FEMA IG says agency is setting on billions of disaster relief funds....

https://www.foxbusiness.com/po...ncy-sitting-billions

I was watching one of the 12 PM news channels and they were interviewing a resident of Banner Elk, NC. He said that he was told they probably would not get electricity there until 3 months. Winter is coming and it will be cold in those mountains really soon.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
This question is addressed more to our members in the affected areas of FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, etc.

What are the plans to get election procedures and voting equipment into those area that have suffered damage and destruction?

Since these areas tend to being “red” in political orientation, lessening the total votes from these areas in those States would have the tendency to increase the “blue” vote count overall.

As tight of a race as this Election is, every vote needs to happen and to be counted. It’s plain to see that a less than positive response by FEMA is happening which impacts on the daily lives of the suffering.

Florida has provisions in place...

^^^ This is one of the reasons that Trump was encouraging as many people as possible to vote early.

There are a number of reasons to encourage our voters to vote early.
Carl DeMaio, a San Diego area Reform activist, notes that voters have shown up on Election Day and been told they've already voted. They can cast a provisional ballot, but it WILL NOT BE COUNTED in many cases.

Don't give the Dems any advantages!

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Originally posted by rat2306:
FEMA IG says agency is setting on billions of disaster relief funds....

https://www.foxbusiness.com/po...ncy-sitting-billions

Call your congressman and ask them why FEMA can sit on this money and also fund illegal immigrants.

Good news.

https://x.com/JackPosobiec/sta...sistance-day-1359%2F

Now we have mysterious "black SUVs" creeping around a supply delivery, and an unmarked black UH-60 hovering over a no-fly zone damaging that which has been delivered! If this isn't government interference in rescue operations, the just what the hell is it???

Article from the Western Journal (just close pop-ups to read)

Edit to add: Multiple videos of the incident are included in the above link...

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Originally posted by bronicabill:
Now we have mysterious "black SUVs" creeping around a supply delivery, and an unmarked black UH-60 hovering over a no-fly zone damaging that which has been delivered! If this isn't government interference in rescue operations, the just what the hell is it???

Article from the Western Journal (just close pop-ups to read)

Edit to add: Multiple videos of the incident are included in the above link...

https://youtu.be/kAfs0fgoqCA?si=FyXabBiExqfVryZm

It was a NC Nat Guard copter trying to deliver generators to the site. They pulled away once they saw their rotor wash was causing damage. The crew is grounded pending investigation.

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Originally posted by medic451:

...It was a NC Nat Guard copter trying to deliver generators to the site. They pulled away once they saw their rotor wash was causing damage. The crew is grounded pending investigation.

Yup. More details here:

https://taskandpurpose.com/new...rd-helicopter-video/

North Carolina mayor claims his daughter was denied $750 FEMA relief payment even though her home was ‘wiped out’

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/...ied-750-fema-relief/

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Originally posted by medic451:
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https://youtu.be/kAfs0fgoqCA?si=FyXabBiExqfVryZm

It was a NC Nat Guard copter trying to deliver generators to the site. They pulled away once they saw their rotor wash was causing damage. The crew is grounded pending investigation.

Thanks for the update. Just now getting back around to checking on things and hadn't seen the update yet!

One question remains... why an all-black helo without markings then if it was NCNG? Just curious...

Dark OD can appear black at a distance and/or in fading light. And military choppers have black (mostly) markings. Probably hard to make out from the ground in the morning/evening.

Apparently the official color is called "Helo Drab Green".

Pretty sobering insight to the bureaucracy, egos and governmental incompetence around the Western NC area. Give it a listen, about 60-minutes.
These are the guys were working around the Lake Lure-area, which seems to be rife with petty-tyrants wanting to control the flow of emergency efforts.

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Dark OD can appear black at a distance and/or in fading light.

The “black” helicopters thing has been raised and explained countless times.

The black helos are also from the USAF SAR unit from here at Davis Monthan.

There are actually two unit’s from DM that have deployed.

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Originally posted by AllenInAR:
Dark OD can appear black at a distance and/or in fading light.

The “black” helicopters thing has been raised and explained countless times.

Yeah well, apparently I missed it since I don't read every single post here! I'm happy to finally know the explanation though...

The Army’s helicopters are a really dark green which is nearly black. They also don’t have roundel* markings like AF/Navy/USMC helicopters do and not sure why but it’s been that way for a long long time. Just “United States Army” in black and it’s virtually impossible to see unless it’s on the ground.

Roundel they don’t use that the other services do:

Nursing homes in North Carolina still without water in Hurricane Helene aftermath

"For two weeks we've been unable to shower or wash hands," an elderly resident wrote in a letter obtained by ABC News.

https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

Some nursing homes in western North Carolina are still without water in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

According to a report from ABC News, nursing home called Brooks-Howell in Asheville is still without power and water.

"For two weeks we've been unable to shower or wash hands," an elderly resident wrote in a letter obtained by the outlet. "Maintaining hygiene with hand sanitizers is a constant must."

"Another example is having to pour a bucket of water into the tank of the toilet in order to flush. And keep in mind that our residents are old and not used to such physical activity," the letter written by resident James Greene continues.

Brooks-Howell is not the only nursing home impacted by the hurricane and the lack of running water could lead to diseases and infections.

The vice president of operations for Ascent Healthcare Management which runs retirement facilities in western North Carolina says three of the homes still don't have running water.

Hurricane Helene hit Florida a few weeks ago as a Category Four storm, and caused disastrous damage in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.


And homeowners are also without water:

After hurricane, with no running water, residents organize to meet a basic need

https://www.breitbart.com/news...o-meet-a-basic-need/

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