FEMA administrator on N.C. flooding: "I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared"

[@threebox11]

this is far larger than most people realize

[@brydgetburke341]

I think so too, just not on the news

[@Jude74]

About 20% of the country has been horribly impacted by this, people need to wake up.

[@PFCD]

Yes and why isn't it on the news!!!

[@brydgetburke341]

@PFCD i agree, especially if in just 1 town in NC is missing 1000 people??

[@PFCD]

@@brydgetburke341 it's not good for political Optics and that's why they're not covering it. I live in Delaware and he was here all weekend and Kamala was at a fundraiser with tons of celebrities. They're afraid to put either one of them in front of the public at the expense of these poor people. This is one of the worst storms that ever hit the United States and they act like it was a tropical storm that passed by!

[@tespy5028]

DeSantis seems to have been so prepared that he's able to send FL help to TN/NC before FEMA.

[@davidsaviano9012]

That's because DeSantis hires people based on ability and competence - nothing else.

[@partspig12]

So far they haven't seen anyone from the government

[@Marbles-w8g]

Biden/Harris should have put some money back for a rainy day. instead we got 2 wars and 20M immigrants. for our money

[@Marbles-w8g]

@@tenerifecats6652 Trump is helping Americans 1st now, Biden/Harris have left us unprepared and bankrupt. $750 Checks being denied to Americans. ? That money came from our pockets. Be gone troll.

[@jackiepitts4992]

This is disgusting! Help these poor people and stop giving away FEMA money to immigrants!!

[@kells4723]

​​@@tenerifecats6652Trump derangement syndrome is a severe mental illness. How sad and pathetic. This administration is hurting American people. WAKE UP. OTHERWISE I'M SURE YOU ARE EVIL.

[@peacethroughstrength172]

Its alllll abt allllll others, ya shld know this by now ehhhh

[@blawson2112]

200 Billion to Ukraine, 150 Billion ( & counting ) for Illegal Aliens this year

[@dianewalker9154]

No one is mentioning the pets and livestock that have either died or are in dire need of feed and food!

[@trinitywright7122]

I saw a herd of cattle with just heads out of water

[@cherisebeekman]

That is part of the picture, but with many people still missing and un accounted for, they probably aren’t top priority

[@bobberrob1605]

People 1st then save the food

[@keithyost9249]

Communist don’t mention things they don’t want you to know

[@TnTBikingAdventures]

Funny, we havent seen anything "FEMA" here in SC.

[@trinitywright7122]

I don't think FEMA is doing a thing

[@jamesricker3997]

But you don't want help from FEMA. Your congressmen voted to cut FEMA's funding. Leopards meet face

[@TnTBikingAdventures]

@tenerifecats6652 You said it Pal. "FEMA PARTENERS" ALL private donations are currently being turned away and/or confiscated. Federal police are now on the ground, threatening arrest. They are also hampering local rescue. The Biden Administration has a list of "qualified" contractors. And if it's not their items, they CANNOT be distributed.........period So, if any pretencous Democrats sitting at home half the country away in your little comfy dry homes wanna fact check this, go right ahead. All I can say: This ain't Hawaii and it's not gonna end well pushing mountain folk around too much. I hear some rumors that some FEMA contractors already have been drawn down by locals and forced out. Like I said, FACT CHECK. I LIVE IN THE AREA.

[@TnTBikingAdventures]

@@tenerifecats6652 Lies. I'm here.

[@JD-im4wu]

well Trump defunded FEMA so Biden put it back up thankfully

[@raygunn737]

No more money for Ukraine or Israel... #AMERICAFIRST WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN!!

[@gardenvariety9957]

We are. Disaster aid has been approved.

[@dansorrap8713]

@@gardenvariety9957wow we get millions and Ukraine get billions. Here you dropped your nose. 🔴

[@gardenvariety9957]

@@dansorrap8713 untrue, and easy to Google.

[@juliaharbeck774]

Biden and the other 2 stooges just said FEMA doesn't have enough money to help the flood victims but keep sending money to Ukraine and and others, our taxes and nothing for the people paying the taxes. They have to keep up their money laundering scam.

[@gardenvariety9957]

@@Tater-Skinz insults don't change facts. Learned that early in life.

[@ernestcallaghan2650]

We need water NOW - Asheville

[@iownadodge7081]

Entire Asheville and surrounding regions, especially those out in mountain, hard to reach areas like Fairview!!! #AIRDROPWATERANDFOOD!! #CAJUNARMY #NATIONALGUARD #WNCNeedsHelp

[@trinitywright7122]

​@@iownadodge7081😢

[@debilynnphillips]

Prayers for expeditious provisions! God Bless & watch over you all! I'm so sorry for your loss! 🙏

[@omonkkonen6676]

Do you mean more rain or build up community ground water wells.

[@juliaharbeck774]

Mercury One has been flying in supplies since the day after the flooding and now FEMA wants to steal it.

