As a lifelong Tar Heel, save for my time on active duty in the Navy, and as a resident of the Charlotte Metropolitan area for over 30 years, I stand united with my fellow North Carolinians in a deep outpouring of prayer, grief, and profound concern for our brothers and sisters in the western part of our state.
Had Hurricane Helene, with its immense force, veered just another two or three degrees eastward, the city of Charlotte and its surrounding counties — home to over 2.5 million people — would have borne the storm's full fury. Instead, North Carolina's mountain counties have suffered in epicenter of Helene’s furious rage.
Despise or hate are not strong enough for this admin. They are despicable.
ReplyDeleteAnd those are my roots in western NC
ReplyDeleteNot a single network has broadcast from the Hurricane Helene zone. Complete news blackout.
ReplyDeleteActually Fox has been on the ground.
DeleteThe rest of North Carolina's and several other state's citizens stepped up. The private efforts in supplies, transportation, helicopter rescue has been one of the largest I can recall in my 30+ years of being an adult who paid attention to such things. The efficiency of volunteers coordinating without a centralized command has been amazing.
ReplyDeleteWe are sending more donated supplies up this week. I also have friends that are setting up the the election polling stations. Jeff C in NC
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