So one last try. Do the news sources you access expose you to the onsite face to face type of stories I posted about?

I’m sure the stories you see aren’t even telling the worst of it. But that doesn’t mean FEMA isn’t doing heroic work.

30+ years ago the city I live in had a devastating late winter ice storm. Impacted over 200,000 homes. So many limbs fell that roads were blocked and power went down. It was freezing. Horrible, but nothing compared to Helene. We had no heat, no hot water, no stove, no stores open, etc. We were lucky compared to Helene victims.

Even with the limited area of the damage, it took 10 days to get electrical power back for us and over 14 days for most other homes.

Helene is the worst hurricane since Katrina. Floods of “Biblical” proportions said the news. Homes were destroyed. Over 200 deaths and counting. Covering the area of 4 or 5 states, cities and rural areas. This impacts millions of people, many businesses, and a huge amount of infrastructure.

Sadly, there is no quick fix. No Harry Potter waving a wand. This will take months and years to resolve and many people in uninsured homes will feel the pain for the rest of their lives.

It’s not very realistic to think that this will be a quick or easy fix or that responders aren’t doing everything possible to mitigate the pain and destruction.