Your Government, Ladies & Gentlemen! FEMA Tells NC Town It Can't Help Because Of 'Road Closed' Signs

Posted • October 6, 2024: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan rightly called that sentence the nine most terrifying words in the English language. And it's true. But here's FEMA -- the government -- unable to help people in North Carolina. FEMA abandons devastated NC town residents because they can’t drive around ‘road closed’ sign: ‘Nobody’s been bringing in supplies except civilians.’ Residents of a tiny North Carolina town that was almost totally destroyed by Hurricane Helene fending for themselves after FEMA told them that a “road closed” sign is an insurmountable obstacle for the agency to navigate. “FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house then called me back to say they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign. They weren’t allowed,” local Chelsea Atkins, 38, told The Post.

“You can drive it by car for sure, it’s not that bad, you just have to drive around the ‘road closed sign’. I explained that to them. They said they couldn’t,” she said, recounting her maddening exchange with the embattled federal agency. -- Wow. Just wow. This might not be a bad thing, given the reports of FEMA stealing private aid supplies… The FEMA staff did not lose everything, so they don't care. If a Republican was in the White House, there would be nightly broadcasts from North Carolina. (…)

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https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/10/06/tammy-bruce-fema-wont-pass-road-closed-sign-n2401842
New York Post: FEMA abandons devastated NC town residents because they can’t drive around ‘road closed’ sign: ‘Nobody’s been bringing in supplies except civilians’
https://nypost.com/2024/10/06/us-news/fema-abandons-residents-of-devastated-nc-town-because-of-road-closed-sign/