There is catastrophic flooding in swing state North Carolina. Ashville is all but cut off from all but air support . And they are not as bad as some of the mountain communities . The town of Chimney Rock is no more.

Michael Evon on X: "Chimney Rock, North Carolina obliterated by flash flood from remnants of Hurricane Helene. 😮 Highway 9 Before and After https://t.co/vLGIOh4xsz" / X (https://x.com/EvonDesign/status/1839832964537930169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1839832964537930169%7Ctwgr% 5Ec29cfed3f0c9ca34b04b01f9c5367945773fba42%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fhurricane-helene-before-after-photos-reveal-devastation-florida-appalachia-1960926)

and this is true of communities from Florida's west coast through Tennessee. I consider myself lucky . Damage to my area is falling trees and power to be restored. Still it will take days to accomplish .

So where is Kam the Sham and PRESIDENT Clueless Joe ? Well you know where he's at .

https://www.capegazette.com/article/biden-expected-rehoboth-beach-beginning-sept-27/281466

And Kam is hob knobbing in California.

https://www.capegazette.com/article/biden-expected-rehoboth-beach-beginning-sept-27/281466


We're monitoring
(1) The White House - Our Administration is closely monitoring... | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=869067422074046&id=100069123883596&paipv=0&eav=AfbTPGGR7iL4hs914vFXSjolNryP4rd1bishHtfEAP-QsYXG76sXUwnMpBcU2Oquo1c&_rdr)


North Carolina plans to raise Ukraine flags in a desperate attempt to get their attention

North Carolina plans to raise Ukraine flags in a desperate attempt to get their attentionThat's an absolute classic.

Joe said he already gave NC all the aid it needs . Then he got negative reactions so this morning more aid was approved. He says he will visit when it is safe and he won't interfere with recovery efforts . That means ;just like East Palestine ,he will never visit .
Helene Recovery | Biden says he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week if it doesn't impact emergency response - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham (https://abc11.com/post/helene-recovery-biden-says-he-hopes-visit-impacted-areas-week-doesnt-impact-emergency-response/15372761/)

Remember when Bush's administration took a hit because he did a flyover of New Orleans ? No one bought his excuse that he did not want to interfere with recovery efforts . But he had an R next to his name.

Trump will be in Georgia today to give comfort to hurricane ravaged areas . Kam is pretending to be presidential calling up NC Guv Roy Cooper . She says that she and Joe are "monitoring the situation closely "

Then they did a photo op where she stood on the podium and completely removed the word "Vice " from the seal to make it look like she was Prez.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYbvbtGbYAAoT26?format=jpg&name=small

North Carolina plans to raise Ukraine flags in a desperate attempt to get their attention


That's an absolute classic.










He got off his beach chair to personally give Zelinsky $8 billion

Joe Biden's Parting Gift to Ukraine - Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-ukraine-aid-legacy-russia-war-1960959)

Thank you Elon Musk . Ashville SC was completely cut off and in a blackout zone . People could not communicate in or out .That was until some portable Starlink stations were set up .

Starlink, compact cell towers in North Carolina mountains for communications (cbs17.com) (https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/starlink-compact-cell-towers-deployed-in-nc-mountains-with-blackout-zones-common-after-helene-devastation/)

Locally we are arranging canned food and water pick up so we can air lift them in (have not seen any government organized relief of this kind yet But the people there need help now .

Sorry got to keep bringing this up. Kam the Sham was given the task to link the nation and was budgeted $42 billion for the effort . To date not one home has been hooked up .

Thank you Elon Musk . Ashville SC was completely cut off and in a blackout zone . People could not communicate in or out .That was until some portable Starlink stations were set up .


Shared on Facebook.

Apparently it is the Cajun Navy to the rescue .

More proof that government is best left to locals

Reed Timmer, PhD on X: "The United Cajun Navy has arrived in western NC packed full of Starlink units! Follow them here for location posts for internet!" / X (https://x.com/ReedTimmerUSA/status/1840496174911914240)

Sorry some of my responses to this post ended up on the Irael post . So here it is

What a tragedy in Israel. - Page 6 (askmehelpdesk.com) (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=850978&page=6&p=3898620#post3898620)

Bottom line relief is coming into affect areas by private citizens while Joe ;Kam plan a response.

Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130

Hurricane Helene's aftermath: Supplies arrive in North Carolina as storm's death toll tops 130 | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-asheville-f02869c7d01e68f2d7f0553abb82252f?utm_source=newsle tter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top)


To the region ;the Feds are becoming more and more irrelevant. All they are good for is collecting taxes and placing imposing regulations.

