Hurricane Helene

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1867299189035565180

🚨#BREAKING: A FEMA official was CAUGHT on a Zoom call today saying they have only delivered, "62 trailers, housing 59 families" in #WNC today.

FEMA previously promised it would have, "100 delivered homes delivered by Thanksgiving," but failed.

Instead, they only delivered 46.

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) December 12, 2024





North Carolina bureaucracy just did something for temporary shelter approvals



https://wlos.com/news/local/north-ca...oofing-heating''

State eases temporary housing rules for Helene victims with emergency change
by Karen Zatkulak Thu, December 12th 2024 at 12:33 PM
Updated Thu, December 12th 2024 at 6:24 PM

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — North Carolina officials have decided to make it easier to build temporary housing for Helene victims.

In a recent News 13 Investigation, several volunteer groups expressed frustration over the permitting process and rules when it comes to providing temporary shelters. They say because of the red tape, warm homes have been delayed for those in need.

WINTER HOUSING CRISIS LOOMS AS PERMITS HINDER TEMPORARY SHELTER EFFORTS IN WNC

But, the State Fire Marshal has now announced a new emergency rule. It says there is now a list of minimum safety requirements for temporary shelters, such as foundations, roofing, and heating.

< more at link - below the pdf document >

https://wlos.com/resources/pdf/54f18...yRuleFinal.pdf

[onawah]

OMG Investigates FEMA – Part 4: O'Keefe Sneaks Past Multi-Million Dollar Security at FEMA HQ
O’Keefe Media Group
304K subscribers
Dec 13, 2024

"“They didn’t even look at my ID. I just wore a blazer, and it worked,” says James O’Keefe, expecting tight security, upon arriving at FEMA’s temporary headquarters in Hickory, North Carolina. O'Keefe Media Group traveled to North Carolina to investigate the reality of Hurricane Helene relief efforts, gaining access to FEMA’s offices to uncover the truth.

O’Keefe entered the office of Tom McCool, the Federal Coordinating Officer overseeing FEMA’s disaster response, where McCool welcomed O’Keefe and the OMG team inside, but instead of discussing FEMA’s recovery efforts, he asked where O’Keefe was “from,” revealed he had recently been in “Fort Dix,” and inquired, “which exit” O’Keefe lived off of. Security, becoming suspicious, then ushered O’Keefe and OMG journalists into a separate room, where they were met by Patricia Lea Crager, FEMA’s External Affairs Director.

Our OMG Journalist proceeded to ask Crager, “Why aren’t these people out in the field helping? Instead of being in offices, I thought they were out in the community helping.” Crager responded, “We're not playing games. I'm not doing an interview,” and declined to answer any questions about FEMA’s disaster relief efforts.

OMG were then met with the FEMA Public Affairs specialist Nicole Wilson, the 2001: A Space Odyssey, “HAL”robot-like entity, who O'Keefe previously spoke to on the phone. Wilson stated, “As of today, we've got about $247 million in the hands of North Carolina survivors,” and added, “That's about 135,000 households that have received that assistance.” When O’Keefe pressed for more information, he was handed more business cards and told to email individuals for answers, despite being in-person with FEMA executives.

To understand how O’Keefe and OMG were able to easily access FEMA’s offices, O’Keefe called Joe Sordi, the CEO of Strategic Security Corporation. Sordi, hesitant to speak, said, “You'd have to send your media inquiry over and then we can get back to you,” and asked, “Are you a YouTube journalist or are you a real accredited journalist from an actual accredited institution,” emphasizing that he only wanted to converse with media outlets of notoriety.

OMG emailed Sordi with media credentials and our inquiry, as requested, but have yet to receive a response."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEu4pZX3Ss8

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/1868309220149633190

⚔Dennis⚔
@clovis1931
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54m
12/14/24 Jason Ward from Valley Strong Disaster Relief/Silverados gives an update on Robert Buchanan, a veteran who lost his home to #Helene in Swananoa NC. Jason is working so hard for his people 🙏🎄🙏💪🇺🇸 #WNCStrong

[norman]

Ann Vandersteel has made her own documentary about the tragedy in North Carolina.


