WBTV Investigates: The true number of missing after Hurricane Helene

[@AllNatural7]

This whole situation is really still disgusting, and how our governor was invisible. There's more missing than we can imagine!

[@TimandLiamsEastcoastkoillc]

Amen absolutely correct

[@c.b.-11]

Josh Stein is no better and he was running for Governor and did nothing

[@keithwolfe-festivalandstreet]

I found a body just a a couple weeks back. Right by the Aldi I didn’t even see any reports about it. Smilesotheylikeyou

[@kknight8112]

Heck the GOP state legislature took all the powers away from the governor. What’s not working is your state legislature.

[@AlanAshcraftAstrophotography]

Your hate for Democrats is apparent! Our governor was here and on the ground making decisions to help the people of Western North Carolina. I’m here, Ground Zero! Our neighbors, our community, FEMA, and our governor were all doing the very best they could and I could not be more proud of all of them! This was a horrific catastrophe, one of the worst in this area in history and you wanna sit there and complain about our governor? I imagine you don’t even live around these parts!

[@Troubles0125]

What is missing is the government helping these people more people just got evicted from the hotels with nowhere to go this is a shame...Please donate

[@billythatkidd6926]

Biden just approved a bill to 100% take care of all the peoples properties effected by the fire in California. But these people only got $700🤨

[@zedsodead]

To whom do I donate? I don't want my money diverted to the rich in California. They voted themselves into their firestorm. They can vote their way out.

[@AllNatural7]

@@zedsodead EXACTLY!!! Please check out the video: Live From Hurricane Helene REFUGEE CAMP in North Carolina. By Status Coup News. The 2nd interviewer had a network helping them

[@pollyannadavis7965]

Amen to that

[@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn]

@@Troubles0125 best donation choice, please?

[@randomposter8964]

How many cel phones numbers have gone inactive since the hurricane?

[@eveadame1059]

Great Point! 👍

[@Theresa-g6h]

They cant tell you a number. It is an awful reality. There was homeless people and whole families wiped out. That flood was a blender. What was done is done. That truly feels heartless saying that but it is what they should be saying. What they should be doing is far more important to be reporting at this time. Death toll is clouding up what really needs to be reported at this time and it's shelter from the cold and the help these people will need to not be homeless.

[@c.b.-11]

@@Theresa-g6h those that was homeless before the Flood was very few. I can tell you aren't from here, don't live here and perched in a Self righteous cage

[@beyondalpha1072]

over 10k

[@randomposter8964]

@ if that is true there is the approximate death toll,because people get new phones but keep their number. That number is heartbreaking.

[@maggiesdad100]

There's no way anyone really knows how many were missing. There were so many homeless that nobody knew about. God bless all these missing souls.

[@lauradotson355]

I have had the same thoughts since day one!!!

[@kookietherapy9398]

...and people on camping trips.

[@janets6474]

But we do. There were 748 homeless in Asheville who lived along the river, most of which ate gone. Entire families have died. Entire communities have died. Two personal separate accounts of seeing 1000 boy bags with bodies. The military, when they initially showed up here with Chinook helicipters, were not bringing supplies, not rescuing people, but were whisking away the dead. They covered up the number of people found. If the real number had been known from the beginning, it would have required a much larger response from the governor and federal officials, which they clearly didn't want to do I saw one report when a SARS team member was taking apart a pile. They had to do it carefully because they digs hit on it several times. There were a couple ofxDEMA people standing there, so he told them about it. The next day, when they came to continue the search, those same FEMA officials started that pile on fire!

[@TreeLBollingTreeMan]

@@janets6474 That is true!

[@janets6474]

@@kookietherapy9398 Good point. I had not thought of that. Or people who actually lived in campers.

[@debrathompson2008]

Where is ALL the money supposedly raised by red cross and that music festival for these folks needing help it was given to help these people who are still living in tents and now with over 5000 that fema just kicked out of hotels with no place to go. WHY isn't the governor doing something to help his state???

