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Originally Posted by Andyb
My wife is from WNC, we both went to App St. I can tell you from many friends and family in the area, that FEMA and government help is about non existent.
Samaritan Purse and Governor DeSantis has done more. They(government) is now limiting independent and citizens from helping and has closed down air space. Many people still missing. It is a lot worse than the MSM portrays. The best thing for you to do and help is give to SamaritanPurse.org.
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That is just not true, but it is a right wing talking point on right wing "news" channels. The federal government had 1,000 first responders in place before the storms hit, and that he had approved emergency declarations as soon as he received the requests from the governors. Yesterday POTUS directed the Defense Department to move 1,000 soldiers to reinforce North Carolina’s National Guard to speed up the delivery of supplies like food, water, and medicine to isolated communities, some of which are accessible now only by pack mule.
I used to live there, there are so many people in remote areas...... and it's only been a week. The response has gotten bipartisan praise. Republican governors Henry McMaster of South Carolina and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia both thanked Biden by name for what McMaster called a “superb” response.