[@tdelphia1]

The old emergency recommendation to have 3 days supply of food, water and medicine is totally inadequate for the scope of some of these climate disasters. I really think it is more like 10-14 days of supplies needed now until a person might expect assistance to reach them. Keeping that much water on hand is impractical....I have an emergency water filter and then always keep a rotating supply of canned food, camp stove fuel, etc. With the cost of housing, insurance, and more of these storms, I think living tiny home style on a trailer base is sounding better all the time. Big storm coming? Hitch up the house (or gas up the RV) and head somewhere else. Migratory lifestyle.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

Doesn't quite work like that, what happens is you don't really have enough time and the roads become choked like in FL every hurricane season, the camp grounds close etc.

[@Jude74]

More like 6 weeks. Many of the people I know who are snowbirds they leave that area during hurricane season. That’s what’s going to end up happening more and more. People are gonna leave those areas during hurricane season. You’re gonna see a lot of people replacing their homes with trailers and RVs rather than building new. Because their insurance is not gonna cover anything else.

[@dianewalker9154]

The infrastructure damage and destruction is the worst because it takes months to rebuild bridges, interstates, water plants, laying new fiber optic cables, etc.

[@t.conner4798]

That is completely unacceptable! Resources could have been staged and ready well in advance to respond.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I believe they were in many places, but it’s such a enormous area, I don’t see how they could have covered much of it in the few days of warning that places like NC had. I wish De Santis would just stick to prepping for weather catastrophes, because it’s the one thing he seems to do well ( going by his briefings anyway). He said he had pre-positioned people and resources before the storm-did the governors of the other states do anything similar?

[@keithyost9249]

No they want you to die. Communism is sinister.

[@msmoe8687]

I'm hearing a ton about North carolina, but hardly anything about Tennessee but they were damaged immensely as well.

[@liannebedard5521]

As a survivor of several major earthquakes, I can tell you that it could be awhile, unfortunately, until the full damage is known…

[@faith081356]

Major new sources are not reporting on the damage to SW Virgina either. The news agencies are mostly covering tourist destinations.

[@liannebedard5521]

@@faith081356 Just like everyone else, news agencies have limits of manpower, inaccessible places, and time. How anyone has the resources to get in and out of Asheville boggles the mind. My Tennessee born friend lives in Alabama and reports her brother,’s home escaped flooding by the length of a football field. I lived in NC and still love it. Heartbroken.

[@keithyost9249]

Law enforcement and FEMA are confiscating goods that TEMA didn’t deliver. Red State with blue idiots in charge

[@amandafugate8522]

I live in Hendersonville NC, 30 minutes south of Asheville, we were hit hard by Helene. Asheville and lake lure nc are worse than we are.

[@mauriceharp1454]

Was there much damage in Saluda?

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

Isn’t Hendersonville where Mother Earth News used to have their experimental farm?

[@amandafugate8522]

@@mauriceharp1454 Some

[@pamransom4179]

I live in Ohio my girlfriend lives in Hendersonville haven't heard from her since Monday just a quick text from her. Do you all have cell service?

[@jvladcliff4083]

These places will never be the same again, major displacement, and then the land will be snatched up by corporate capital. No real help to rebuild will be coming.

[@frankcarone3769]

north carolina officials asked for supplies from fema before the tragedy hit their town and fema never responded

[@arthurfoyt6727]

And still have not....

[@bwtawny]

People need to remember the Appalachian Mountains were impenerable for a long time. Indian and trapping trails were often the only ways in for a long while. The effort to cut passable roads was ongoing for over 200 yrs. Even the railroads pulling out coal from the mines and logging had trouble with the grades. The area is still steep with enough wilderness left to confound non-natives.

[@Lora-G]

Worse than any recent Cali earthquake 😵Just awful. How can these poor states ever get back what's been lost?

[@mirrrstery]

Some towns are totally obliterated, roads in and out are torn apart like I agree, how do you even start?!?!

[@Lora-G]

No time for blame and finger pointing. Use that energy to HELP🙏🏽❤

[@arthurfoyt6727]

2 WEEKS after the forecasts and a WEEK after the storm and they are still "assessing" instead of helping? Sheesh, these people are worse than Bush after Katrina.

[@j81851]

Your lofty virtuous point is lost. You make a lame statement like the fire chief whose trucks roll up with hoses to fight the city on fire. The hoses are moth eaten and rat infested because the chief and the council have been living high off the hog during good times no thought when the city might burn down. They used fire hose and maintenance funds for trips for friends and to help people outside the community. Then crisis strikes "no time for finger pointin" then your hapless democrat fire chief makes excuses no time for finger pointing?!!! When do DEMOCRATS evcer face the music they wrote!!!??? I want to know. Look at DeSantis prepared, poised, taking care of business because he knows who matters! No doubt you are a hapless democrat too. You people make me sick with your high road virtue signaling.

