Help those in need. Jason is involved with this Non Profit that is getting supplies and other resources to the victims that need it. Thank you! Every bit helps. Donate here: www.usmensacademy.com/
I rarely comment on TH-cam but there’s a transparency in this video that is rare in todays time and it shows your love for your neighbor as you “warred” with certain points, I appreciate this video 👍
I'm grateful that you were there in person to provide us with an accurate account of the scale of destruction, which we couldn't get from any mainstream media channel. It was shocking to see at times void of accurate information. We need to see the harsh realities of life without being shielded from them. That's why I'm so thankful that you shared videos and updates along the way. You're mentally and physically strong, but I understand that what you witnessed was not easy for anyone to go through. It will take time to decompress and you can't unsee or erase those things from your mind. Take care, and I know your family is happy to have you at home.
When I saw the videos of the highly devastated areas I though it looks just like the damage from the Japan Tsunami of 2011. Same kinda pattern with large debri fields where the water raged thru. In the NC scenario tho they had water coming up and mudslides and mudflows coming down from above--a double whammy. Very sad situation. The moment of truth I heard was an elderly lady who was just rescued stepped off a helicopter and asked the first volunteer she saw 'where is the closest voting poll where I can vote!' Thank you for all the volunteer work that you are doing.
We greatly appreciate all the hard physical labor to get us back to a new normal. This group of men were the first to come bring generator to keep medical equipment batteries charged. Thank you.
God bless you, Jason. I know you have an empathetic nature and a beautiful spirit. You live your life as an example and serve as a role model for others to follow. We should aspire to live our lives in this manner on a daily basis and realize that any of us could be in a horrific situation someday. We would be so thankful to have individuals like you who step up and show up, extending that grace.🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️
I appreciate all the efforts of you and all your teammates. My Wife has cousins in the North Carolina Hurricane impact zone that she lost contact with when the Hurricane hit. We hope all the family survived.
Thank you for saying these things out loud to those who will hear. And this is exactly why the federal government should not be feet on ground the first few days. They require so much security, so much babying; their vehicles are large and wasteful. Ham radios are one thing they could use for the future, right. Generators. Thank you for your work. My sister and her husband are in Lake Lure.
Listening and hearing the stories cause it matters. ❤ We all struggle with areas or things, but we also can help with things too. “can’t help everyone out there , but one can help someone “ take CaRe proactive people ❤
might be your best and most informative video ever , thank you . survival isnt just making a fire in the woods , life gets real sometimes . Good job , you did the right thing as best you could , cant ask for more .
Thank you for this. All of my family live in NC specifically Yancey county and Burnsville is the town. I have one cousin that lives in a county just outside of Ashville. I live out of state and I have all my life. My parents came here to mich to look for work after they got married very young. I absolutely loved going to N.C. to see my family growing up, (still do) it’s such a beautiful place and I consider it my second home. I will tell you, when I realized that this hurricane was effecting N.C the way it was, which was unheard of I started calling everyone. I was literally losing my mind for 3 or 4 days because I could reach absolutely no one. Finally I was able to reach 2 of them and found out they were all ok and the houses were too and they are in the mountains. I was having surgery in 5 days so the stress was very high. I understand your feelings about showing videos of the destruction but, videos like these are all I have to know what’s going on and I haven’t even had that until the last few days. I was finally able to find a few. And you are correct, cell service is spotty so I don’t get to talk to the few I can at this point much. The devastation I’ve seen on line there is very hard to comprehend but I’m beyond grateful that my family are ok and heartbroken for the lives lost. It will take a long time to rebuild what was lost and it hurts so much to see it. I want to thank you so much for all you were able to do to help everyone there and anywhere else. How do you find the words to express the gratitude. Thank you so very much! Keep posting the videos, there are those of us out here who depend on it. Your videos and a very few others is the only way I can see for myself what’s happened in yancey county and Burnsville, my second home. Thank so much for that and all you’ve done. Much love and hugs! ❤🙏🏻🥰❤🙏🏻🥰❤
one thing ive learned from 30+ years of surviving/prepping yadayada is that no matter what you have it can all go away in seconds.. stay strong and never stop prepping.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience! I couldn’t agree more on that the community is your first line of defense in a catastrophe. I‘m a voluntary firemen in my small, rural town, and what you are saying is 100% on point. But be prepared for it all breaking down after 3-5 days. That’s when professional help needs to arrive, or things go south quickly. Just saying …
I've been following you and your team, more than any others, as y'all help in NC. I've learned so much about setting up systems, determining priorities and what to expect if disaster should ever hit my area in MO. Thank you for using your skills, building awareness that generates more donations for those sweet people, and teaching us all what to do and what not to do in unexpected emergency situations. God bless you and the Mens' Academy.
