As you know I've posted a week or so ago about the situation in WNC. I can tell you this FEMA and the state hasn't helped a bit. Most people got denied the $750 including me after calling FEMA three times and visiting their tent. The FEMA folks at the tent in Arden NC were nice but powerless. The did have a FEMA photographer there to make FEMA look good. I wasn't impressed.
Truth is the locals have gone above and beyond. The media WLOS ABC affiliate is a complete joke. WWNC 570 AM helped with local issues such as search and rescue and helping coordinate supplies live over the air, but was very hesitant to call out the State, FEMA, or Governor Cooper with the excuse 'talk politics later'.
This area will never be the same again. So many lost their livelihoods and businesses. The death count is being covered up. Believe it. The state slow walked everything. Believe it. I believe its been done on purpose.
Keep us in your prayers. So many dislodged from normal life, and so many missing and most likely perished. I hope we can return to normalcy but I doubt it will happen. This has changed the area for the foreseeable future.
We once had a neighborhood where we were all friends but were forced out because the government had other plans for the area. They allowed us to burn and wouldn't let us build back. We won a court case but they didn't comply, but by then we were out of money. Money wins, but don't let them take the guns. I believe we never had any use for FEMA or DHS, and they were created for nefarious reasons, but that's my belief. In our case, charities and churches helped more than the government. Here in the Sierras, there is still gold in the ground, and the properties that we own extend down to 100 feet beneath the surface.
May the victims in WNC find strength and comfort.
I think we need property rights like that that go down 100 feet. No more trafficking tunnels. When the government is reduced to a small fraction of what it is now, I do believe that they will give away all that stolen land