Just follow the money, and that will tell you a lot about our federal government’s priorities. It has been about two months since Hurricane Helene absolutely devastated vast stretches of North Carolina, Tennessee and other states, and many victims have still not gotten any help from the government at all. Meanwhile, our government seems to have plenty of money for the war in Ukraine.
According to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, the total damage caused by Hurricane Helene in his state exceeds 50 billion dollars…
Other states were hit extremely hard as well.
This really was one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, and the federal response has been abysmal.
According to one woman that has been working as a volunteer in the disaster zone, dead bodies are still being recovered after all this time…
It has been almost two months since Hurricane Helene brought devastating flood waters to North Carolina, and a local woman has returned back home in search of additional supplies.
Kat Arnsdorff, founder of Together We Rise Inc., said that she witnessed the aftermath first-hand.
“We’ve found bones that have been sent off to be identified,” Arnsdorff said. “We’re waiting on that to come back. I know that there have been teams in multiple areas that are still finding cadavers.”
Arnsdorff also says that large numbers of victims are still living in tents or other temporary shelters, and this is a major concern because winter is rapidly approaching…
She told News 3 that families are still living in temporary shelters, and some are living in tents.
“There are some people that are still on their property and fighting for their property, making sure that looters don’t come in and take what’s left,” she said. “And we are trying our hardest to get as many campers and RV’s and tiny homes in so that we can get them out of these conditions because winter is here.”
One victim that attempted to apply for disaster assistance from the government was told that “funds had run out”…
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