Ron DeSantis was too busy doing his job to take a call from Clueless Joe but he took it anyway . He told Joe forget about Florida . He has everything under control.

Gov. DeSantis says federal government should focus on North Carolina in wake of Helene - CBS Miami (cbsnews.com) (https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/hurricane-helene-desantis-says-focus-north-carolia/)


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I don't like Kam the Sham BUT this type of leadership by the President is unacceptable and dangerous . for the nation. And we have almost 4 more months of this in store. Kam and the cabinet should either force him to resign or invoke the 25th amendment. Dems in Congress should back the move and senior Dems should tell him in no uncertain terms he either resigns or is fact track impeached . The stakes for the nation are too high to wait.

But remember that the man mentally is as tarp as a shack.

The photo depicts Jill reading the Presidential Daily Briefing .

Another possibility has been floated . The unions and the Dems are joined at the hip. Could it be that the dock strike is a staged event so Kam the Sham can come in and act 'Presidential' negotiating a deal ? hmmmmm

last night when discussing the tragedy of hurricane Helene that took an unusual path into western SC Tennessee and NC the moderators decided to inject the idea that it was a climate change event.

So naturally I decided to do some checking . The flooding is devastating to towns like Asheville NC. (Clueless Joe will do a flyover ala GW Bush during Katrina; but won't take the heat Bush got for the photo-op)

Turns out that this even was not the worse one in Ashville. That distinction goes to the Flood of 1916 .

Remembering the Flood of 1916 | French Broad Adventures (frenchbroadrafting.com) (https://www.frenchbroadrafting.com/blog/remembering-the-flood-of-1916)

Oh there were some combustion engines back then . But no one would consider that 100 year event a product climate change.

Here is Joe's visit to NC
https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/02/e719fd72-6ced-45e9-ad41-0450bc14d5fa/thumbnail/620x413/b55040b4f28fb7b8714977ec8e94c33b/ap24276686246145.jpg?v=0736ad3ef1e9ddfe1218648fe91 d6c9b#

What does this remind you of ?

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050831_p083105pm-0117jas-515h.jpg

Bush was called a racist for this even though FEMA was busy on the ground.

How is FEMA doing now ?

Mayorkas Warns of FEMA Funding Shortfall After Hurricane Helene - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/us/politics/fema-funding-shortfall-hurricane-season.html)

Why ?

FEMA resources are being drained in illegal immigrant services

Department of Homeland Security Announces $300 Million in Direct Funding to Communities Receiving Migrants and $340 Million for A New Competitive Awards Process | Homeland Security (dhs.gov) (https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/04/12/department-homeland-security-announces-300-million-direct-funding-communities)

Flashback 2022 . FCC denied a Starlink subsidy for the purpose of giving satellite communications to rural communities like in rural North Carolina.

FCC Rejects LTD Broadband, Starlink Bids for Broadband Subsidies | Federal Communications Commission (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-rejects-ltd-broadband-starlink-bids-broadband-subsidies)

This was completely a political decision. They rejected it again in December last year.

That decision has likely cost lives . There is still no complete accounting of people who were stranded by the hurricane.

This is scary . Here are the thoughts of a Florida State Guardsman who is in NC doing rescue work privately . It is almost like the lack of a Federal response is intentional.
Either that or your typical government incompetence.



I really don't want to make this video, but it is literally a matter of life and death for the people of North Carolina. So, my name is Jonathan Howard. I'm a member of the Florida State Guard Special Missions Unit.

I'm also up here with Aerial Recovery, a non-profit. I came up here on Sunday with Aerial Recovery before we even got activated. We flew up here and then we got activated, which was great.

I had my team up here working as well. Here's the problem. I'm going to tell you everything that's happening from the ground, what I'm actually seeing, because what they're telling you is complete bullsh*t on the news and these politicians don't have a ing clue and they're lying.

I'll say this now. I'll say it at the end of the video. The only thing I need from this video is helicopters.

If I have helicopters, I can save lives. Without helicopters, I can't reach these people. It doesn't matter how many chainsaws and trucks I got, I can't get to them.

I really don't want to make this video, but it is literally a matter of life and death for the people of North Carolina. So, my name is Jonathan Howard. I'm a member of the Florida State Guard Special Missions Unit.

I'm also up here with Aerial Recovery, a non-profit. I came up here on Sunday with Aerial Recovery before we even got activated. We flew up here and then we got activated, which was great.