[@RichardSchierer]

Because a lot of the people that are affected in North Carolina, Emergency Management should know that most of these people live in areas with wells. Getting the water systems working will only affect those serviced by them and because these people in remote areas are probably trapped due to flooding and roads that have been compromised. Godspeed to everyone affected by this storm and strength and prayers to all the emergency workers involved.

[@arthurfoyt6727]

THEY are not moving in starling communications, ELON MUSK is doing that.

[@FLSugar]

''They got money for wars but can't feed the poor.'' - Tupac Shakur This is disgusting! They are AMERICANS!! $900 to Katrina victims $700 to Maui victims and $750 to Hurricane Helene victims 🤬 FLORIDA is praying for you all and sending you Love!

[@julie1630]

Saw a video that FEMA is not doing enough it is the people trying to help

[@nancychace8619]

My news about this in California has been sketchy at best. The lack of information about "other states" than N. Carolina is rather cryptic. What is the status of the other states? Are they getting the help they need as well?

[@LulaMae21]

The mountainous parts of Tennessee that border NC also got badly hit. A family member has relatives there that haven't been heard from yet. See Erwin/Uncoi, TN. I don't know what the relief efforts look like, though.

[@nancychace8619]

@@LulaMae21 Thanks for responding. I wound up finding local news reports then finally more on national news. This was a nasty storm. It had barely crossed my newsfeed.

[@TB-ni4ur]

It's all optics and politics to these disgusting people.

[@teresaellis7088]

Very little coverage.Huge disaster yet not much media coverage.Where is country music?This is in their back yard!!

[@FLSugar]

In Florida, thank God we have Desantis. Praying for all AMERICANS affected :(

[@Jadeserphant]

Last I heard there were 400 plus roads closed including I 40. So how are they “moving good into the area?”

[@fairviewman3924]

The Interstates were closed but they opened a lane for emergency vehicles, line trucks, and supplies only. The airport is also operational to fly goods in.

[@Jadeserphant]

@@fairviewman3924 That’s good. Thanks for letting me know. I have friends and family in those mountains. Still haven’t heard from some of them.

[@jan_c]

My daughter is in Asheville & extended family in Haywood. There are helicopter companies flying supplies in & believe it or not a mule ranch is riding them in to certain spots to help people. Where there is a will…there is a way. I’m so grateful for these volunteers.

[@bargdaffy1535]

Air Drops by the National Guard.

[@LulaMae21]

By air, mostly. Many roads and bridges are washed out so that is the only way to reach some communities.

[@EsmeraldaHiggenbotham]

This sounded scripted.

[@bruh_hahaha]

A week ago, no one in SC, NC or GA would imagine that their lives would be upended by a hurricane. Life can be so crazy and unpredictable. 😟

[@sredmon9052]

If federal resources are available to deal with the disaster, then why aren't they getting through?!

[@swinkler4417]

Many devastated areas in the steep mountains of western NC are at an elevation of 3000' to 6000', and the cooler mountain air couldn't hold the moisture. There were landslides up top and massive flooding in the hollows and valleys. The storm didn't slow down; it dumped everything in the southern Appalachians in 24 hours. The Appalachian people in rural areas are from hearty stock, but how do you prepare for 30 inches of rain? Climate Change is here and has been for decades. It's time to put politicians' feet to the fire.

[@therozrodriguez77]

Climate change??? Lol UNSUBBED

[@markfomenko8873]

Western NC and Eastern TN are so damaged that it's shocking. Warm air holds more moisture; this storm may become more common as the Earth's climate warms. Rebuilding in some areas doesn't make sense, especially using government-subsidized insurance.

[@joefish4466]

Same goes for certain parts of Vermont which has flooded just like NC/TN, because of the geography. The affected areas are mountainous with flooding occurring in the valleys and people typically build close to rivers in the valleys. Risk assessment will need to change. The same thing happened with "Storm Boris" (2024 Central Europe Flooding), an epic storm. We are all paying for this, so we need to rebuild wisely, because this is going to happen again, real soon.

[@tdelphia1]

Well...not in Florida since the governor thinks he can legislate climate change away by refusing to admit it is happening.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

Although it’s getting to the point where it’s hard to say any area is safe. I don’t know what the answer is on rebuilding but even the “new normal” isn’t going to stay normal, it’s going to keep getting worse.

[@riffmondo9733]

Stop.

[@marclawson2536]

Yesterday: "we need smaller government". Today:"the government failed us".

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

more like the gubment is rife with lazee and corrupt grafting politicians wasting taxpayer funds. It's been DAYS and the Nat guard still hasn't showed up

[@Harleqwin]

Yes. They failed us because they are corrupt, HUGELY corrupt.

[@TB-ni4ur]

Are you really that slow? SMH you people and your silly reductionism. Has it ever occurred to you that if we had fewer do-nothing bureaucrats pushing paper and stifling economic growth there would be more resources for local governments to prepare? Or is this concept simply out of your grasp?

