I want everyone to know that Hurricane Helene caused historic devastation to the Southeast of the United States, especially to the state of North

Carolina. Whole towns in North Carolina have been completely destroyed by Hurricane Helene. I live in South Carolina and we suffered damage as well. I'm telling you this, because the national media downplays this historic, biblically catastrophic event because it happened to conservative Republican states. They only want people to care about the blue, liberal states because it's an election year.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Cloud7593 Some people simply aren't smart enough to save their own lives. In today's world we know when major hurricanes are coming and the damage they cause. But everytime it seems that people sit on their butts and think that they won't get wet. Of course some people simply don't have the means to leave the danger zone but countless other do. And it costs a lot of money to get large trees cut down so that they won't fall on your house. Everyone in the area should know by now if they will get flooded out if the hurricane passes through.

So, it would be sensible if people took steps to leave the danger zone before the hurricane hits. Therefore, in the future if a person could have left the area but didn't and ends up dead, that is because of his own stupidity regardess of political party or religion.

Large areas of the South will soon be dead zones because of the weather and because the insurance companies will no longer insure regular house property unless the annual premiums are $20,000 or greater.

Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

@Diotrephes I've never experienced a storm like Helene and I hope I never do again.

Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

@Diotrephes @Cloud7593 What gets me is Helene came ashore in Florida. Went through Georgia and look at the damage it did to North Carolina. Usually storms start dissipating once they hit dry land.

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Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

@Allelse Awful!! Fires are the worst!

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Musicman That's a good point. You would have expected the damage in North Carolina if the hurricane had came up the eastern shore of Florida and curved in from the Atlantic. But the people in Florida didn't leave the impacted area despite know where it was going to hit.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Allelse I've been very fortunate all of my life and haven't experienced any disasters. I've had a couple of accidents but no damage. I have a couple of medical issues but I'm not sick. I doubt if I could survive a major disaster. The people who do are much better than I am.