[@orangetaby6024]

Because they people are NOT Black .

[@orangetaby6024]

to the government,,,,,, White people don't matter.

[@bcc7777]

It's in Ukrainian government official's pockets.

[@loripatterson6941]

I just President Trump can help

[@AllNatural7]

@loripatterson6941 President Trump is only ONE PERSON!!! NC'S GOVERNOR should be involved right now!!!

[@blue_moon6490]

If whole families are missing, there is no one to report them. 💔

[@DirtyOleMopar]

Easier to steal the land the elites need for lithium mining

[@themissjanet]

You do not believe that these families had no friend? They didn't work, they did not go to church, the kids did not go to school? I promise you there are no whole families that no one has reported missing. The only place that these stories exist are in social media videos posted by people who do not even live here in our mountains.

[@eldonhoward7925]

I don't think the authorities want an accurate answer to this question!

[@Pepper0077]

@@eldonhoward7925 100%

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

If your house was washed down a mudslide and all your neighbors with it who is left to report you missing? There are scenarios like this many of them in this area.

[@28704joe]

Are you suggesting all these swept away houses had people in them with no friends and family? OK

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

@ no I’m suggesting you obviously don’t know how to read

[@debbielwilliamson8546]

The government will not supply the money and manpower it takes to do a complete search and recovery. It's just not a lucrative endeavor. Besides the fact that federal, state, and local governments just don't care.

[@YaYaPaBla]

@@Iwillnotbepushedmaybe you need to read what you wrote

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

@@YaYaPaBla You have a lot to learn about mountain communities and how they are set up. There are hundreds of small towns and villages missing in these mountains. Do some homework.

[@munitia100]

I wonder about the large amount of homeless people who were living near the river in Asheville

[@janets6474]

Correct. 748 was the count. My brother frequents Asheville. He has seen only a few since the flood. The rest, who lived on the river, where are they?

[@johns8771]

One person missing and not recovered is too many. The name Kim Ashby comes to mind. She hasn't been found.

[@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn]

Let us not forget these people and their pain.

[@keithtimelessacres]

I find it strange that they came to Polk county which compared to the counties above had the smallest amount of damage. After covid it is hard to believe any of the reps for the state.

[@MingTheMerciless-xs5kb]

You get what you vote for, this is conservative republican lack of leadership.

[@zedsodead]

Its PBS. They want attention on the blue city of Los Angeles by diminishing the effects of the flood.

[@marketads1]

Watch out for “after Covid!!” After Covid your whole world changed! Of course, if you look around you don’t see anything different except you read more crap online.

[@TanyaChurch-rf2ei]

And they are still dieing due to freezing to death.

[@janets6474]

Yes. I have seen two reports snd that was from a month ago. A couple was found in their tent. A couple with a young baby woke up and it died from exposure.

[@suebennett9804]

Anytime someone starts with a SO,YOU KNOW THEIR LIEING

[@AllNatural7]

@@janets6474 absolutely disgusting!!!

[@DS-nv8bi]

@@janets6474 these are not true

[@janets6474]

@DS-nv8bi There have been deaths due to freezing to death. I live here. While the numbers are low, deaths due to freezing, ONE is too many! Far too much death has occurred here. THOUSANDS have died from this event.

[@noneya3274]

How can they verify if the person missing has lost all their vital records?!

[@alisonclaybon2171]

Anyone notice their body language and facial expression? The lady looks disgusted and irritated that people are even looking into it.

[@janets6474]

🎯

[@elizabeth3675]

She looks genuinely distressed that the people are still dealing with this.

[@gsmokeandfire]

This. Bad vibes man..

[@CryoToast]

@@gsmokeandfire under our noses

[@user-jc6ok6cf7m]

Interesting houses, cars, etc. were swept downstream the remains may not be from that county or even that state. Just another example of the government (whether state or federal) failure.... M

[@AmericaShallBeSaved777]

Share the names of the missing

[@tkcrking8715]

@@AmericaShallBeSaved777 The list is online.

