBTV in November that FEMA would deliver 103 temporary homes by the end of Thanksgiving weekend. By Wednesday, Dec. 4, however, only 46 homes had been delivered.

WBTV learned that over 500 families were approved for and waiting for FEMA trailers or manufactured homes following Helene. Hundreds of families were still waiting on the temporary homes as they grapple with cold, wintry weather -- especially in the mountains...................

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/12/06/fema-extends-free-hotel-stays-helene-survivors-north-carolina/

[libertybele]

Where are the trailers and where did the $$ go?

FEMA apologizes after failing to deliver promised trailers to Helene survivors in North Carolina

A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, apologized Wednesday in response to a question from WBTV about why the agency failed to deliver dozens of travel trailers and manufactured homes to North Carolina residents displaced by Hurricane Helene.

Our questions came after a FEMA spokesperson told WBTV the week of Thanksgiving that the agency would deliver a total of 103 temporary travel trailers and manufactured homes to families in North Carolina by the end of that week. At the time, FEMA had delivered 27 homes.

By Wednesday, Dec. 4, FEMA had still only delivered 46 homes -- well short of the number of promised temporary homes.

WBTV learned that more than 500 families have been approved for a FEMA travel trailer or manufactured home in the wake of Helene. The agency’s slow deployment of the homes means hundreds of families are weathering the snow and freezing temperatures currently hitting the North Carolina mountains.   

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/12/04/fema-apologizes-after-failing-deliver-promised-trailers-helene-survivors-north-carolina/