Elect a clown, and you get a circus. Georgia deserves better leadership. The Daily Show reminds me that some people still see through the selfishness of this administration.
America often forgets about the poorest among us as they aren't in the big cities and out where everyone sees them. They are still American's and deserve our empathy.
@@Mike80528 Appalachian Mountains are home to some of the poorest people in the US. MSM has put more attention on inner cities as if they're the poorest communities, but that's not the real situation because they get so much government assistance.
Western NC experienced a deadly tropical storm and not a hurricane. This distinction is important. Had emergency management referred to the impending danger as such, fewer people would have been surprised by the destruction. Why? Because of normalcy bias. What is normalcy bias? "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains." While the scenario that played out on 9/27 doesn't happen often to that extreme, the track of moisture was the same as nearly every soaking storm in history. Had emergency management lived up to their duty and commission, fewer lives would have been lost. Instead of, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," people would have said, "A bad tropical storm is coming on the heels of a week of flooding and we need to leave." I write this from a sailboat in Florida, where we danced with Debby, Helene and Milton - all hurricanes with wind speed greater than 70 mph and gusts to 120 mph (Asheville had 45 - 60 mph), storm surges between 5 ft and 20 ft (Weatern NC had no storm surge due to no ocean or coast) and variable amounts of rain in or around 15 inches. Western NC had a tropical storm with rain up to the 25 inches or more, in some areas. In this case, the rain was a bigger threat than wind or storm surge from a hurricane. Nothing about this distinction could have stopped the destruction to topography or to property but the distinction is important to understand, as tropical storms can be as deadly or more deadly than hurricanes, when rainfall is so immense. Ironic that the same people who discounted the threat saying, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," now say that, "We were hit by Hurricane Helene." The disconnect is confounding. It is my hope that anyone who missed this distinction will view WLOS TV's TH-cam videos of their actual TV broadcasts for the week leading up to 9/27/24. Their coverage was complete, upheld the public trust, and was replete with warnings that NC Emergency Management failed to deliver in time. I am just a guy on a sailboat in South Florida and I, along with every meteorologist worth their salt, saw this coming for five days before NC was hit. "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains." Well, we do get hurricanes in South Florida and we had two of them back-to-back. Does North Carolina get rain? People need to embrace their personal responsibility to their environment by having situational awareness. The government won't warn you and they will be reticent to assist after the fact. Everyone has a cellphone, as evidenced by social media posts of the heart-wrenching despair that followed Tropical Storm Helene. These same devices can be used to be aware of a threat from the weather or other phenomena.
I'm on a very limited budget but have some food, water, filtration, a camp stove, an emergency heater, UV5R radios, small solar generation, etc. I keep wondering if there were some people with some preparedness planning affected who faired better than others who weren't and what they might do differently in the future.
I would think they’d do better. Of course, some had their houses just float away with all their supplies. It’s made me think about stocking my pantry better and stocking up on batteries etc.
@@nancybryant4325 Yes, some had no chance no matter what they had as preps, but I do wonder if some of the others in the area did better and what their plans for future preps are. I'm still shocked by how few seemed to have even the basics like a water filter pump, basic first aid, wool cloths or blankets, and camp stoves with canned food. It appears the majority of them had no preps at all since some were rumored to be coming down from the mountains with no food or water for days.
