Mayor of Black Mountain North Carolina DEFENDS FEMA

Mayor of Black Mountain North Carolina DEFENDS FEMA Hurricane Helene response and is okay with victims still sleeping in tents in the cold

“We can't expect miracles overnight” (it’s been 67 days)

“But there's people living in tents there”

“It takes a while to do this”

“67 days and people are still living in tents — I'm just trying to figure out what what people should expect, and it doesn't seem 67 days is too long to expect a trailer that the government has money for. Is it? People are living in tents.”

Black Mountain mayor Michael Sobol, “You know, let's look at the other side of it”