[@weytogoman]

​@AmericaShal lBeSaved777 how you gonna list the name of hundreds of homeless you don't know ? I volunteer for a search, rescue and aid organization and 1 of our guys found 32 bodies within a mile on 1 river. Ease on over n find out what's really going on ...

[@janets6474]

AND cover-up. If the true number of deaths were known, the American people and officials would have been forced to do more. CA is getting help already. They've only reported about 10 dead. FEMA is already there, as was Biden promising all kinds of help. While people here are getting kicked out of hotels in frigid cold.

[@janets6474]

​@AmericaShallBeSaved777 Thats not the problem. There are entire families gone. Who reports them missing? Who reports the homeless who are missing, immigrants, entire communities?

[@harryvarner6652]

"We pull the information from death certificates." REALLY?

[@Yvanlemay]

How primitive this is!! Guess what when. IRS won’t get income tax. We ll be informed of who is missing.

[@sandylmastin5268]

Yes!

[@lauriivey7801]

How many illegal immigrants were in that county?? How many homeless people?? Official records will not list these people, but their remains could still be entangled in a woodpile on someone's property. But politicians rarely care about them, anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter to them.

[@LauraAnnHicks]

I don't understand why that nobody is saying anything about this? It's all about the California Fire I mean I understand that's horrible but my God this happened way before the fire and nobody has helped these poor people from Helene I live in greenwood Indiana and I have cried and cried I'm disabled and if I could I would help what is wrong with this country with Fema this Government??? It's a shame God sees what is going on please please don't think you're forgotten stay strong never ever give up at the end you will go up and live in a big beautiful Mansion and the evil and selfish one well they will go where they deserve I pray for you you're not forgotten we love you

[@bcc7777]

It doesn't fit their "Global warming" narrative enough.

[@bigboydrz]

Lots of people have gone to help

[@DogLover987-b9t]

The national media follows the current disaster or big story. The fires are only 11% contained and they began less than a week ago. Often, even in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or other event, I look for local news reports. Always a better source.

[@steveb796]

Trump is sucking up all the coverage with his lies about Greenland.

[@kathywright6853]

Its all political,the ordinary citizens mean nothing only the elite left

[@MyNLR]

It's being hidden.

[@darlsbarkley3493]

No it's not

[@AmericaShallBeSaved777]

Prove it

[@Troubles0125]

@@darlsbarkley3493 I hear about LA on every news crickets about Helena victims so stop already try to be honest

[@darlsbarkley3493]

@Troubles0125 Helene was 3.5 months ago. The la fires are happening now. Why is that difficult for you to understand?

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

​@@Troubles0125According to Obriben California is part of the "federal family" NC isn't, his words not mine.

[@lisad3586]

North Carolina I pray for you all every single day that the Lord will help you and find Hope every day and I'm sorry this had to happen and I'm sorry for the ones I've lost their loved ones I hope you find your missing loved ones so you could have closure.

[@joankline343]

Just how do you call people when they aren't in a phone book and have lost their homes? If you called a private number it's a miracle that they even have a cellphone, how did you get that number? All of the other videos from people living there disagree and say there are 1000's missing. I'd think that they would know because they lived there and know the area. It's a very sad and heartbreaking thing to have happened. It's worse yet that the government isn't doing much to help them clean up the area and recover. That doesn't look good at all for the USA.

[@SpreadKindnessAlways]

So sorry that Western North Carolina is still dealing with this. The horrible, ongoing fires in California prove that mother nature is an equal opportunity destroyer. We must respect her and stop building in places where we shouldn't. It pays to be proactive instead of reactive. Anyone who calls themselves a prepper may want to level up your strategy. I love the beautiful mountains of North Carolina, but I don't want to own a home in the woods no more than I want to live on the beach here in my own state of Florida. Hurricanes, floods, fires. We must be realistic about what can happen. My thoughts are with all of you.

