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Necessity is the mother of invention and nobody knows that better than the residents of northeast Tennessee.
Following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, many were left stranded while awaiting intervention from the government. Locals and volunteers eventually got tired of waiting and crafted a makeshift bridge with what they had handy.
Watch:
Helene’s floods left many stranded, but Northeast Tennessee residents and volunteers built a temporary bridge from semi-trailers to aid recovery. pic.twitter.com/fcRVNv3v9p
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) October 24, 2024
Singer Oliver Anthony posted his own update on what it looks like on the ground in these hurricane-ravaged areas where it feels like residents have all but been forgotten by the people who are supposed to help them.
This is a must watch.
Oliver Anthony gives an incredible breakdown of what’s going on in Western North Carolina where many people have reported the lack of aid from agencies, saying “it almost seemed like the officials there DIDNT want people to be rescued and it was very odd;… pic.twitter.com/WTO3nX1D9G
— Frank Fighting For Freedom (@thinktankfranks) October 24, 2024
“We saw one- I promise you, I saw FEMA person there. There was one dude from FEMA,” Anthony revealed.
“He had nothing nice to say about FEMA. He was disappointed in the response, most of the applications he was filing were getting rejected. He was pissed and he was a FEMA contractor, so what does that tell you?” the singer continued.
Another X user uploaded a video of his own, sarcastically musing whether $750 will cover the cost of repairing the damage to the road to his home:
This is my road home.
$750 should cover it, right #FEMA? pic.twitter.com/aV0fAHCcGF
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) October 24, 2024
People had a lot to say about the lack of help from elected officials and government agencies:
Redneck ingenuity for the Win!
— OneFlewOver_USA (@OneFlewOver_USA) October 24, 2024
This serves as an example, that the government needs the people, more than the people need the government.
— J. Z. (@BUMSPAM) October 24, 2024
Don’t brag about it, the federal government will come tear it down, fine you, and leave nothing in its place for the next five years.
— Noodles Now (@Noodles_Now) October 24, 2024
Show me one academic type that could have done that.
— AlphaSierra288 (@AlphaSierra288) October 25, 2024
But I thought FEMA was helping?
— TheAmericanTexan (@TexanAngry) October 25, 2024
Reality is the best engineering test.
Reality crunches all the numbers, known and unknown.
— William Wallace Welker (@Will_W_Welker) October 25, 2024
It’s smart what they did but our government should have built them a new bridge – not given our money to illegals they imported to turn into citizens to vote for them.
Imagine if DJT did that?!?!
It’s treason on the Dems.@donal
— PolArt Official (@PolArtOfficial) October 25, 2024
The Government can’t.
But guess who can and did?
Yeah, you know who did it. Those that Harris and many others have said are the reason everything is evil and ugly. You know, MEN. Serious, steely-eyed missilemen. Who now are called all sorts of names.
November 5th is coming.— Tickerguy (@tickerguy) October 25, 2024
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