Ann Vandersteel | GROUND ZERO NORTH CAROLINA: Fighting Globalism to Restore the Republic
The Mel K Show - 24th 12-24

https://rumble.com/v62lub5-ann-vande...e9s=src_v1_ucp


Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/v60dfab/?pub=4

[Bill Ryan]

This is so astonishing and outrageous, it's barely believable.

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1876351873705488739

The text:

Buncombe County NC has officially confirmed this afternoon that it will NOT be waiving or reducing property taxes for homes that no longer exist due to Hurricane Helene.

Property taxes are due by midnight tonight.

[AriG]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
This is so astonishing and outrageous, it's barely believable.

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1876351873705488739

The text:

Buncombe County NC has officially confirmed this afternoon that it will NOT be waiving or reducing property taxes for homes that no longer exist due to Hurricane Helene.

Property taxes are due by midnight tonight.

What is even more upsetting, is that the LA fires are being given ultimate priority by the Libtard exiting government. Value the arseholes on the coasts and decimate the real humans that make this country run. And sadly, Trump and his shadow VP (Musk), won’t give a ****e about North Carolina either. They worship the elites. Sickening.

[SilentFeathers]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
This is so astonishing and outrageous, it's barely believable.

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1876351873705488739

The text:

Buncombe County NC has officially confirmed this afternoon that it will NOT be waiving or reducing property taxes for homes that no longer exist due to Hurricane Helene.

Property taxes are due by midnight tonight.

It's insane and inhumane....

I was over in Cashiers NC today working and it was friggin freezing! about 14 when I got there this morning. Where most of those suffering farther NE and E of there it's colder, especially in the higher elevations.

It's suppose to get down to 13 here tonight where I live in NE Georgia, about the same or worse over towards Asheville NC. Imagine living in a tent with some kids in this weather and running out of propane or whatever your heating the tent with? This is total BS what these people are going through. Many got lucky and got a camper to stay in, but even then those are a freezer box when you run out of ways to keep them heated.

And then to think of all the billions of dollars the cronies in Gov have sent to support the slaughter of people over seas. Just a fraction of that money could of been sent to those in western NC and no one would be cold or hungry tonight.

When is enough, enough???????????? The hatred and contempt the government has for this country and it's people is mind-boggling....it's as if they have declared war on us.

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1877423178571522206

I can’t even put into words how horrific what is happening to people in #WNC today.

FEMA kicking thousands of people out of hotels in sub-freezing temperatures.

Massive car lines for propane and buddy heaters. People in donated RVs can't keep warm. Complete panic.




Shawn Hendrix
@TheShawnHendrix
If you are faced with the choice to freeze to death or stay in your hotel room just stay. They cannot physically throw you out. Then contact us we will make the hotel whole as a private business should not lose money on a bad FEMA deal. Do not leave unless you have a a place to go!

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 9, 2025

[Rizotto]

Sorry, but I just have to say this. Where is president Trump in all this? I know, he's not officially presiding right now, he starts on January 20, which just 10 days from now.
Is all he's doing is to brag about taking over Canada, Greenland and the Panama canal once he's president?

Instead he should put intense pressure on the Biden administration to provide immediate relief for these terrible US crisis. Get the media involved. He should be busy putting together a team that will hit the ground running on January 20 to help all these people. Fix your own country first.

[norman]

Posted by Rizotto (here)
Fix your own country first.

Do mean like getting the jack and spare tyre out of the boot of your car while an 18 wheeler is about to smash your car to pulp ?

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/EmeraldRobinson/status...25984348053707

Dear @realDonaldTrump and @JDVance: the Biden regime has left our people to die in Appalachia this winter while fully funding the liberals in Los Angeles to rebuild after the fire.

Notice the difference?

This cannot stand.

— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) January 10, 2025

[SilentFeathers]

This is what many are dealing with in WNC right now when it comes to trying to keep warm.

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/

THERE ARE LINES 3 MILES LONG EXTENDING ALL THE WAY ONTO THE FREEWAY FOR PROPANE TO HEAT FAMILIES LIVING IN DONATED RV'S IN #WNC TODAY AND FEMA CLOSED ALL OF IT'S DISASTER RELIEF CENTERS UNTIL MONDAY?!!!!!!!!!!

WTF IS HAPPENING?!!!!!!!!

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1878437078578475099

Fox News absolutely stepped up this weekend to cover victims of Helene in #WNC who were hours away from getting kicked out of hotels by FEMA into the snow.