[@dillpickle2916]

@@SpreadKindnessAlways There is nowhere you can live that is safe from everything.

[@AdventuresofExploring4848]

Shame on the government and Fema

[@aja1071]

Thousands.

[@Dari-b5g]

We have a couple millon tourists in the Western North Carolina. How come not one tourist died? Just talking in the different community gathering we can count alot more friends and family members. What about allthe elderly and special medical needs folks who have died ? How many died from lack of care? How many folks will freeze to death? This disaster is still happening and will continue for five years.

[@marketads1]

Putting a question mark at the end is sooooo important, isn’t it????? Just like a two-year old??? Why are there so many cars?? Why don’t people ask why there are so many cars??? Are they covering something up?????

[@Pepper0077]

@@Dari-b5g so here’s the question. What do we do to help? I’m being serious. How do we get recognition or any help to North Carolina?

[@larrybuckner8619]

I live in Central North Carolina and I am absolutely disgusted at the way our state and federal government has reacted to the situation. If there were more rich people in the Appalachians then they would get a whole lot more attention and money. Sounds like to me the government is going to pay for everything in California but to hell with North Carolina and Tennessee.

[@GO-xs8pj]

For the Paradise fire, Butte County created a public list of reported missing and kept it updated as people were confirmed located or deceased. It helped keep rumors from getting out of control.

[@EdwardStrishock]

Its a smoke screen to keep you in the dark

[@dnunley423]

The number of people dead is infathamabol to people who aren’t local

[@nancysatori4744]

I have been wondering this myself, no one is reporting, till now.

[@goudagirl6095]

Reminder: WHERE ARE THE MISSING CHILDREN from the LaHaina fire???????

[@LisaMccarty-fm2ec]

Look at how many disasters have hit in this country since biden admin took over. It's constant. Hurricanes, wild fires, food processing buildings burning to the ground, toxic chemical spills, various school and public areas killing sprees. This is not normal. Not by any means. Where are the lahaina children? Why aren't parents from there raising a ruckus? This country is in shreds. Who is in charge? It seems like no one is. Prayers for all those who are missing loved ones.

[@Livelaughlove-n8t]

If the whole family washed down the creek how they gonna report themselves...... polk county is ....... well ... you see it.

[@darlsbarkley3493]

So, you don't think anyone in the family had a job or knew anyone outside of their family?

[@AmericaShallBeSaved777]

How about a relative or a friend? That’s whose going to report it

[@kookietherapy9398]

2000+, but they'll keep it around 104.

[@28704joe]

Presumably they have family that would wonder were they are at. Are you suggesting whole families got swept away and they had zero friends and family?

[@28704joe]

@@kookietherapy9398 Don't count the space aliens, then it's 104.

[@Pepper0077]

This is a nightmare. How can our president say all this money was sent, yet, residents are saying they haven’t received anything! We will put up illegals in hotel rooms, but not our citizens! This makes me irate. Some families are in tents in the cold I’m hearing. This should not be happening! Now that California is burning, I’m sure we will hear even less on North Carolina residents. This is awful.

[@ateachableheart2649]

well, there's a big difference between the two events and the political views of both of those camps.......

[@marketads1]

The issue is with how rural the state is. People are distant. Just because you feel close online doesn’t mean you are.

[@Livelaughlove-n8t]

Funny how comments aren't showing....

[@AmericaShallBeSaved777]

Your comment shows just fine

[@Darci3333]

The Government and Agencies dont care how many is missing nor do they want others to know and they are damn sure NOT going to help find out😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@RDU-s5z]

I believe the licals on this report

[@pam5693]

Thank you for reporting on this .... please stay on top ot if

[@jw6180]

Thousands upon thousands. Bears and other animals ate many remains. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@musicteacher5757]

B.S. I live near a rural "retirement community". Old people disappear, never return, and their bills are on auto-pay. The lights stay on in the house, the cars don't get moved for over a year, grass isn't cut, mail piles up, etc. When no one reports someone is missing, or dead, nothing is done. I believe the numbers are being hidden for political reasons. It's easier to do in rural areas.

