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.
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