The story One Second After was an EMP in our Black Mountain area. But a far reaching outage. The details of the big picture of Helene will be exposed because our grandchildren must know.
If You Don't Let Us Know About The DEVASTATED Area. 💔 We Can't Seem To Grasp The Gravity Of The Seriousness Of Their Situation. Thank You For Being You. ❤ Keeping Every🌎ne In Prayer. God❤ Bless
This wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Remote areas shut off from every entity that can help. It’s the local community that organizes, it’s fema reimbursement to local and state for first responders costs, and helping rebuild and clean up. It’s the rest of the country pulling together for the long term in terms of donations of goods and money. It’s what being an American is all about. I made a cash donation and I pledge to send more when I can spare it. God Bless and prayers to all.
The issue of folks with substance dependencies is such a hard one, like the guy who wanted a generator. There's the disease model that can be helpful -- like a virus that we only have inconsistent remedies for -- but it can have such huge effects on behavior, where trying to help someone winds up feeding the disease, and what to do about it is just unkown. It's kind of an individual call: if you have the gut feel for how you can help, then it can be worth going for it, but if you're feeling out of your depth, then backing off is probably the best, because there's someone else you have the skill and resources to help. It's hard abandoning someone who clearly needs help, but getting tugged into the undertow of someone else's personal disaster, regardless of whether it's a disease or a choice to be dependent on a substance -- you don't need to feel you should have done something that you didn't know how to do. Save the energy and hopefulness for someone else you can help.
Heh, I thought of that. Some of the groups dropping off a 6k generator and chain saw, there's no way the person getting it could have afforded that before the event. But that's fine. Helps them recover, and maybe pass onward helping others the next time something happens. I don't know if this will wake people up to the need to be better prepared. One can only hope.
My father in law is in eastern Tennessee and he has food, a trailer with grills, and drinks and he wants to set up somewhere to cook and help people get hot food. He said he can possibly feed 400 meals just not all at the same time. If anyone knows of somewhere or someone to contact for him to find a spot he can help please reply to this comment.
TheGeoModels What happened to mountainsides during Helene's extreme rains (30 inches or more) ? Oct 11, 2024 The (video) contains information for first responders about the risks of working in a debris flow area following the first pulse, as well as for mountain residents who may live in areas that could be hit by debris flows.
That was not a "natural disaster" - Citizens are better off if each and every one of us is ready to support our Citizens. Thank you and others that rushed in to help, and will be needed for another couple of years.
Water has a 2 year shelf life in bottle. Considering what those folks went through and lost they'll need every drop given, cause it's going to take them a while to rebuild, if they can. They're going to need a replenishment before long. Plus now they're going to need winter gear and stoves.
Water will follow power. Power means well pumps work. (Sanitisation may be required for flooded wells however). People with no housing are the ones with problems - particularly the ones who rejected help from FEMA. FEMA supply trailers for people to live in when their houses are destroyed…
@@allangibson8494 Ah yes, fema trailers. The last time they supplied trailers to hurricane victims they used toxic materials to build them with. CDC tests found hazardous levels of toxic formaldehyde gas in both travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency. I don't think I'd trust anything from fema unless it's a debit card with cash like they're giving the border jumpers.
@@allangibson8494 I don't think I'd trust fema trailers. The last time they gave away trailers the cdc tests found potentially hazardous levels of toxic formaldehyde gas in both travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency.
I'm as far left as you can get and I wouldn't wish this kind of disaster on my worst enemy. In fact, if I wasn't a 12-13 hour drive away I would have absolutely been there to help out in any way I was useful. I hate to see this for folks. I hope they're able to find peace and comfort soon for them and their loved ones. The working class needs to have solidarity. United we stand, divided we fall.
The drug addict might have sold it to one of his friends who need the generator anyway. There's a reason why the Bible tells us not to judge others. When I was growing up, we had city atlases and street directories. The fire departments and police knew who lived where, how old they were, and if they had pets. They could, in an emergency in those days, make sure to get help out or rescue those in high-risk positions. Good luck these days, getting anyone to give those directory collectors their information. And yet, they'll sell their souls to a dozen websites for the privilege of a few clicks. I'll thank you again in this comment for your care and work and energy.