[@Romans_8.38-39]

All the downed trees, brush and debris in NC need to be removed before the wildfire season hits there later this year. There is time, but please act so it is not a repeat of CA.

[@DarrellKing-j8c]

Got to be up in the thousands missing

[@MaryJane-z7i]

Great journalism, really! Im going to have to see the next part so I subscribed! If my life & health were in better shape, I’d have moved my entire life to Tennessee/North Carolina to help rebuild. Everyone is in my daily prayers & thoughts. It’s not what you need but it’s all I got right now! 🙏🏻😊✌🏻

[@awddfg]

The hurricane had a right to defend itself lmao

[@billmadison2032]

This was a once-in-a-lifetime event unlike the stuff that's going on in California which happens every 2 to 3 months

[@LindaCrawford-hx3pm]

I have a friend that has been there and said there are multiple refrigerator semis loaded with bodies. As someone else stated, who might be left to report if whole areas were wiped out.

[@jodyleopold520]

I heard 25,000 - 30,000 about a month ago

[@saveamericanfreedom2400]

Why have we not seen any of their faces in the disaster area. You can't find out information sitting behind your desk.

[@philliphall5198]

How many, each county should provide the number of missing in there are asap

[@BajatheChickenMan]

What a shtshow. This is so sad and ridiculous.

[@869handyman]

Greedy politicians

[@lydianewman8882]

Our present government has deserted us, just like they did to the poor souls in Maui and is now carried over to the Helene incident. We are going down the toilet as a society 😢😢😢

[@patrickgarrison7640]

Everyone on this thread, pay attention! Keep an eye on what happens out in California after these fires are out. I GUARANTEE that they get more help than FL, GA, SC, NC, and VA combined.

[@kampmeier69]

Don't forget Tennessee

[@boykinlp]

I’ll be very interested to hear if these folks find any remains! 🙏 For all involved.

[@diane5196]

North Carolians you need a new Governor!!! He has done NOTHING for you folks!!!! It disgusting how Calif. is getting help right away and yet you aren't!!!!

[@DogLover987-b9t]

LA fires are still burning and only 11% contained. It is a different situation - area impacted, infrastructure to reach people, etc. Areas of NC were unreachable in the immediate aftermath but help was sent. Maybe it wasn't enough, etc but it has been months now. Not saying NC does not still need and deserve help but there is a difference in the response between an active disaster situation and the followup of one from months ago.

[@shan2964]

What a big lie, with no help whatsoever, shame on them 😤

[@LouziannaCreoleQueen]

Are any families reporting missing loved ones ? Are there people that haven’t showed up to jobs they had before Helene but never return if there was a job to return to, are their ways to find out of peoples bank accounts are inactive since Helene , doctors who had patients before Helene that never returned for appointments . Theres ways to investigate if they really want to investigate if there’s more missing then what’s been reported . They just don’t care to do it ! Really sad!!

[@NadeneBeach]

How many homeless are missing and unaccounted for? Neither missing nor death toll will ever be known!

[@bobbie-q8t]

Please keep informing us. Ive been wondering

[@shan2964]

I am thankful that some are not missing, and are still alive 🙏. That is just a couple of them, I know they are never going to be able to get the true fatalities, !!! THERE ARE MANY!!!! This doesn't mean to chalk them off!!! They need help!!!!

[@28704joe]

Aliens with space lasers beamed them all up as the water rose. It's a good idea to wear a tinfoil hat during a flood , aliens can't beam you up.

[@psydalone801]

One count one day? Week? Their job is done? They need to be replaced

[@joenewingham1996]

We found a tooth and it looks aged, so it must be old and bla bla bla.......

[@deemariewright3981]

Seems a bit grumpy....

[@joenewingham1996]

@deemariewright3981 I just find it odd that a tooth was found and the public official is trying to blow it off.