[@kimromero3247]

& government still hasn't done anything

[@marclawson2536]

@@TB-ni4ur The failure of the policy you recommend is what has led to an insufficient response from the government. When the top corporate tax rate was above 90 percent Americans had the highest standard of living in the world and a robust National Guard was in place to assist in disasters.

[@SoberOKMoments]

My heart just aches for everyone caught in the path of these terrible storms. There will be more storms, more deaths, more grief if we don't elect a leader willing to do what's needed! The Democrat presidential candidate has a plan of action against climate change. The Repubican candidate doesn't even believe in it. It's OUR choice in November! On this one critical issue alone we need to Vote Blue!!!

[@burtcooper612]

God controls the climate. Get over it....TRUMP2024

[@Kimberly-qg3ks]

The power of this storm was immense and moved quickly. It intensified and wreckage is widespread. I hope loved ones are found safe.

[@TnTBikingAdventures]

You've lost your mind. Use Asheville as an example of DEMOCRAT leadership.

[@gardenvariety9957]

​@@TnTBikingAdventureswait, so local Democrats in Asheville are responsible for the hurricane? You guys really gotta take a deep breathe every few weeks.

[@trinitywright7122]

This isn't climate change. This is people homeless now, starving, and without water electricity or anything. Towns gone. Use your heart

[@JaredLand]

She should definitely resign

[@ARichardP]

She said at 2:36, “I don’t know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides they are experiencing right now.” I pretty much agree. Who would pay for the amount of infrastructure it would take to withstand a storm like that without much damage occurring? They could choose to not build in some of those places but people are going to do it, we know that. We can do better but we can’t prevent everything. God bless all the people there struggling through this catastrophic event, including my friend near Asheville.

[@dougfromsoanierana]

I don’t know that there’s even been that much rain in that short of a time period in that region. 10 inches or rain is a ton for a week, much less a day.

[@joefish4466]

The FEMA administrator is an idiot or is trying not to insult people for not being better prepared. Tropical Storm Fred in 2021 and Hurricanes Frances and Ivan in 2004 caused flooding in that area. In 2004, over 11 people died from flooding caused by back-to-back Hurricanes, damaging or destroying thousands of homes​. Beyond this is The Great Flood of 1916, which was one of the most catastrophic floods in Western North Carolina history, as this event was triggered by two hurricanes in July. The French Broad River and other waterways surged to record levels, submerging Asheville and surrounding areas. Dozens of people were killed, and the damage reached millions of dollars. Another flood, The Flood of 1940, was a major flood caused by a tropical storm in August, which ravaged areas across Western North Carolina. Significant rainfall led to landslides and extensive property destruction​. These storms have happened in the past and will happen again.

[@Kimberly-qg3ks]

@@joefish4466people were caught of guard, but at the beginning of hurricane season, everyone should prepare what you can.

[@LulaMae21]

​@@joefish4466 The fact that it's been close to a century since a storm this bad hit probably has something to do with it. I lived in SC in Oct. 2015 when an extratropical system dumped 22 inches in 24 hours in the area where I lived. The flooding was catastrophic there, too.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

Coastal areas have figured out to rebuild correctly. Elevated on piers and pilings.

[@howardhughes7596]

My poor nephew was in his last year at Appalachia State in Boone. He’s home in Raleigh safe today. No idea what’s going to happen with school.

[@keithyost9249]

We good up here in Boone. Appstate is feeding the homeless and providing assistance and doing far more than the feds. Many students stayed behind to assist the victims.

[@stephanieadams3747]

My extended family has an old homestead on Bald Mountain near Boone, NC. No idea if anything survived.

[@mirrrstery]

I’m so sorry.

[@trinitywright7122]

😢

[@coffeehubby]

Volunteers were willing, capable and funded to help. FEMA blocked them, confiscated their goods and the truckers trying to help found their tires slashed on the interstate 40 going to NC

[@0Kimm.J]

Be safe and well my fellow Americans🇺🇸 Project2025 will remove federal help for individuals and businesses after natural disasters. Research and vote accordingly🇺🇸♾💙🗽

[@mirrrstery]

Keep your horrific political BS out of this

[@0Kimm.J]

@@mirrrstery Such a delightful ray of sunshine you seem to be😉 You be safe and well also.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

I've been watching Hurricane Joyce now for 3 days. It formed where Helene formed. somewhat heading our way, as is Isaac in the east, but Isaac maybe not nearly as severe.

[@oldspiritart]

🎯🎯🎯reds don’t believe in help, they call it *socialism*. Vote💙

[@dasboat64]

Lies!😂

[@sonyagarner7769]

Oh, noooo! A Biden DEI hire!!!!

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I don’t see any DEI here.

[@JimwombatLand]

NEED ALL RESOURCES NOW

[@howardhughes7596]

We got three inches of rain here in Ann Arbor last spring in about an hour and we were scrambling to keep the ponds from overflowing into homes. That was a trickle compared to what they got. There’s just nothing you can do. Living in certain areas of the country will become pretty much impossible just from an insurance standpoint. You wanna build there, fine, but no one will insure you.