Army Corp of Engineers is in NC, along with the 101st. The PR departments are actually doing a better job of showing what they're actually doing, so that has improved. They're putting out small videos now on youtube, just a few minutes long. Staff Sgt. with the 101st said they were supposed to be deployed for 2 to 3 weeks, and they were mucking out stores with mud on the floor, with shovels, 5 gallon buckets, and wheelbarrows. Backbreaking work, but work that had to be done. ACoE said they'd been there for a couple weeks, but the first part was evaluating what needed to be done, and that they were working with FEMA (FEMA will write the contracts to get work done). I'm not a fan of FEMA, I think it's too clunky, but saw on Gentry and Sons trucking channel that FEMA actually gave them a contract to pick up emergency shelters, hauled on 18 wheelers to the affected areas, on the 30th of September. So, things were happening, it just didn't get the visuals they should have pushed. Then again, if they'd pushed the PR, it would be called propaganda, and people would still be angry. But yeah, more was going on than we knew, some of us just used not seeing it as an excuse to run around waving our arms like we were on fire.
I look at it the same as many books of religion have it written, like the Bible. That is, I have the decision to HELP. The decision after belongs to the individual I have chosen to help. If someone is asking for help, it's not our responsibility to decide if they're lying, cause it could be to ONE TIME they're telling the truth. Especially in a spot where the water didn't randomly dodge the drug dealers place.
Sorry dude , the communities should be prepared for hurricanes. This is the fourth bad hurricane in 100 years. No different than the Jersey shore or Connecticut. There is way to much development in obvious areas that are going to flood. Flood zones are 100 year planning zones.
@@zxzs328 I just left my shift in NC homer, my boots on the ground in Burnsville, Pensacola, and many other grottoes along Cane River. It's called being decisive and direct, not taking 25min to say what can be said in 10
Help those in need. Jason is involved with this Non Profit that is getting supplies and other resources to the victims that need it. Thank you! Every bit helps. Donate here: www.usmensacademy.com/
@@SurvivalDispatch I am here in the UK and have donated to this. God bless you all. ❤️ 🙏
Sounds like a wake up call for all of us to learn from!
Every day is a blessing and always tell the ones you love that you love them!
I rarely comment on TH-cam but there’s a transparency in this video that is rare in todays time and it shows your love for your neighbor as you “warred” with certain points, I appreciate this video 👍
Agreed
Please tell everyone they still need help, more bridge builders needed
Thank you Jason for your hard work and support of those that desperately need it.
I'm grateful that you were there in person to provide us with an accurate account of the scale of destruction, which we couldn't get from any mainstream media channel. It was shocking to see at times void of accurate information. We need to see the harsh realities of life without being shielded from them. That's why I'm so thankful that you shared videos and updates along the way. You're mentally and physically strong, but I understand that what you witnessed was not easy for anyone to go through. It will take time to decompress and you can't unsee or erase those things from your mind. Take care, and I know your family is happy to have you at home.
Thank you for your heart toward serving others.❤
When I saw the videos of the highly devastated areas I though it looks just like the damage from the Japan Tsunami of 2011. Same kinda pattern with large debri fields where the water raged thru. In the NC scenario tho they had water coming up and mudslides and mudflows coming down from above--a double whammy. Very sad situation. The moment of truth I heard was an elderly lady who was just rescued stepped off a helicopter and asked the first volunteer she saw 'where is the closest voting poll where I can vote!' Thank you for all the volunteer work that you are doing.
We greatly appreciate all the hard physical labor to get us back to a new normal. This group of men were the first to come bring generator to keep medical equipment batteries charged. Thank you.
We are praying for the affected people and all the responders and volunteers 🙏, and I support Grindstone Ministries 🐻 Bear Nation 🙏☝️
Thank you for helping these people in a very bad time
God bless you, Jason. I know you have an empathetic nature and a beautiful spirit. You live your life as an example and serve as a role model for others to follow. We should aspire to live our lives in this manner on a daily basis and realize that any of us could be in a horrific situation someday. We would be so thankful to have individuals like you who step up and show up, extending that grace.🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️
I appreciate all the efforts of you and all your teammates. My Wife has cousins in the North Carolina Hurricane impact zone that she lost contact with when the Hurricane hit. We hope all the family survived.