[@deemariewright3981]

@@joenewingham1996 Right. What are the odds of a tooth, from any time back before Helene, would be in the same debris pile as the one hit on by the cadaver dog? I wouldn't trust this character no further than I could throw him.

[@roselynn816]

If a whole family is missing, who will report them missing?

[@ronniewebb2777]

So what’s the true number

[@beyondalpha1072]

Must be 10k

[@erinobrien8793]

Don’t they have voter lists or lists of citizens? There has to be a better way to track people or at least an online clearinghouse to have people verify that their information is correct and they are safe.

[@1up5down-je]

WBTV, don't talk to the local government officials. Talk to the linemen that were there well after official numbers were released.

[@patriciabock4299]

Still no numbers of missing people stated! How many?????

[@charlenemcnally5175]

Ask the rescue workers in Western NC who were recovering bodies stacking them up from one ladies testimony I saw. I believe her before the propaganda media who by the way have a license to lie. Research the Smith Muntz Act I think I am quoting it right signed by none other than Obama. Media can report propaganda. Another name is CIA Mockingbird Media.

[@faithlynbaker4668]

This is definitely a bit of a rant. I remember in going through this I had a friend tell me that he asked how many bodies they pulled from his river behind his house and it was about 70- that was when the public death toll was around 15 - idk why but they don't want the people to know how bad they messed up or how bad of a situation this really is- my other friend had a street of ten to twenty people on top of the mountain and her and her boyfriend are the only ones left alive because they hiked down it during the storm. Not to mention, the whole trek of neighborhoods washed out in swananoa as mentioned- that alone im sure is close to a hundred- and that is not even touching lake lure areas amongst the others- they try to say its 100- but living through it and seeing it I know it was well above it. What frustrates me the most, and even my friends who lived through it was the lack of honesty on how bad and truly awful the situation was and knowing that no matter what we said (not even my family in another state) no one else would truly understand how bad it was. I am happy California isn't going through the same lack of awareness we did, but sometimes it is frustrating as we still try to recover. I wouldn't wish that negligence on anybody else ever. Im lucky I applied for FEMA right away to get extra help (money to last a day or so-but I didn't need a hotel) but my friend who saw all the bodies and lost her car and house was denied and had to go back to the scene more than once to try to get approved before ultimately giving up and just moving away. (there is only so long you can wait for help) please help California but don't forget about the fact that you never truly knew what happened in here and there are some places/people still recovering.

[@lauranowak3632]

I don’t know if there was any kind of “action plan” in the event something like this happened in that part of our country? I truly don’t know for certain. I do feel truly bad for those that are still in the region trying to rebuild, and living amongst squalid conditions. I know that I donated money, as well as my parents who also donated a bunch of clothing that went into hard hit areas through a friend’s church. I want everyone to know that we are also staunch Democrats who feel absolutely terrible for anyone who is a victim of any natural disaster. I feel beside myself for those in California, just as I did for my fellow citizens in Maui. Not all Democrats are heartless heathens. Many of us do truly care. For what happened in Maui I can’t say, but I was disgusted at how fast major conglomerates tried to buy up native land faster than I can blink. For those suffering the effects of Helene & Milton I watched as major / minor roadways were just washed away, and not being an engineer wondered how help would reach such remote areas? I think that the Army Corps of Engineers needs to be deployed, and stationed in the hardest hit areas until the areas can be stabilized. California is accessible, but a rekindle is a true nightmare. Those embers can smolder for weeks. One good wind, and a fire is born. I used to dispatch, and my biggest fire call was a controlled burn that went out of control. I also worked floods that lasted for days that happened every few years, and when you offer to rescue someone who won’t leave without their golf clubs it gets frustrating. They eventually call back 3 days later from their attic. Every weather catastrophe is different, but we all need to stand together as citizens of this country. I feel terrible for everyone affected by Mother Nature’s wrath over the last 14 -16 months. I hope that we as a country can rebuild.

