The word is that these areas were not helped because the ground contains lots of lithium. Companies want to buy the land but the government also wants to control it. If Trump gets cheated again, you can expect for the area to be condemned and taken by the government.
@TexChik I think your right. A group of 3 guys in a private helicopter went in and saved a couple of people. They said the only way to reach a lot of these people is by helicopter. So why hasn't the Nat Guard been mobilized?
National guard has been mobilized, they're flying out of Hickory (been flying over my house all day every day since Sunday); trouble is, many places just aren't accessible even by helicopter (no where to land)
I'm fortunate enough to live on a ridge, well above river, so other than downed trees and powerlines all over the place, I was luckier than many
a few pictures of river near me (about 1/2 mile away)
Pretty much every house in any proximity of river got flooded
river is normally 75-100 yards from road, it rose so much that it covered it in many places (hasn't been that high since the 40's)
Zaloo's Canoes (canoe, kayak, tube rental place near me), before and after
Roof of shed/barn of local business (normally 200ft or so from river, and height from ground to roof is about 12-13ft, used to store trucks and equipment; eventually ripped the whole building from concrete foundation and turned it 90°
The bottom of this bridge is normally 35-40ft above river, there's a road underneath it on one side (I've driven truck /w lowboy hauling excavator, dozer, etc. under it many times with plenty of room to spare)
when the storm hit, pretty much everyone in the county lost power and phones; there's still 11,000-14,000 without power. many bridges were washed out, and there are mudslides 20-30ft thick covering many roads, cutting off access to many places
helicopters & planes are having to airdrop supplies in many places & airlift people to safety
To give some perspective, this is same bridge from other side. Edge up river was 10-20 ft from those houses on left. Those two houses on right were flooded in their basements/downstairs, and the only road to that area was covered by 20ft of water for two days
There's a river flow tower above bridge; normal flow rate is like 800-1000 gallons per second, the tower was recording about 200,000 gallons per second before it went offline (was submerged along with everything else)
river normally flows fairly slowly, during flood, water was probably moving 35-40mph; waves were more akin to something you'd see at the ocean or a large lake