[@patrickm6012]

We are not allowed to say global warming in Florida according to our wonderful governor Ron DeSanctimonious.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

Oh you didn't know? They changed the word again, it's climate change now. 😂

[@CT-vm4gf]

@@Snarf_Le_WombatWhatever you call it, it’s still the same thing.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

@@CT-vm4gf actually it's not, they changed the definition and then said the science changed, meanwhile they doesn't even understand the climate cycling across millennia

[@CT-vm4gf]

@@Snarf_Le_Wombat Nope, it’s always been the greenhouse effect. Co2 added to the atmosphere.

[@ldc5603]

No one denies climate change, it’s been happening since the Ice Age. It’s the causative factors, you’re blaming carbon emissions without any proof. This FEMA director forgot one thing- people are building in areas which are prone to flooding with mild weather events and disingenuous to plug her social justice agenda into a disaster.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

When agency administrators are asked if they have enough resources, they typically aren’t allowed to say they are underfunded. Agency budgets can be cut by either the president, or by Congress, by the way. (The president decides how much money he or she will request for an agency each year, and Congress decides how much they will actually give an agency.) Even the agencies that have bipartisan support are underfunded and I can almost guarantee that FEMA is badly underfunded.

[@thegoodfight8316]

FEMA and this administrator embarrassed themselves with their response…. Reminds me of Red Criss and Puerto Rico!

[@kennethhudson8013]

Somebody needs to FACE THE NATION AND IT AINT GOOD WHAT IM THINKING ABOUT

[@margarethorn6055]

FEMA, why aren't you helping out in Western NC?

[@LulaMae21]

They are... this is going to be a very complicated recovery...

[@cfsaw76]

​@@LulaMae21no they aren't!? Who is telling you this? ABC? MSNBC? Unbelievable

[@garyparker-cj1xg]

I’m trained fema trained from Florida moved to Asheville still not helping trued to contact to help but no luck when I moved to Asheville I went to the emergency management office and got the 🥶

[@alvinjohnston4565]

That's not true Trump is ready I heard he's handing out paper towels already

[@papadre70]

Is this Global warming or Judgement. You decide

[@alphaomega5909]

😂😂😂😂

[@ARichardP]

Could be it’s Nature saying, “You can’t just live anywhere.” It could be some global warming. The Gulf is very warm. Maybe it’s Nature’s judgment about us not giving a crap about what we do to the Earth we all live on.

[@alphaomega5909]

@@ARichardP Well maybe. I do believe modern Man has f@#%ed up our land,air, waters. So,, for now corraling some of the wild horses is a Kind activity. Most Are Left alone.

[@goodun2974]

​@@ARichardP, the Gulf was at 87-88 degrees when Helen passed over it; that warm water is like rocket fuel to a developing storm.

[@debilynnphillips]

They should be going to NC, & The Big Bend, first! They are in dire need of provisions and rescue...

Suggestion. When power gos out stores can keep meat. Gather up to feed people instead of trashing it.

[@pppjourneyonabike5992]

When FEMA shows up, who runs the operation overall. Does FEMA assist state? Is Local Emergency Management calling the shots on who gets deployed to where...?

[@Vincent575]

As usual, it can’t hurt their feelings because they won’t come back and play with their toys. Therefore their feelings will not be good. You won’t get your supplies. I’ll take it back home. What I’ve seen so far is Tennessee North Carolina. It’s people helping people federal government not involved. I don’t see a national out there. Where is the national guard? You tell me if he can’t do the private helicopters and private planes doing the job. Samaritan purse come on people operation blessing from CBN. It’s all the churches FEMA is doing nothing.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 except their feelings can get very hurt😢😢😢

[@rosereeder2612]

We have one person really

[@PFCD]

Oh my God climate change....just stop.... this is not the time.

[@Doomedmandy77]

They never “waste a disaster”. It’s always hot in September in the south. Word of mouth is fema is nowhere to be found. Shocking, I know. 🙄 everything is local, regional and Nat’l Guard in NC.

[@PFCD]

@@Doomedmandy77 I had just responded to someone else that I live in Delaware and he was here the whole weekend and she was at a fancy glitzy La party with celebrities to raise funds. My girlfriend lives in North Carolina and she said their are 1200 people missing that they're aware of! It makes me sick as these people need real help. I know Samaritan's Purse is down there on the scene so I donated to them.

[@Muddslinger0415]

It’s exactly what is causing this how can you be so mindless and blind

[@Doomedmandy77]

@@PFCDIs there any way out of staters can come an render aide? Last report I heard they weren’t letting people out of state in unless they were with some governmental or noted organization and they weren’t letting just regular people come and render aid which is patently asinine, especially since FEMA and the National Guard are missing an action and the ONLY people doing anything are the FORMER president, the CEO of what used to be Twitter, and other good old boys and Samaritans in and around the state that didn’t get hit as hard and are helping their neighbors. 😢

[@LeilaniG808]

When you purposefully stand in the way of common sense, you become criminally negligent or worse!