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Best wishes
Hope Elon's starlink works and gets communication 🙏 up and running so families like 👍 your can reconnect.
Best wishes ❤️
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Thank you for making this video, and thank you for getting out there and helping.
Thank you for sharing with us and for helping those in need. God be with you, your team and those who have suffered such loss
Thank you for saying these things out loud to those who will hear.
And this is exactly why the federal government should not be feet on ground the first few days. They require so much security, so much babying; their vehicles are large and wasteful.
Ham radios are one thing they could use for the future, right. Generators.
Thank you for your work. My sister and her husband are in Lake Lure.
Please tell everyone to send more help
Thanks for the help you have been doing and I appreciate the real from the heart concerns of the struggles we are facing
God bless you thanks for sharing see ya on the next one
Hang in there mate, good of you to put in the time.
Listening and hearing the stories cause it matters. ❤ We all struggle with areas or things, but we also can help with things too. “can’t help everyone out there , but one can help someone “ take CaRe proactive people ❤
We can balance the loss and sorrow with relief and gratitude; the 160 children on one school's roster, were all found safe.
Much love Jason and crew. Thx so much.
Jason it can all be summed up with the Golden Rule do unto others as you would have them do unto you !!!
might be your best and most informative video ever , thank you .
survival isnt just making a fire in the woods , life gets real sometimes .
Good job , you did the right thing as best you could , cant ask for more .
Thank you for this. All of my family live in NC specifically Yancey county and Burnsville is the town. I have one cousin that lives in a county just outside of Ashville. I live out of state and I have all my life. My parents came here to mich to look for work after they got married very young. I absolutely loved going to N.C. to see my family growing up, (still do) it’s such a beautiful place and I consider it my second home. I will tell you, when I realized that this hurricane was effecting N.C the way it was, which was unheard of I started calling everyone. I was literally losing my mind for 3 or 4 days because I could reach absolutely no one. Finally I was able to reach 2 of them and found out they were all ok and the houses were too and they are in the mountains. I was having surgery in 5 days so the stress was very high. I understand your feelings about showing videos of the destruction but, videos like these are all I have to know what’s going on and I haven’t even had that until the last few days. I was finally able to find a few. And you are correct, cell service is spotty so I don’t get to talk to the few I can at this point much. The devastation I’ve seen on line there is very hard to comprehend but I’m beyond grateful that my family are ok and heartbroken for the lives lost. It will take a long time to rebuild what was lost and it hurts so much to see it. I want to thank you so much for all you were able to do to help everyone there and anywhere else. How do you find the words to express the gratitude. Thank you so very much! Keep posting the videos, there are those of us out here who depend on it. Your videos and a very few others is the only way I can see for myself what’s happened in yancey county and Burnsville, my second home. Thank so much for that and all you’ve done. Much love and hugs! ❤🙏🏻🥰❤🙏🏻🥰❤
Thank you for your time and information. I appreciate you keeping it civil. There is too many rumors and false information online.
We need witnesses to the recovery, Jason. You are one of those links...
one thing ive learned from 30+ years of surviving/prepping yadayada is that no matter what you have it can all go away in seconds.. stay strong and never stop prepping.
Thank you Jason for helping in Yancey County. Got a lot of beloved friends there.
Thank you so much. God bless you all.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience! I couldn’t agree more on that the community is your first line of defense in a catastrophe. I‘m a voluntary firemen in my small, rural town, and what you are saying is 100% on point. But be prepared for it all breaking down after 3-5 days. That’s when professional help needs to arrive, or things go south quickly. Just saying …
Thank you to everyone who came out here to help in our hour of need!
Thank you Jason for all your gifts!!