I had my team up here working as well. Here's the problem. I'm going to tell you everything that's happening from the ground, what I'm actually seeing, because what they're telling you is complete bullsh*t on the news and these politicians don't have a ing clue and they're lying.

I'll say this now. I'll say it at the end of the video. The only thing I need from this video is helicopters.

If I have helicopters, I can save lives. Without helicopters, I can't reach these people. It doesn't matter how many chainsaws and trucks I got, I can't get to them.

Like we'll get a lot of work done with that, but there's no, there's no military. There's no, no one's doing nothing. I just, it blows my mind.

And they're not even allowing people to see what's really going on. One of our friends yesterday, they were actually escorting CNN down to Lake Lure and they wouldn't even let CNN, the sheriff department would not let them go videotape the bad areas of how destructive it is. I don't know why they don't want to show you all that, but I mean, it is bad.

I should also say when I flew here on Sunday, they actually stopped us from going in the sheriff department. And it was because of a bunch of politics that they were claiming was a speaker of the house of North Carolina that was preventing us from even going in and trying to kick us out, which I have clarified today with North Carolina politicians that reached out to me good on them. And they were like, that's complete.

Speaker of the house has nothing. He wants you guys there, but this is a kind of political BS that is happening here right now. Like everyone's trying to be in charge without taking any type of action.

Nobody wants to coordinate with anybody. Everybody wants to pretend like they're being the hero while these people are literally ing dying in the mountains. And these people, I'm saying these people are limited medication.

They're running out of oxygen and there's no one going to get them. The most effective way I have found to go find these people is by getting in a helicopter and flying down the rivers and roads and looking for SOS messages or people waving us down. And then we dropped down and get them.

We have all these people here. We have law enforcement. We have state guard, national guard.

They have no way to go get these people. Yesterday when I was at the Asheville airport, refueling, which by the way, the civilian is paying all this out of his own pocket. He's not even looking for a reimbursement.

I think we did four refuelings yesterday and that was like just in half a day's work. We're in Asheville. And I saw two air force helicopter sixties and I knew there were PJs just looking at them.

And I went up to him like, Hey guys, like what are y'all doing? And like, this is what you need to be doing. This, this, this, this is how I'm finding people. And they're like, we can't go.

We're waiting on title 10 orders. And I'm like, what? They just, they can't get any afforded. There's military helicopters all over here sitting on the ground and they can't do nothing.

Even my JSOC boys in Fayetteville, they can't get orders to come out here. It is just the most disgusting thing. And they're killing these people.

And I don't know why they're doing it. I don't know what kind of conspiracy I've heard so many things, whatever you want to come up with, but they are literally allowing these people to ing die in the mountains right now because we can't get helicopters. They got money for everything else in the ing world right now.

But if they could just get us helicopters, we could fly out there and rescue these people. So I hope this video goes viral. I hope these politicians get fired.

I hope people get pissed off. They'll probably kick me out of the state of North Carolina for doing this, but you know what? I don't care. Cause if I can save one more life for it, it's ing worth it to me.

I Meme Therefore I Am ���� on X: "����MAKE IT GO VIRAL! “They are literally allowing this people to fvcking die in the mountains right now because we can’t get helicopters.” Jonathan Howard with the Florida State Guard Special Mission Unit who is assisting Aerial Recovery says they desperately NEED https://t.co/EtWrkYtYc4" / X (https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1841494840141312454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1841494840141312454%7Ctwgr% 5Ec8fcd94a8026cafe060e6f98ccab2f811bc25861%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.realclearpolitics.com%2F video%2F2024%2F10%2F02%2Ffl_state_guardsman_what_t he_media_is_telling_you_about_helene_is_complete_b ullsht_politicians_dont_have_a_clue_and_are_lying. html)

So FEMA's top job is disaster relief .......right ? Not according to their website

Strategic Goal 1: Instill equity as a foundation of emergency management

Strategic Goal 2: Lead whole of community in climate resilience

Strategic Goal 3: Promoting and sustaining a ready FEMA and prepared nation




FEMA Lays Foundation for Strategic Plan: Engages Stakeholders and Initiates Efforts to Instill Equity, Increase Resilience and Readiness Posture | FEMA.gov (https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230202/fema-lays-foundation-strategic-plan-engages-stakeholders-and-initiates)

https://thedailybs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/db1-2.jpg

Strategic Goal 1: Instill equity as a foundation of emergency managementOh, you're white? I'm sorry (sort of), but these first shipments of water are only for non-whites. If you're still alive in a couple of days, we'll get to you then.