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Sarah Boone.

[@johnnylafayette]

Don't look like God is too happy with the Bible belt

[@waynewells3297]

Dude, don’t be mean. These people are really suffering.

[@johnnylafayette]

@@waynewells3297 so is everyone crossing the border, so are women, so are they homeless, so are the addicts who suffer great disability, so are immigrants being targeted for hate crimes. Apparently yall needed a reminder of how quickly you can all be in their shoes!!!. This is being kind! The most loving thing we can all do is be honest. Truth is likened to a double edged sword. It is how we accept what is, learn. And move forward.

[@ant-ekay7215]

There have always been hurricanes and natural disasters and always will be until the end of times. Js

[@billaddington831]

You are saying man made climate change isn’t real, your parenting Big Oil’s gaslighting lies. You are an extreme minority in the US we believe in science not big oil political spin

[@cristo6007]

Thanks for reposting the 1980s Big Oil ad 🤡

[@mirrrstery]

Thanks tips! They’re also going to get worst until the end of time, until some states are completely erased off the coast line.

[@Me-mn4nw]

​@@mirrrsteryAren't you a freaking genius!

[@oldstix]

@@Me-mn4nw Florida will turn blue, because that is the color of sea water. But they won't mention climate change.

[@wwinky99]

Umm did she say fema is bringing in Starlink?

[@shirleybalinski4535]

The President should have called all 50 states National Guards/Governors for a "heads up" to be prepared for action. Every community needs to have an emergency plan in place..staging places, registered medical personnel. BUILDING codes revised , enforced, & readjusted. No, you cannot depend on the FEDS.EVERY RESPONSE IS LOCAL. ULTIMATELY, RELY ON NO ONE BUT, YOURSELF. BE PREPARED, HAVE A PLAN, USE YOUR HEAD.

[@suebennett9347]

What president?

[@mariemaglione4079]

Do we believe her or the people . What she is just going now? Fire her .

[@kells4723]

Deanne criswell is a liability. She should be fired!! She's a disgrace!! For SHAME

[@YouCanCallMeDon]

They need to memory hole this quick to keep the Kamala campaign on track.

[@lulaporter6080]

You say nobody could be fully prepared. YOUR JOB IS TO BE PREPARED. If people who post youtube videos could think outside the box well enough to help fellow citizens, what is your problem? Tractor trailers are bringing in supplies. Private helicopters are rescuing people and delivering supplies. Even mule trains are taking supplies to the needy. They are donating their time and resources. FEMA did NONE of this!! The National Guard is still waiting for orders. Their choppers are still grounded! Maybe you should organize a committee to discuss what is necessary. Y'all could meet monthly. Have coffee and donuts. Or you could do your job. Temporary bridges could be built IF you just let the National Guard actually do what they are trained to do. Hell, even the Coast Guard could help evacuate people. Be a leader instead of a politician. Delegate and turn capable people loose.

[@richardmoore1952]

SOUTH CAROLINA KINDA LIKES LIKE “GAZA” RIGHT ABOUT NOW 👀

[@deborahdillmore7347]

DEI incompetence. Shame on you.

[@dandavatsdasa8345]

What a terrible tragedy for anyone involved! Many Prayer Offerings! Preparedness can fall into neglect. Presumably Electric Vehicles need to be kept away from saltwater flooding. Stock up on charcoal and other necessities for purifying water. There are five gallon water storage containers available online. Build in a way that is flood proof and hurricane proof.

[@analinares-nu7zt]

MARYLAND..BLESS.....

[@ant-ekay7215]

I see 5 comments yet only 2 are showing up.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

KZbin has been messing with comments and key words in them so much more lately

[@bargdaffy1535]

Nobody ever said Climate Chaos was going to be Fun or Pretty. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@isocarboxazid]

If you just say "it's not real" or "it's a hoax," it's all well and good until you lose your house/life.

[@bargdaffy1535]

@@isocarboxazid I think you misunderstand. I am well versed on Climate Chaos Science and aware that it will most likely cause the Extinction of the Human Race by 2050.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

What does that to do with building and living in a flood plain valley in the mountains under a dam ?

[@melancholy2024]

So why are police blocking entrance into stores for baby formula,,diapers,,medicine etc. where is fema?!!

[@iownadodge7081]

They’re not there yet. Maybe Monday… 😮

[@lindapereboom]

The roads are gone. The only way in is by air and that still requires some basic infrastructure. People need to prep and learn to takes care of themselves. There was 4 days notice and the word "catastrophic " was used every hurricane center update. Yes, they got way more but if I hear catastrophic I'm getting the heck out of dodge.

[@patrickm6012]

Try your local officials.

