The blogger "Grim" lives in the area hit by the hurricane a year ago. Remember that one?
A year ago this morning I started five hours of chainsawing my way out to the highway and two weeks without power. Even a year on the full effects of the hurricane are still visible. Parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway will need another year of repairs; I-40 is kind of open for limited traffic with major delays.
It was quite an experience. The main thing I learned was to look to your community and not to the Feds for help in such times. Help each other and stick together, and have faith in the people but not the government. An amazing amount of charity effort came flowing in through roads that were barely open, or flown into tony airfields some of which didn’t formally exist. ...
He's right. Community trumps Fed (and State) "help" every day of the week and twice on Sundays. In another post, he outlines more than a few reasons that you can NOT trust the Feds.
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Right. You can’t trust Trump to help poor rural white people hit hard by hurricanes.
—FEMA’s application process can be onerous, particularly for people who’ve lost their homes. And it can be especially daunting for those with lower incomes who may have fewer resources.
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly found that among the more rural counties hardest hit by Helene, the households that got the most housing assistance tended to have the highest incomes. The income disparity is especially stark in Yancey County, where the Hills live.—
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