cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179
One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.
When people are treated as horrifically as the victims of Helene, I think there’s a natural desire to try to find some rational way to integrate that into their worldview that’s as big and drastic as the feelings they experience from their abandonment by the government, which cares more about Ukraine and Israel than them.
The real answer is simple: The government doesn’t give a shit about them, but that’s not drastic enough to meet them where they feel, so they turn to this.
Where did you hear that anyone involved is being treated badly?
Last I checked there were thousands of federal agents in the area and multiple mayors and governors were saying that FEMA was doing a great job. You seem to care more about spreading lies and creating division than the truth. Be better.
Lol eat shit BlueMAGA
Not blue, just like facts. Do you have any?
I’ve got some. My friend at FEMA was literally on the phone with me when his boss called - this was the night before it made landfall, their biggest concern was the mountains in South Carolina, because they’re entirely not equipped to deal with a storm like this
He was also pissed that Vermont pushed their paperwork through just before for incidents months ago, and they were all already swamped because of the end of the fiscal year, and the flurry of changes that come with the
So all in all, they knew exactly where would be hardest hit, acted preventively, and were on 24/7 call (which they don’t get paid for, which is bullshit). Mainstream media (from what little I saw myself and my father passed on second hand) was worried about Georgia
They were zeroed in on the biggest disaster region, and acted days in advance. Those are the facts I saw… I’ll know more when my friend has time to chat