[@Kimberly-qg3ks]

Probably because of looting

[@goodun2974]

​@@lindapereboom, This hurricane, fueled by high Gulf water temps, was exceptionally fast moving and instead of expending much of its energy on the Florida coastline and breaking up a bit, it blew right through Florida and up into the Carolinas, where it slowed down and expended much of its energy in the form of heavy rain. Living in a valley surrounded by mountains is always a recipe for disastrous flooding. I live in eastern Connecticut and the western side of my state suffered just a tiny taste of this a month ago ---- there was extensive flood damage in Litchfield County, but it pales beside the destruction in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee, and those areas are much more remote and harder to deliver aid to.

[@thomasrodino352]

Elon Musk has sent the starlight with no help from fema 😢sad what's happening

[@shirleymuhleisen683]

“Several homes” damaged?

[@bywaterbeatsproduction]

The downplaying is abominable

[@KevinInPhoenix]

It's probably several thousand or several tens of thousands.

[@garyparker-cj1xg]

I moved to Asheville from Florida have been

[@jerrylavender1807]

Where federal aid helicopters. Soldier rescue God created the weather he controls it

[@waynewells3297]

Folks, even if your area is unaffected, global warming touches ALL of us. Please support efforts to turn our planet around by the time our great grandchildren are adults!

[@alisefranklin8490]

Hurricanes are not due to global warming!

[@kevz281963]

The arrogance, narcissism, and dishonesty shine bright in the liberals.

[@b.l.8611]

Many people from CA moved to these states. I wonder if they are still thinking that it was a good move??? Sorry for all the devastation. It will only get worst, due to climate change.

[@norskeneil]

was her former job protecting Trump?

[@jerrylavender1807]

How can you help if your broke how the. Gov back with penalties and interests

[@thebricktrain5257]

#GETWATERTOASHEVILLENOW

[@willcox4561]

Let's hope she is not as incompetent as the rest of the Biden/Harris administration.

[@tysheneyoung7993]

Y only certain counties in NC last week we got hit and now Helene

[@fairviewman3924]

If you look on a map with a terrain view you will see that the Blue Ridge Mountains rise up out of the Piedmont to the south and east of Asheville, NC. When major storms come from the southeast the clouds rise up to go over the mountains and dump tremendous amounts of rain. This storm dumped over 20" of rain in much of the mountains of northern GA, SC and western NC. The steep mountains then shed all that rain into the narrow river valleys and you get what we got. High winds + saturated soils = downed trees = downed power lines. Roads washed out. No power, water systems destroyed ...

[@renewashington791]

@@fairviewman3924 👍🏽 great Comment 😊

[@goodun2974]

​@@fairviewman3924, Everybody wants to live near water until the river overflows its banks or the ocean rises up to wash you away. 26 years ago, my wife and I bought our house on a rocky ridge in New England about 100 feet above all of our neighbors who live at street level, and boy am I glad of it now! By the way, I spent my boyhood summers at a rustic family cottage along Long Island Sound (originally built with wreckage from the hurricane of 1938). It's only on 4 foot posts and amazingly is still standing after Superstore Sandy, although my family no longer owns it, which is probably just as well because I don't think we could afford the taxes, or the insurance, on a beachfront property. The cottage isn't worth much but the land it sits on is worth over a half-million $.....

[@gordonmorris6359]

Establishment news.

[@dagotom6588]

Keep voting for republicans NC and no infrastructure will get done just like Florida. Vote blue to get things done 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊

[@bjones211]

You’re kidding right?!

[@fixairplane3624]

People are suffering and your mind goes to politics....pack up your car and go and help or send aid....otherwise if you can't be of help step aside. Americans have become so callus it's disgusting

[@marlowe61]

Here is an idea. How about diverting funds from Ukraine back to our citizens who need it the most!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Here's a better idea. Educate yourself about the fact that US military aid to Ukraine is completely separate from the US supplying emergency assistance to all of the states suffering from this record breaking hurricane damage.

[@lindat6688]

Read your history. When a dictator starts taking over other countries, they don't stop at just one. If Putin gets Ukraine and all of their army's weapons and manpower under his control, he'll have even more power. Hmmm, who should he invade next??? You think once he gets enough resources, he wouldn't love the big prize - USA? Trump wants us to exit NATO, which means nobody will have our back. We need to keep bullies from getting stronger for our own sake.

[@johndavidmyself8039]

I luv it when MAGAs get lost, wander around, and end up on random channels, still saying the same stupid stuff.

[@lorrainemcfarland621]

Allowing Putin to restore the former glory of the USSR as his legacy is not in the best interests of the United States. That's why!

[@howardhughes7596]

They would be funny if they weren’t so scary.

[@cherylclark7303]

Y' all had more than enough time to make things right , to bridge the gap but because of pride failed to do so.....

[@JooDawg]

I don’t know that the federal government could be even a little prepared, let alone fully.

