{"id":296433,"date":"2024-10-10T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296433"},"modified":"2024-10-12T05:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T05:52:21","slug":"while-fema-fumbles-the-ball-patriots-are-working-together-to-save-countless-lives-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296433","title":{"rendered":"While FEMA Fumbles The Ball, Patriots Are Working Together To Save Countless Lives In North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael \u2013 End of the American Dream Oct 8, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

What we are witnessing in the mountains of North Carolina says a lot about where we are as a nation. \u00a0The federal response to Hurricane Helene has been absolutely abysmal, and hardly anyone is really surprised by this because the federal government can\u2019t seem to do anything right these days. \u00a0But the good news is that help is getting to the people that need it. \u00a0That help is being provided by teams of patriots that are working around the clock to get food, generators and supplies where they need to be. \u00a0In many cases, life-saving assistance is arriving just in time. \u00a0I don\u2019t even want to think about what would have happened if everyone had just sat back and waited for the federal government to come riding to the rescue.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post<\/a>, a massive rescue and supply operation that has enlisted the help of \u201chundreds of special operations personnel\u201d is being run out of a Harley-Davidson dealership\u2026<\/p>\n

Hundreds of special operations personnel in North Carolina have formed their own homegrown rescue and supply operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene after they grew tired of waiting for the federal government to get its act together.<\/p>\n

The Post found an all-volunteer operation being run out of a Harley-Davidson dealership with ruthless efficiency and military precision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s FEMA?\u201d ex-Green Beret Adam Smith derisively responded when asked about the agency\u2019s presence on the ground since the deadly storm ravaged the rural western part of the state.<\/p>\n

When is the last time that you saw the phrases \u201cruthless efficiency\u201d and \u201cmilitary precision\u201d used to describe an operation being run by the federal government?<\/p>\n

While FEMA fumbles the ball, these men are stepping up and getting the job done.<\/p>\n

It is being reported that they have put together a fleet of 35 helicopters<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

This Harley-Davidson dealership has become a forward operating base, complete with a fleet of 35 helicopters that have flown hundreds of rescue, reconnaissance and resupply sorties.<\/p>\n

Organizers were calling the effort the \u201cSavage Freedoms Relief Operation,\u201d but Smith says they\u2019ve proudly adopted an alternate moniker \u2014 \u201cthe Redneck Air Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dealership teems with current and former soldiers decked out in camo pants and army boots with handguns strapped to their chests and hips. Crop duster pilots, helicopter tour guides and special operations pilots \u2014 most of them off-duty or retired military \u2014 have answered the call from Smith and others in North Carolina\u2019s extensive military community.<\/p>\n

I was so encouraged to hear about what they are doing.<\/p>\n

Of course they aren\u2019t the only ones that have stepped up to the plate.<\/p>\n

Dr. Phil McGraw says that Samaritan\u2019s Purse is doing an absolutely amazing job<\/a> of getting desperately needed aid to victims of the storm\u2026<\/p>\n

Dr. Phil McGraw praised the work that Franklin Graham\u2019s relief organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse is doing to help the victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

It is putting the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s work to shame.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me tell you, these [Samaritan\u2019s Purse] guys don\u2019t have meetings to fill out forms to plan a meeting to get something going. They have verbs in their sentences. They have springs in their step, and they\u2019re out making things happen,\u201d McGraw said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFEMA, all these other people are talking, thinking. No, not Samaritan\u2019s Purse. They\u2019re out doing things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

A video<\/a> of Dr. Phil discussing what Samaritan\u2019s Purse has been doing has been getting a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has helped millions of people all over the globe when disaster has struck, and once again they are showing why they are so highly regarded.<\/p>\n

Why can\u2019t our federal government be more like Samaritan\u2019s Purse?<\/p>\n

According to one patriot that is involved in private relief efforts in a very remote part of North Carolina, the only government donation that has shown up in his area so far are pallets of electric chainsaws<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

We are on the mountaintop in Little Switzerland collecting airlifted donations and distributing them to homes that have no power or are inaccessible. The community is self organizing incredibly well<\/p>\n

This is the only federal government response I\u2019ve seen so far. Almost all the pallets we have received are donations coming in from citizens and orgs.
\nFeds usually don\u2019t come this far up into the mountains<\/p>\n

This has been the government donation: pallets of electric chainsaws to communities that have no power<\/p>\n

There are a lot of homes and communities that still don\u2019t have power, cell service, or water. There are teams going out to these communities, and are still finding people who haven\u2019t yet made contact since the storm.<\/p>\n

Our little project involves receiving airlifted donations and distributing them both to the ATV teams, as well as directly to houses we can access via road.<\/p>\n

The electric chainsaws would help if there was actually power in the region.<\/p>\n

But for communities that have no power, electric chainsaws are essentially worthless right now.<\/p>\n

FEMA gets a ton of funding, but I don\u2019t know what they are doing with it.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times, only 1,217 FEMA employees<\/a> are \u201cavailable to respond to Hurricane Milton and other disasters as of Monday\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is currently stretched thin on manpower even as an incoming category 5 hurricane moves toward the U.S.<\/p>\n

Just 1,217 FEMA workers, which is less than 10% of their personnel, were available to respond to Hurricane Milton and other disasters as of Monday, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n

It appears that Hurricane Milton could be one of the most destructive hurricanes<\/a> in the entire history of our nation.<\/p>\n

Will the federal response to Hurricane Milton be as pathetic as the federal response to Hurricane Helene was?<\/p>\n

I have been watching so many videos that have absolutely horrified me.<\/p>\n

There have even been instances where the feds appear to be doing far more harm than good.<\/p>\n

In one case, a mysterious helicopter<\/a> was actually \u201ccaught on video destroying a volunteer donation site for hurricane victims\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

An unmarked military-style helicopter was caught on video destroying a volunteer donation site for hurricane victims in Burnsville, North Carolina on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The helicopter was seen swooping in low over the distribution staging area and performing a \u201crotor-wash\u201d maneuver that used the powerful downward gust forces to blow away supplies and canopy tents.<\/p>\n

One of the individuals who recorded the incident claimed the area was established as a \u201cno fly no drop\u201d zone, and claimed the \u201cghost\u201d helicopter pilots wore masks, suggesting they were special forces or government contractors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could clearly see the supply setup, blue tents etc and see this was NOT a clear landing zone,\u201d they captioned in the video.<\/p>\n

In the old days, our government could be counted on to exhibit at least a minimal level of competence.<\/p>\n

Sadly, those days are long gone.<\/p>\n

When everything hits the fan<\/a>, don\u2019t count on the government to save you.<\/p>\n

During the very difficult times that are approaching, local communities will have to be united and we are all going to have to learn to work together, because there is no other option.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s new <\/strong>book<\/strong>\u00a0entitled\u00a0\u201cWhy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0in paperback<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0for the Kindle<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.com,\u00a0and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at\u00a0michaeltsnyder.substack.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Probably because they were pre-occupied with DEI issues, FEMA\u2019s response to Hurricane Helene was abysmal. However, private individuals and former military personnel are stepping up to show that they\u2019ve got what it takes when disaster strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":296063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296434,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296433\/revisions\/296434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/296063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}