Big thank you to Fox and Friends for having us on this morning to talk about the nightmare that has been the past 72 hours.

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 12, 2025

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1879876944684306890

🚨#BREAKING: Rep. Tim Moore went SCORCHED EARTH on FEMA's complete incompetence in #WNC, saying he WILL hold them accountable.

"If FEMA cared HALF AS MUCH about the people of Western North Carolina as they do about illegal immigrants... we'd be in good shape right now!"

!!!

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 16, 2025

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1882417802205938161

🚨#BREAKING: The new interim director of FEMA, Cameron Hamilton, will be joining President Trump in Western North Carolina on Friday.

Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL and father of 3, has been extremely critical of FEMA’s response to WNC.

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 23, 2025

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1882800957274399167

President Trump is headed to North Carolina and Los Angeles, California to tour damage from Hurricane Helene and the recent fires:

“We’re going to get it fixed up. It should’ve been done months ago.”



— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 24, 2025


https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1882795308708770249

Laura Loomer

@LauraLoomer
·
2h
HAPPENING NOW:

President Trump & First Lady @FLOTUS are leaving the White House and heading to North Carolina to assess damage from Hurricane Helene. Many people are still sleeping in tents and FEMA said there’s no money because it all went to illegals.

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1882851034844090843

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "I'm pleased to announce that under our leadership, the federal government will be surging housing solutions to this state that go beyond mere temporary hotel stays... and today, I'll also be signing an Executive Order slashing ALL RED TAPE... to ensure the rapid reconstruction of the roads here."

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 24, 2025



https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1882862866728095749

Trump War Room

@TrumpWarRoom
·
56m
President Trump allows Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina to tell their heartbreaking stories in front of the nation.

The forgotten men and women of this country are forgotten no more.





https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1882839949407629641

Matt Van Swol
@matt_vanswol
·
2h
So let me just get this straight...

President Trump is sending the Army Corps of Engineers BACK to Western North Carolina to help us fix ALL the roads and bridges ...

...SO CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY DIDN'T BIDEN DO THIS FOR US ANY TIME IN THE PAST 4 MONTHS?!!!!!!!


https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1882850666068250887

Matt Van Swol
@matt_vanswol
·
1h
I’m just crying my eyes out.

President Trump is just letting the people of Western North Carolina speak for the first time.

THIS IS MY PRESIDENT.

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1882790527785156619

If you’re wondering why everyone in Western North Carolina is freaking out about Trump coming today…

… It is because MY KIDS SOCCER FIELD still looks like this 119 days after the hurricane

We have been ignored for months, now we are finally getting help.

TRUMP EFFECT!!!!!!

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 24, 2025



https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1882875472222232875

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
LEFT: After being ignored by the Biden admin, Helene victims are finally given a chance to tell their heartbreaking stories by Trump: “We lost everything."

RIGHT: Dem Brendan Boyle responds by calling them “political props” and explaining to them that the real problem with FEMA’s response was “misinformation."

This is the Democrat party.

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1883561373764051062

I have literally driven down this road every day for 4 months.

I’ve never seen ANY work being done to fix it.

Today there are 2 tree-trimming trucks, 3 dump trucks, a bulldozer, and 2 Army Corps of Engineers.

TRUMP HAS KEPT HIS PROMISE TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA!!!!!

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 26, 2025

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/1883878883055018030

Matt Van Swol
@matt_vanswol
ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE CLEANUP EFFORT IS UNDERWAY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY!!!

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!!

WHY DIDN’T JOE BIDEN DO THIS 4 MONTHS AGO?!!!!!!!



https://x.com/TheShawnHendrix/status...35595675775022

The Absolute Truth with @EmeraldRobinson
@AbsoluteWithE
·
Jan 23
Operation Shelter's @TheShawnHendrix gets emotional while talking about how how promises about helping WNC are already being fulfilled by @realDonaldTrump & @VP @JDVance.



https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1883294124167868903

Matt Van Swol
@matt_vanswol
·
Jan 25
Thank you
@EmeraldRobinson
for having me on.

For those that don't know, Emerald PERSONALLY donated 2 RVs to Western North Carolina. She's been a huge advocate for us and refused to let our story die.

I have endless amounts of respect for you, Emerald.

Sorry for crying!!!!!