I've been following you and your team, more than any others, as y'all help in NC. I've learned so much about setting up systems, determining priorities and what to expect if disaster should ever hit my area in MO. Thank you for using your skills, building awareness that generates more donations for those sweet people, and teaching us all what to do and what not to do in unexpected emergency situations. God bless you and the Mens' Academy.
@@dianatrott5359 im in central mo
I feel your heart.
Thank you for your insight based on experience.
After 9 years, it’s mind-boggling how people still praise the biggest complainer out there.
He tried to cut aid to California during the wildfires, and now he’s blaming others for what he did.
I work for FEMA, and it’s sad how political this has become. Project 2025 even wants to eliminate the National Weather Service.
MTG’s ignorance is painful to witness.
It’s embarrassing. Her behavior makes me ashamed to be American sometimes.
Elect a clown, and you get a circus. Georgia deserves better leadership. The Daily Show reminds me that some people still see through the selfishness of this administration.
Thank you. ❤
America often forgets about the poorest among us as they aren't in the big cities and out where everyone sees them. They are still American's and deserve our empathy.
@@Mike80528 Appalachian Mountains are home to some of the poorest people in the US. MSM has put more attention on inner cities as if they're the poorest communities, but that's not the real situation because they get so much government assistance.
Prayers for ALL THE Homeless, hurting and hungry
Awesome brother!
Thank you brother.
Your a good good man Jason
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️♥️
Strokes from heat working to hard in the heat can affect your speech and the way you appear as well good sir....
Thanks
Western NC experienced a deadly tropical storm and not a hurricane. This distinction is important. Had emergency management referred to the impending danger as such, fewer people would have been surprised by the destruction. Why? Because of normalcy bias. What is normalcy bias? "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains."
While the scenario that played out on 9/27 doesn't happen often to that extreme, the track of moisture was the same as nearly every soaking storm in history. Had emergency management lived up to their duty and commission, fewer lives would have been lost.
Instead of, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," people would have said, "A bad tropical storm is coming on the heels of a week of flooding and we need to leave."
I write this from a sailboat in Florida, where we danced with Debby, Helene and Milton - all hurricanes with wind speed greater than 70 mph and gusts to 120 mph (Asheville had 45 - 60 mph), storm surges between 5 ft and 20 ft (Weatern NC had no storm surge due to no ocean or coast) and variable amounts of rain in or around 15 inches.
Western NC had a tropical storm with rain up to the 25 inches or more, in some areas. In this case, the rain was a bigger threat than wind or storm surge from a hurricane.
Nothing about this distinction could have stopped the destruction to topography or to property but the distinction is important to understand, as tropical storms can be as deadly or more deadly than hurricanes, when rainfall is so immense.
Ironic that the same people who discounted the threat saying, "We don't get hurricanes in the mountains," now say that, "We were hit by Hurricane Helene." The disconnect is confounding.
It is my hope that anyone who missed this distinction will view WLOS TV's TH-cam videos of their actual TV broadcasts for the week leading up to 9/27/24. Their coverage was complete, upheld the public trust, and was replete with warnings that NC Emergency Management failed to deliver in time.
I am just a guy on a sailboat in South Florida and I, along with every meteorologist worth their salt, saw this coming for five days before NC was hit.
"We don't get hurricanes in the mountains." Well, we do get hurricanes in South Florida and we had two of them back-to-back. Does North Carolina get rain?
People need to embrace their personal responsibility to their environment by having situational awareness. The government won't warn you and they will be reticent to assist after the fact. Everyone has a cellphone, as evidenced by social media posts of the heart-wrenching despair that followed Tropical Storm Helene. These same devices can be used to be aware of a threat from the weather or other phenomena.
I'm on a very limited budget but have some food, water, filtration, a camp stove, an emergency heater, UV5R radios, small solar generation, etc. I keep wondering if there were some people with some preparedness planning affected who faired better than others who weren't and what they might do differently in the future.
I would think they’d do better. Of course, some had their houses just float away with all their supplies. It’s made me think about stocking my pantry better and stocking up on batteries etc.
