Notes from North Carolina — Hurricane Helene vignettes (updated 10/9/24)
X/Twitter is full of reports about everyday citizens doing what the government we pay for with our tax dollars is not doing.
Below are some examples of the Best of America!Additional news about WNC:
Radio: wwnc.iheart.com
TV: wlos.com
On the Ground: malone.news/p/sunday-st…
→ 🆕 Not Going to Submit to FEMA (10/06/24, video 06:37)
“The Feds, f*** them. I’m not going to summit to FEMA. The goal is to stop them from stopping us.” Christian Rangers are currently in North Carolina, acting on behalf of the Sheriff’s Department and Fire Department to assist victims of Hurricane Helene.
→ 🆕 North Carolina Heavy Equipment Volunteers Build Bridges from Downed Trees and Telephone Poles (10/07/24, video 04:23)
Happening RIGHT NOW This isn’t Kamala Harris’ FEMA Tonight these regular everyday Americans are working through the night to make bridges for Hurricane Helene victims out of downed telephone poles and trees. This is work by real American you won’t see reported by the media
→ 🆕 Starlink and Generac Work Together to Restore Power and Communications (10/07/24, video 00:37)
NEWS: This weekend, the Generac storm response team met up with SpaceX engineer Mike Coryell — together they organized 100 kits consisting each of a portable generator, gas, and a Starlink receiver that were loaded up onto helicopters to get them into hard-to-reach areas.
→ 🆕 North Carolina Sheriff Wright message to the White House (10/08/24, video 03:41)
“If you’re going to do the things you’ve been talking about doing, we just say, ‘Stay out of the way and let the good men and women around the mountain area in the foothills take care of our own, because you are nothing more than a boat anchor.’”
→ Helicopter Rescue in NC (10/05/24, video 05:05)
Hero helicopter pilot Jordan Seidhom (who had extensive experience AND clearance) was threatened with arrest by the assistant fire chief in a NC town if he flew back to save the husband of a woman he had just rescued. The couple’s niece explains details you may not know: “The Rest of the Story,” as Paul Harvey would say.
ED NOTE
Some Sheriffs in hurricane-devasted areas are refusing to let the feds stomp all over their citizens and the heroes trying to help them.
That’s the kind of backbone and compassion Constitutional Sheriffs will bestow on your County if you let them. VOTE for a Constitutional Sheriff! In Ada County, ID, the only choice for a true-blue Constitutional Sheriff is Doug Traubel (dougforsheriff.com)!
