10-07-2024, 10:10 PM
(10-07-2024, 11:42 AM)putnam6 Wrote: [Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZP6c3PXgAAL...name=large]
[Image: https://i.ibb.co/HCrtqN7/Screenshot-2024...53-285.jpg]
For a good perspective of the situation in western NC WATCH THE VIDEO
https://x.com/Alamo1836Alamo/status/1843000433377468534
[Video: https://youtu.be/BYTtm8rtskI?si=utm7uY3dVofbjirZ]
Just to pile on to this lack of funds crap.
Watchdog found $7B in untapped FEMA funds — even though DHS Secretary Mayorkas said none available for future disasters (nypost.com)
Quote:A Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s report from August reveals more than $7 billion remain in emergency funding that could be used for natural disasters — even though DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last week none was available after Hurricane Helene.
Mayorkas, 64, told reporters following the devastation of Helene in North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “does not have the funds” to endure more hurricanes this fall.
“We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” the DHS chief said Oct. 2, days before Hurricane Milton began picking up speed in the Gulf of Mexico. “We do not have the funds. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season and what is imminent.”
also pointed out in this story of "found billions"
Quote:So far, the feds have paid just $4 million to Americans hit by Helene in the Southeast, providing up to $750 in immediate aid for individuals to help cover the cost of groceries and emergency supplies.
The storm has killed at least 232 people and caused more than $47.5 billion in devastation.
So out of the 7 billion that was discovered just hanging out somewhere, of which none has been used, only 4 million has been handed out to help in this crisis due to lack of funds. Then FEMA wants to cry about being colored as the bad guy here.