@@nancybryant4325 Yes, some had no chance no matter what they had as preps, but I do wonder if some of the others in the area did better and what their plans for future preps are. I'm still shocked by how few seemed to have even the basics like a water filter pump, basic first aid, wool cloths or blankets, and camp stoves with canned food. It appears the majority of them had no preps at all since some were rumored to be coming down from the mountains with no food or water for days.
If you're going there to help, you need to bring ALL of your own resources. If you dont have a self-reliant camper, bring a tent.
The story One Second After was an EMP in our Black Mountain area. But a far reaching outage. The details of the big picture of Helene will be exposed because our grandchildren must know.
Another thing is no atm, no bitcoins no 'air money' works. Dollars do. A reminder and heads-up.
If You Don't Let Us Know About The DEVASTATED Area. 💔
We Can't Seem To Grasp The Gravity Of The Seriousness Of Their Situation.
Thank You For Being You. ❤
Keeping Every🌎ne In Prayer. God❤ Bless
Please tell everyone to send more help
This wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Remote areas shut off from every entity that can help. It’s the local community that organizes, it’s fema reimbursement to local and state for first responders costs, and helping rebuild and clean up. It’s the rest of the country pulling together for the long term in terms of donations of goods and money. It’s what being an American is all about. I made a cash donation and I pledge to send more when I can spare it. God Bless and prayers to all.
The issue of folks with substance dependencies is such a hard one, like the guy who wanted a generator. There's the disease model that can be helpful -- like a virus that we only have inconsistent remedies for -- but it can have such huge effects on behavior, where trying to help someone winds up feeding the disease, and what to do about it is just unkown. It's kind of an individual call: if you have the gut feel for how you can help, then it can be worth going for it, but if you're feeling out of your depth, then backing off is probably the best, because there's someone else you have the skill and resources to help. It's hard abandoning someone who clearly needs help, but getting tugged into the undertow of someone else's personal disaster, regardless of whether it's a disease or a choice to be dependent on a substance -- you don't need to feel you should have done something that you didn't know how to do. Save the energy and hopefulness for someone else you can help.
Being from the area it would be nice to see people come help with out shoving a go pro or a cell phone in our face .
((hugs)) I think this event has impacted your worldview a bit
We need to move further into the mountains where they need help and supply support.
The last time it happened was 1916 'great flood' with back to back hurricane that was 108 years ago. No one now a days alive to remember.
Hi just saying the small washing & spinning washer would be really wonderful to these people.
I didn’t hear you disspell any of the rumors. Would have liked to have heard more on that.
Heh, I thought of that. Some of the groups dropping off a 6k generator and chain saw, there's no way the person getting it could have afforded that before the event. But that's fine. Helps them recover, and maybe pass onward helping others the next time something happens. I don't know if this will wake people up to the need to be better prepared. One can only hope.
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Supposedly, Duke Energy owned by Black Rock, released water during the storm.
so after seeing all that , your thoughts on keeping all your preps at home ?
My father in law is in eastern Tennessee and he has food, a trailer with grills, and drinks and he wants to set up somewhere to cook and help people get hot food. He said he can possibly feed 400 meals just not all at the same time. If anyone knows of somewhere or someone to contact for him to find a spot he can help please reply to this comment.
✝️..Natural Disasters > ACTS OF GOD ..✝️
TheGeoModels What happened to mountainsides during Helene's extreme rains (30 inches or more) ? Oct 11, 2024 The (video) contains information for first responders about the risks of working in a debris flow area following the first pulse, as well as for mountain residents who may live in areas that could be hit by debris flows.
You got the video?
Tell everyone they need temporary bridges US MILITARY
That was not a "natural disaster" - Citizens are better off if each and every one of us is ready to support our Citizens. Thank you and others that rushed in to help, and will be needed for another couple of years.
Absolutely. So much evidence. And Americans supporting Americans is key.
Sorry but this is a very typical natural disaster in an area that was unprepared.
Please watch riverside homestead life report Sunday. Revealing corruption in nc.
