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Politicians Are Hindering Rescue Efforts in North Carolina, and One Rescuer Has Had Enough

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Politicians Are Hindering Rescue Efforts
in North Carolina, and One Rescuer Has Had Enough

PJ Media, by Chris Queen

Posted By: ladydawgfan, 10/3/2024 4:30:46 PM

The devastation that Tropical Storm Helene inflicted on western North Carolina is still heartbreaking several days after the storm has passed. Countless North Carolinians are stranded in the mountains and valleys of that part of the state, many of them without medications or other things they need to survive. Towns and cities like Asheville are dealing with widespread damage and power outages. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has several road and trail closures, even as U.S. 441, the main highway between Cherokee and Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Sevierville, remains open and passable. It's hard to describe how difficult people in North Carolina have it,
 
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I served in a unit 12 years ago that was deployable anywhere in the world within 96 hours WITH armor and artillery.
And here we are more than 96 hours later and… crickets.
It has now bridged from human tragedy to political exploitation.
Ripping NC away from Trump on these grounds would require him to sweep PA, MI, and WI and carry one of GA/AZ to get over 270.
They know it. Our side lacks the guts to say it. So I will.

 
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JNDATHP said:
My wife said her daughter in law said that there is a large deposit of lithium under some of the towns in NC. Don’t have a source.
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It's true. The largest lithium mining operation in the US is at Kings Mountain, just west of Charlotte, and north of Gastonia, to the northwest of the intersection of I-85 and US 321.
 
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VorlonFrog said:
Sorry NC it's lights out for you and lights on for Ukraine. Washington DC hates Americans.

Grid Apocalypse Hits Carolinas: 360 Substations Down, Power Restoration Could Take "Months"

This is devastating. We do NOT have 360 substations worth of transformers and other electrical equipment sitting in stockpiles waiting to be deployed. It could take a very long time to restore power to everyone. Are we facing a Hurricane Maria-type impact on grid infrastructure?

We do not have this equipment readily available because we have shipped large quantities of transformers and other electrical equipment to Ukraine. Both our military and non-military support for Ukraine has left us less prepared for domestic disasters like Hurricane Helene:

Grid Apocalypse Hits Carolinas: 360 Substations Down, Power Restoration Could Take "Months" | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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Well, if the USA had moved sooner to follow through with it's promises to Ukraine and stopped Russia from destroying the Russians from destroying the electrical grid, we would not be in this sisuation.

of course, USA should just have allowed Ukraine to keep their Nukes .. and Russia would never have attacked in the first place ..
 
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Beer is one of the food group preps for a hurricane...

I just chuckle when I go for some last minute stuff at the store, and the liquor section is always bare, along with bread and perishables, you know, for when there's no power for the fridge...
 
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According to a source in North Carolina, despite 1,000 troops being ready and authorized to respond in NC, FEMA Region 4 and Democrat NC Gov. Roy Cooper haven't yet written up the mission orders that the troops need in order to be deployed. So those troops are just sitting around twiddling their thumbs. It's been 7 days since Hurricane Helene made landfall. What on earth are you doing, @RoyCooperNC and @FEMA?

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St. Petersburg, Florida - FEMA Fuckery

Posting the video below before it's wiped from the web.
X is better these days, but rogue activists still do wipe media they don't like.






'That's never happened': Pinellas County closes main dump to storm debris as trash piles up

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. --- As families stack up mounds of memories on the curb, including furniture and photos, commercial junk haulers tell the ABC Action News I-Team that the county is turning away storm debris at its main dump site. Right now, there is one location for hauling companies to drop off what Helene destroyed. Commercial haulers lined up at Angelo's Recycling in Largo on Tuesday after learning that, as of 6 a.m., they could no longer take storm debris to the Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal in St. Petersburg. Contacting Pinellas County officials, the I-Team found out there is now just one location for commercial haulers to bring storm debris within the county --- Angelo's Recycling.

After our story aired Tuesday, Pinellas County provided us with this information: "The Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal Complex is not a designated storm debris site, nor is it equipped to accept storm debris. The volume of debris we received from this storm would overwhelm our site and interrupt regular waste processing. Storm debris must also be documented before disposal for reimbursement by FEMA, which would not be possible at Solid Waste. Therefore, we are implementing a zoned storm debris collection plan for the unincorporated County beginning today, and we’re supporting our cities as they develop their own plans. Our contractor will document and remove the debris."

https:/www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/thats-never-happened-pinellas-county-closes-main-dump-to-storm-debris-as-trash-piles-up
 

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St. Petersburg, Florida - FEMA Fuckery

Posting the video below before it's wiped from the web.
X is better these days, but rogue activists still do wipe media they don't like.






'That's never happened': Pinellas County closes main dump to storm debris as trash piles up

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. --- As families stack up mounds of memories on the curb, including furniture and photos, commercial junk haulers tell the ABC Action News I-Team that the county is turning away storm debris at its main dump site. Right now, there is one location for hauling companies to drop off what Helene destroyed. Commercial haulers lined up at Angelo's Recycling in Largo on Tuesday after learning that, as of 6 a.m., they could no longer take storm debris to the Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal in St. Petersburg. Contacting Pinellas County officials, the I-Team found out there is now just one location for commercial haulers to bring storm debris within the county --- Angelo's Recycling.

After our story aired Tuesday, Pinellas County provided us with this information: "The Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal Complex is not a designated storm debris site, nor is it equipped to accept storm debris. The volume of debris we received from this storm would overwhelm our site and interrupt regular waste processing. Storm debris must also be documented before disposal for reimbursement by FEMA, which would not be possible at Solid Waste. Therefore, we are implementing a zoned storm debris collection plan for the unincorporated County beginning today, and we’re supporting our cities as they develop their own plans. Our contractor will document and remove the debris."

https:/www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/thats-never-happened-pinellas-county-closes-main-dump-to-storm-debris-as-trash-piles-up
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Even if 10% of what this guy is saying is true.

What is Governor Ron DeSantis doing about this FEMA garbage problem?!?

I honestly can’t imagine there would be a positive outcome of dumping mold filled debris back on to a person’s driveway?!? :facepalm:

Every time there’s a natural disaster it’s like the so called professionals have no Fucken clue what to do?!?

There’s literally a SOP as to what are the priorities and what to do! Along with plans for the many (What If) so they say!

Four States with millions of people needing help and essentials. :(
 
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Is there better clarity as to what is driving these people such as the fire chief and others not using all available resources?!?

I could understand if people were wild Willy just coming and going without regards to safety and hinderance to other support personnel.

Can’t see how anyone would have a problem with a person / company donating their time and resources such as Star Link to allow people to communicate?!?

It’s obvious to me it doesn’t matter red / blue all four States have lots of incompetent assholes in charge making terrible mistakes that impact millions!
 
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