[@johnnylafayette]

Be quake time soon

[@alvinjohnston4565]

No biggie Trumps on his way with Paper Towels

[@dasboat64]

Typical Democrat talking point...."Climate Change." Hurricanes & Storms are as old as this Planet. 😂😂😂

[@markrobinowitz8473]

Warming oceans don't care about anyone's politics. Warmer waters create stronger hurricanes. It's basic physics, sorry.

[@richardthiele8363]

Yes, that’s true, but it’s the billions of tons of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by our way of life that are warming up the planet and are increasing the frequency and intensity of storms like this.

[@dublinjazz1]

Yeah, the mountain regions are always getting hit with hurricanes.🙄

[@LulaMae21]

​@@dublinjazz1NC mountains actually do get hit every few years, usually from hurricanes that come up from the Gulf. They're destructive, but this... I'm an NC native and have never seen this before.

[@goodun2974]

​@@LulaMae21, 88° water in the Gulf was like rocket fuel added to the storm. Most hurricanes who expand much of their energy when they hit the coastline but this one blew right through Florida and stalled when it hit the Carolinas. Living on an increasingly warming planet, the only thing we can predict is that we will get more storms and they will be worse. Living along the coastline, or in river valleys in the shadow of mountains, is no longer going to be sustainable or affordable.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

The only way to prepare would have been to do something about Global Warming when the scientists first raised the alarm. I was in 4th grade, in texas (of all places) when I first read in a textbook about the threat of Global Warming. That was in the mid 1970’s.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

It’s been very sad watching all the environmental threats we were warned about becoming reality over the decades. And the more obvious the changes become, the more angry and shrill the denials. I don’t understand human nature.

[@cherylclark7303]

YHWH WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!!!!!!

[@blueskiesforever114]

These people. Didn’t get proper notice purposely!

[@ronbelanger4113]

Good idea, stop rebuilding in the same area.

[@shogunjobu]

Stop with the 'we couldnt of been more prepared'.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Oh right instead maybe instead she should have sent a depressing to everyone that their funding does provide for enough to keep up with the demand of this crisis, but they'll keep trying?! 🙄 That was not in any way meant to be subtle sarcasm!!

[@shogunjobu]

@michaeldeierhoi4096 lots of stuff there I never said. If what you did to prepare failed you. You needed to do more. No one said anything about just not trying or crying to mommy.

[@davelassiter392]

Blaming it on climate change without any real evidence. She needs to stick to what she knows and leave the speculation to others. Such unwarrented speech just erodes her credibility.

[@dougfromsoanierana]

Ok then what is your explanation for how 10+ inches or rain fell in a day? Bad luck?

[@isocarboxazid]

There will never be enough evidence for you people. You will always lie though your teeth, you will always move the goalposts, you will always gaslight and project.

[@davelassiter392]

@@dougfromsoanierana I’ve attempted weather and climate reconstruction for a couple areas in the United States. Current models predict increasing frequency of intense rainfall events. It does not mean that intense rainfall events never happened before industrialization and greater concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Deanne Criswell’s has a background in education with M.S. degrees in Public Administration and Homeland Security not global climate models. She is not qualified to address long term climate issues.

[@LulaMae21]

​@@davelassiter392So what qualifies you?

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

@@davelassiter392In fact she is perfectly qualified to understand that scientific research has demonstrated the increasing frequency and magnitude of such events. And the relationship between a hotter atmosphere, warmer waters in the Gulf, increased storm energy, and increased water absorption by the atmosphere, is straightforward enough for any layman to understand.

[@coldspring624]

100 billion to finance a needless war

[@rudyvaselino7776]

Agreed, stop sending money to Israel America.

[@MARTY-s1u]

😮 love and peace and help to the human beings affected. ❤ I disagree with the FEMA rep. This magnitude could have been prevented. Our scientists have been warning us about climate shift for a looooong time. Leadership of NC, SC, Fla, Georgia and Tenn have been ignoring and dismissing the warnings. 😢 to the demise of their constituents. 😢 Isn’t it time to lead for rebuilding to mitigate the new norm? Isn’t the big question in this aftermath, “how do we engineer buildings and communities to withstand the worse?” And not just how to save money on structures so corporations can make profits? 😊 lumber and gypsum is NOT the answer. It’s time for new engineering ideas. It’s time to invest in new engineered infrastructure. Or keep rolling the dice and spend money on reacting and responding. Nature is obviously getting faster and more powerful than you. And there are two more storm fronts coming in the next two weeks, and a month left in hurricane season. 😮

[@greorbowlfinder7078]

She is a self serving bureaucrat. Typical government administrator = failure. They never succeed at anything yet we pay them huge sums of money.

[@LulaMae21]

I'm not sure if we have the engineering capability to withstand half the mountain coming down. And 2005 and 2020 proved that mother nature doesn't care about hurricane season.

[@hildeschmid8400]

They've been ignoring and denying it for FIFTY years now, and STILL ignoring and denying it.