By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-04 01:31:09 | Updated at 2024-10-04 03:25:10
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Hurricane Helene victims in NC are fending for themselves as response from Biden-Harris’ FEMA underwhelms
NY Post ^ | 10/03/24 | Chris Nesi
Posted on 10/03/2024 6:22:40 PM PDT by Libloather
Desperate residents of Hurricane Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina are relying on home-grown rescue efforts instead of waiting for the Biden-Harris administration’s financially depleted FEMA to get its act together.
Not content to hold out hope for help some fear might not arrive in time, a handful of grassroots rescue operations have sprung up to render assistance by air, land and even on four legs.
With hundreds more missing in the remote, unforgiving terrain and communication services damaged or nonexistent, the search for survivors grows more dire with each passing hour.
Local airports like City of Statesville Regional Airport and Hickory Regional Airport have transformed themselves into donation drop-off and delivery zones, courtesy of a few dozen volunteers lending their time, critical supplies and in some cases, their planes to the rescue effort.
Roadways near the airports this week were jammed with donors and volunteers, who brought car and truckloads of everything from food and medicine to fuel and camping supplies. The donations were then collected and loaded into small, privately owned airplanes for delivery to the hardest-hit regions of the state.
“The amount of pilots coming in and out of Statesville today is amazing. Because of their generosity, our community is saving lives. We were able to get supplies to a remote area today for at least 100 people who had no contact with anyone until yesterday,” a volunteer posted Thursday on the Facebook page of what’s been dubbed the Hurricane Helene Airlift Relief.
In the days following the historic storm, the skies above Western North Carolina echoed with the whirring of helicopters, many of them captained by private pilots looking to lend a hand to their fellow Tar Heels.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: airliftrelief; fema; helene; hhar; hurricane; hurricanehelene; northcarolina; pilots; privatepilots; victims
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Ran out of loot in the middle of hurricane season. Brilliant.
1 posted on 10/03/2024 6:22:40 PM PDT by Libloather
To: Libloather
Maybe the Haitians can show them how to find a fine meal.
To: Libloather
Anyone share this with Paul Krugman?
3 posted on 10/03/2024 6:28:29 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
To: Libloather
Gee, I imagine that Brandon will get savaged now by the media as George W did during Katrina.
No...I guess not.
4 posted on 10/03/2024 6:28:56 PM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
5 posted on 10/03/2024 6:29:01 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Libloather
I am truly impressed with the MOUNTAIN MULE PACKERS RANCh that is using MULE TRAINS to carry in water—food—Meds-—by packing everything on MULES.
They can go on trails no one else can get on & can pack a heavy load.
Saw one pic with over 19 mules tied to a VERY LONG stock trailer. IF each one can pack 300#, that is ALOT of help.
6 posted on 10/03/2024 6:30:37 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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