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PhotoHokieNC
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PhotoHokieNC

That's from where you sit. From here there are very few reports of

any significance that FEMA did a good job anywhere in W NC until the past week. Probably 98% of the recovery effort has been in spite of FEMA. For sure, many people mistake FEMA for an agency that should be providing physical assets to enhance recovery efforts, but FEMA's actual role is getting people signed up to receive benefits. Neither you nor I are totally right. Or wrong. ** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 10/27/2024, 1:04:50 PM
Posted: 10/27/2024 at 12:49 PM ET
(In response to this post by Nova Hokie 95)

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What good people can do that bureaucracy cannot. Amazing initiative.
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 08:54 AM ET
No permits, no plans, no environmental studies, no inspections, Just people
freemason • 10/27/24 06:20 PM ET
I hope it survives the next flood... Engineering isn't overrated....**
UTPr0sim • 10/27/24 07:48 PM ET
90+% of this stuff...
hokiehunter07 • 10/28/24 09:53 AM ET
And if there is another heavy rain before the pencil pushers get their act
UTPr0sim • 10/28/24 09:56 AM ET
Some risks are worth taking.
hokiehunter07 • 10/28/24 10:03 AM ET
It may not take a 10,000 year storm on the "new" road....**
UTPr0sim • 10/28/24 10:26 AM ET
like the last one ? it's a temporary solution - they people hadn't been
bigbadbird • 10/28/24 08:13 AM ET
Wasn't the point of the access that was created. It was just a way to get
PhotoHokieNC • 10/28/24 12:42 AM ET
The engineering, of course, needs to be sound for the permanent
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 09:03 PM ET
If I follow codes and standards.... most likely.**
hokiehunter07 • 10/28/24 10:52 AM ET
Maybe even a bidding process
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 06:59 PM ET
Always true, problem isn't speed, it is safety and liability**
WestyHokie • 10/27/24 04:06 PM ET
Not untrue, the problem is
RTFC • 10/27/24 07:12 PM ET
This issue is like people claiming "stock market" is for rich people
WestyHokie • 10/28/24 06:04 AM ET
Yeah, I said balanced - not "speed above all"
RTFC • 10/28/24 10:30 AM ET
Well stated**
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 08:56 PM ET
No…the problem was speed. More people were going to die if
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 06:44 PM ET
And yet, evidently no one was hurt or sued. Instead they were
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 06:25 PM ET
For now, sure ... that's the issue
WestyHokie • 10/28/24 06:00 AM ET
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PhotoHokieNC • 10/28/24 07:36 AM ET
Read that. Estimated to be ~ year by some state planning group. Not same
ColoVT82 • 10/27/24 01:55 PM ET
FEMA has done a lot of good things on this response- perfect, no
turkeywinghokie • 10/27/24 01:16 PM ET
In every diaster there will be people not getting the first attention and
UTPr0sim • 10/27/24 05:25 PM ET
So it WAS FEMA who flooded the area. Figures.**
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 03:21 PM ET
I'm sure they will be sued for building a road without gov't approval**
Happy Dog • 10/27/24 12:10 PM ET
Inadequate "small disadvantaged business" set asides**
ColoVT82 • 10/27/24 01:56 PM ET
What a story. Amazing in so many ways. Buried in all of the goodness was
Coach McGuirk • 10/27/24 11:14 AM ET
Yeah, if you're not able to help, get out of the way...
MP4VT2004 • 10/27/24 12:46 PM ET
that is an nice story about actual people- not the fema clowns**
bigbadbird • 10/27/24 09:44 AM ET
FEMA's job seems to be getting in the way of progress, not helping with it.
EDGEMAN • 10/27/24 10:08 AM ET
You almost have to go out of your way to be this wrong
Gobbler-100 • 10/27/24 01:32 PM ET
my understanding is FEMA took up all the local hotel rooms and blocked
bigbadbird • 10/27/24 03:05 PM ET
You understand wrong. But hey keep on listening...**
UTPr0sim • 10/27/24 05:26 PM ET
maybe if one person made a statement that they were helped by fema
bigbadbird • 10/28/24 08:12 AM ET
Just relaying what people who live there have said...repeatedly. **
EDGEMAN • 10/27/24 02:19 PM ET
Source: trust me bro**
Gobbler-100 • 10/27/24 07:52 PM ET
Seems more like you are "relaying" social media posts that have been
AbsolutVT03 • 10/27/24 03:12 PM ET
If you did even a modicum of research you would realize that your post is
AbsolutVT03 • 10/27/24 01:14 PM ET
True, but there is misinformation around that, too.
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 03:54 PM ET
They are very difficult to work with from experience
Happy Dog • 10/27/24 12:14 PM ET
^^^most acronyms POTY!^^^
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 01:07 PM ET
Anyone that goes through National Incident Management Certification Course
jdkhokie • 10/27/24 11:58 AM ET
In short, bureaucracy **
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 01:22 PM ET
Thing is, people providing the most help do not consider themselves to be
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 01:16 PM ET
That’s as far from the truth as you can get
Nova Hokie 95 • 10/27/24 11:32 AM ET
So why do they confiscate supplies going to the survivors?
EDGEMAN • 10/27/24 02:17 PM ET
And you're about as far from the scene as someone can get and still
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 11:56 AM ET
I’m on phone calls twice a week hearing details of what’s being done
Nova Hokie 95 • 10/27/24 12:03 PM ET
I was in Bat Cave, Ednyville and Hendersonville last week. Look them up.
RTFC • 10/27/24 11:46 PM ET
The rumors and misinformation around this entire event are just sad from
AbsolutVT03 • 10/27/24 01:18 PM ET
That's from where you sit. From here there are very few reports of ◄
PhotoHokieNC • 10/27/24 12:49 PM ET
Exactly…very perceptive…FEMA is not the first, second, or third
WestEndHokie39 • 10/27/24 01:02 PM ET
Couldn't have said it better than Russian propaganda **
hokeyhokie • 10/27/24 11:07 AM ET