Too bad the locals dont own the water bottling company . I bet the Corp made a lick on water sales
Water has a 2 year shelf life in bottle. Considering what those folks went through and lost they'll need every drop given, cause it's going to take them a while to rebuild, if they can. They're going to need a replenishment before long. Plus now they're going to need winter gear and stoves.
Water will follow power. Power means well pumps work. (Sanitisation may be required for flooded wells however).
People with no housing are the ones with problems - particularly the ones who rejected help from FEMA.
FEMA supply trailers for people to live in when their houses are destroyed…
@@allangibson8494 Ah yes, fema trailers. The last time they supplied trailers to hurricane victims they used toxic materials to build them with. CDC tests found hazardous levels of toxic formaldehyde gas in both travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency. I don't think I'd trust anything from fema unless it's a debit card with cash like they're giving the border jumpers.
@@allangibson8494 I don't think I'd trust fema trailers. The last time they gave away trailers the cdc tests found potentially hazardous levels of toxic formaldehyde gas in both travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency.
I'm as far left as you can get and I wouldn't wish this kind of disaster on my worst enemy. In fact, if I wasn't a 12-13 hour drive away I would have absolutely been there to help out in any way I was useful. I hate to see this for folks. I hope they're able to find peace and comfort soon for them and their loved ones. The working class needs to have solidarity. United we stand, divided we fall.
The drug addict might have sold it to one of his friends who need the generator anyway. There's a reason why the Bible tells us not to judge others.
When I was growing up, we had city atlases and street directories. The fire departments and police knew who lived where, how old they were, and if they had pets. They could, in an emergency in those days, make sure to get help out or rescue those in high-risk positions.
Good luck these days, getting anyone to give those directory collectors their information. And yet, they'll sell their souls to a dozen websites for the privilege of a few clicks.
I'll thank you again in this comment for your care and work and energy.
How did the government do? I hear a lot of things.
Army Corp of Engineers is in NC, along with the 101st. The PR departments are actually doing a better job of showing what they're actually doing, so that has improved. They're putting out small videos now on youtube, just a few minutes long. Staff Sgt. with the 101st said they were supposed to be deployed for 2 to 3 weeks, and they were mucking out stores with mud on the floor, with shovels, 5 gallon buckets, and wheelbarrows. Backbreaking work, but work that had to be done. ACoE said they'd been there for a couple weeks, but the first part was evaluating what needed to be done, and that they were working with FEMA (FEMA will write the contracts to get work done). I'm not a fan of FEMA, I think it's too clunky, but saw on Gentry and Sons trucking channel that FEMA actually gave them a contract to pick up emergency shelters, hauled on 18 wheelers to the affected areas, on the 30th of September. So, things were happening, it just didn't get the visuals they should have pushed. Then again, if they'd pushed the PR, it would be called propaganda, and people would still be angry. But yeah, more was going on than we knew, some of us just used not seeing it as an excuse to run around waving our arms like we were on fire.
@@durgan5668 thanks for the low down. I had heard that FEMA was seizing some of the items brought for their own distribution.
I look at it the same as many books of religion have it written, like the Bible. That is, I have the decision to HELP. The decision after belongs to the individual I have chosen to help. If someone is asking for help, it's not our responsibility to decide if they're lying, cause it could be to ONE TIME they're telling the truth. Especially in a spot where the water didn't randomly dodge the drug dealers place.
Stealing is not acceptable.
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Sorry dude , the communities should be prepared for hurricanes. This is the fourth bad hurricane in 100 years. No different than the Jersey shore or Connecticut. There is way to much development in obvious areas that are going to flood. Flood zones are 100 year planning zones.
You are so very uneducated 😢
Discernment good sir thank you for your service. God bless you and yours
Baoefeng n starlink same thing?
No. Baoefang in a ham radio brand. Starlink is satellite internet.
Two thirds of hunanity are going to die dude
🥱 write down what you wanna say and read over it before you press record 😂
Sounds like abc news is more your speed.
@@zxzs328 I just left my shift in NC homer, my boots on the ground in Burnsville, Pensacola, and many other grottoes along Cane River. It's called being decisive and direct, not taking 25min to say what can be said in 10