By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-05 15:27:23 | Updated at 2024-10-05 17:48:05
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Elon Musk Slams FEMA Over Hurricane Helene Response
Townhall.com ^ | 5 October A,.D. 2024 | Sarah Arnold
Posted on 10/05/2024 8:17:24 AM PDT by lightman
Billionaire Elon Musk criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its response to the deadly hurricane ravaging several U.S. states.
In a tweet, Musk accused FEMA of purposely withholding aid from residents in need and “actively blocking” Starlink satellite internet deliveries to damaged areas hit by the storm after receiving a notice from the company’s engineer is “actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own.”
“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 billionaire called it “scary” how much FEMA has “taken control” and stopped helping people who have lost nearly everything in the storm.
“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 continued.
He exposed the agency by posting a text message between himself and the engineer, who claimed that FEMA was attempting to “shut down the airspace to regulate the private choppers” that were delivering the shipments.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: fema; helene; musk; starlink
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1 posted on 10/05/2024 8:17:24 AM PDT by lightman
To: lightman
CERTAINLY is window into what Kamala’s administration would also do.
2 posted on 10/05/2024 8:19:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: lightman
Thanks for keeping this subject in the foreground, Lightman!
3 posted on 10/05/2024 8:21:03 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
To: lightman
I suspect this is why the climate change channel (also known as the weather channel) Justin Michaels, is reading a script in an interviews with former NASCAR driver, turned helicopter pilot to challenge the narrative ...
4 posted on 10/05/2024 8:26:06 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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