(10-07-2024, 02:45 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(10-06-2024, 11:48 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: When I said no one has seen them I meant FEMA, not the funds. These folks haven't had Internet or have had extremely limited Internet access on over a week and they're not online trying to register for and collect FEMA money. If they're able to get online it's to email family and friends. 

To my knowledge FEMA still have not reached the locations where my friends live and the last update I got was yesterday. They don't even want FEMA around. The coordinated efforts of volunteers has brought them everything they need. They still don't have utilities but they're thankful for the hot meals, showers and laundry facilities set up so they can eat, shower and have clean clothes and bedsheets until utilities are restored.

Thanks for that. I'd also seen reports of this but don't have any direct knowledge. I have 3rd hand stuff and lots of online posts seeing it but no way to verify.

NG was supposedly without orders from Governor for a while, so they couldn't leave the hotel.
Army was sitting there on-call waiting for deployment for WW3, so they were refused leave and weren't assigned until today to assist.
Didn't hear anything about getting the Army Corp of Engineers rebuilding roads asap.
Military food/medicine drops should have been happening.
Military should have been dropping teams in each area with radios to do quick triage assessments and figure out how many people were where and then getting them supplies.

FEMA is full of DEI hires now and not focused on Americans. They need to be purged like much of the government.

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I don't think it will come into play big time but I actually think it will hurt Harris more. Asheville is the main population center in Western North Caroline and its Democrat central. They don't call it the Portland of the east for nothing. Easily probably 70% Democrat.

The thing I could see is NC doing a lot of absentee ballots which means the likelihood of us knowing the NC result on election night would be slim to none.

I could honestly see the NC election being delayed, to allow an extended period of time for people to vote. 

In these natural disasters, right or wrong, the people in charge are blamed and disliked. Right now that's Biden/Harris. Some say the Election is the last thing on their mind right, and that's true, but it will also motivate them to vote against the people they perceive to be ignoring them, again Biden/Harris. Trump will run on the fact that he will get them aid almost immediately, whereas with Kamala they won't get the aid at all. That will get people out to vote if they think Trump will be paramount to them getting the aid and money to rebuild their lives.

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