[@charlenemcnally5175]

It was a man made hurricane and the fires in California were intentionally set using Direct Energy Weapons just like in Maui. Both are to land grab. They hide behind their agencies to do their dirty work.

[@brendacavaness1206]

Our government didn’t care about Helene victims. They had rather send money overseas than to help their own first. There’s no acceptable excuse for our government.

[@angeliamixon8452]

This sounds like cow dung

[@weytogoman]

You are welcome to come on down and get some first hand knowledge ...

[@GoodBeets4ME]

This shows how much our government can step up and help and where, in situations like this, there is no way for resources not to be stretched so thin it appears there is hardly any help at all. We are in no way prepared for coming climate disasters. Tax the rich so we dont eat them!

[@NCgirl68]

I've lived in NC my entire 56 years and I'm disgusted with this state. You might as well call it something else cause it's not the same state that I use to love.

[@psydalone801]

They are done already?

[@Trthsker24]

Wow they dedicated 3 whole minutes to the story.😮

[@charleshatcliff5588]

God Bless all. Let's get to the true facts y'all.

[@DianaClarke-sg8bz]

What about the semi-trailers full of dead bodies unidentified?

[@saveamericanfreedom2400]

These people should have been helped by now and the mess should have been cleaned up by now they are suffering in the cold what a worthless government we have.

[@BillSnyder-d6m]

God Bless You All Amen 🙏 🙌

[@VanD-Dam]

My girlfriend has not returned my calls since last summer. I bet she was in NC during the storm!! I’m gonna get her name on that list.

[@artcflowers]

Reinstate the laws reagan overturned. Reinstate Truth in Broadcasting and Advertising. Stop this sensationalism, lies and misinformation. Thank you for your report addressing this atrocity.

[@TenaB-j2l]

Obama is the one who changed the law so news can lie, look it up. It was called the Smith-Muntdz modernization act and made it legal for news agencies to lie and use open propaganda on the American public.

[@haroldkendra7283]

Perhaps a closer estimate to a real number of lives lost will be known around April 15th (tax filing day). The enormity of the financial losses from the floods and deaths of the victims in NC, together with the fires in SoCA with the loss of retail taxes and the assessed county property taxes (imagine the property tax revenue on 1,000+homes valued at avg. $2 million), will send shock waves in multiple sectors (banking, insurance, utilities, retail, energy, tourism) of our economy in the months ahead.

[@gregengland9297]

THESE people come before LA!

[@pra3t0rian]

Memory holed.

[@linda6987]

Wow! Way to give it all you got. The nonchalant attitude is sickening. I don’t blame them for being pissed off…. H O W P A T H E T I C!!!!

[@jbsang54]

NOW a number?? 😮😮

[@martihetrick609]

Ok now each countys need to do list of people and photos who live in there county .now on

[@brianherrala8238]

95% of America doesn't know the name of North Carolina's.......Governor!

[@charlenemcnally5175]

We know his name alright. Criminal Roy Cooper.

[@Vf1100]

Unlimited funding to California

[@surryhouse]

All that money sent to Ukraine could have bought a trailer for each person displaced by the flooding and landslides.

[@CindyHolloway-s2v]

These California wildfires and the world stops. These poor people no home. Lives lost. I don’t see millionaire’s opening their home to these people.Sad Sad Sad

[@Phillip-py7pc]

Let it be another coutry they'll have the U.N on the ground

[@rainydaywoman8997]

Real info. Use property tax info?

[@anna.banana.075]

GO TO ASHEVILLE AREA

[@r.h.4043]

The Man Is so true Why was it the Amoish went out with Matirials to build Tiny homes for tjose who lost EVERYTING AND Freezing and they turn them Away and those people that are Volunteers that have been out there since it happened need help they're tired they need to build homes for the people that lost their homes why aren't they letting those that want to help help they would get things done quicker

[@sielorstout1213]

Incompetent

[@dannystaton5386]

Aliens get them