Kam the Sham is going to give those peons in need $750 to help them survive.

I can now predict that NC will go to Kam the Sham. Why ? Of all the counties hit by the hurricane only one of them (Buncombe Co.) voted Dem in 2020. Trump got more than 15% of his support from western NC . Meanwhile Joe won population centers of Charlotte ;Fayetteville ;and the Winston Salem -Greensboro -Raleigh triangle. The vote was 50.1% Trump 48.7% Joe .

How are the people there even going to vote ? Whole towns were wiped out ;voting locations gone ;mail has not begun . It will take months to restore basic services .

Days later the military is deployed
1,000 active-duty soldiers to deploy to western N.C. (spectrumlocalnews.com) (https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2024/10/02/military-deploy-nc-helene)

It took 7 hrs to deploy troops during Katrina.

The Army response to Hurricane Katrina | Article | The United States Army (https://www.army.mil/article/45029/The_Army_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina)

Fort Liberty in Fayetteville NC has the 82nd Airborne there. They could've been there almost immediately . You remember the 82nd Airborne ..... They go all over the world for rapid response missions ;including when they were deployed at Homestead Fla for 30 days for Hurricane Andrew.

Why isn't the sky above Western NC filled with Chinook copters that can off load tractor trailers to remote areas and safely evacuate dozens of people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJ_cttbW0AY7SbM?format=jpg&name=900x900

Meanwhile private pilots trying to help are being threatened with arrest.

Pilot flying North Carolina Helene rescue missions threatened with arrest (thehill.com) (https://thehill.com/homenews/4913942-pilot-helene-north-carolina-rescue-missions-arrest-threat/)

REPORTER: What do the states in the storm zones need, Mr. President?

PRESIDENT BIDEN: What?

REPORTER: What do the states in the storm zone -- what do they need after what you saw today?

BIDEN: Oh, the storm zone.

REPORTER: Yes sir.

BIDEN: I didn't know which storm you were talking about.

They've got everything they need. And they're very happy across the board.]

RNC Research on X: "“What do the states in the storm zone need — after what you saw today?” BIDEN: “Oh, storm zone? I didn’t know which storm you’re talking about…” 😳 https://t.co/Yzu74Y9Qkr" / X (https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1842018660191195305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1842018660191195305%7Ctwgr% 5Ed830ae4c44bd402534fba52846e51f4d293da023%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.realclearpolitics.com%2F video%2F2024%2F10%2F03%2Fbiden_confused_by_hurrica ne_helene_question_theyve_gotten_everything_they_n eed_theyre_very_happy.html)

Good grief. And this is the guy that KH assured us was bright and mentally competent.

It is becoming increasinglty clear that the governments get offended when people use private initiative .

Here is another example.

Ryan Tyre 🇺🇸 on X: "If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN - you'll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade. I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel https://t.co/EO5NJRdTEN" / X (https://x.com/ryantyre/status/1841583311782568064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1841583311782568064%7Ctwgr% 5Ea88ad99f7d7a9487784ca199d63dd0c19cd6626f%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2Fbl og%2F2024%2F10%2Ffema_blew_out_its_budget_to_pay_f or_illegals_now_it_s_taking_its_remaining_resource s_to_focus_on_blocking_aid_from_private_citizens.h tml)

The Stafford Act allows for the Feds to deploy troops . Dem Guv NC Roy Cooper asked Joe to declare it 6 days ago.

NC's governor seeks expedited federal aid following Tropical Storm Helene • NC Newsline (https://ncnewsline.com/2024/09/28/ncs-governor-seeks-expedited-federal-aid-following-tropical-storm-helene/)

When did Joe decide to deploy troops ? 3 days ago . How many ? 1000 And 6 thousand National Guard are deployed through 6 states .

Of course there is no way to communicate .Broadbband czar saw to it . Well that and the FCC ;the agency trying to take down Elon Musk because he allows free speech on X

You see Musk had a bid originally approved to fill the sky with Starlink. It was the lowest bid coming in at $886 million . But the bid was revoked . Joe gave the job to Kam the Sham with a $42 billion budget .
To date not a single home is hooked up .

Kamala Harris Was Put in Charge of $42 Billion to Connect Americans to the Internet, Not One Person Got It (shorenewsnetwork.com) (https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2024/09/21/kamala-harris-was-put-in-charge-of-42-billion-to-connect-americans-to-the-internet-not-one-person-got-it/)

But now Joe is bringing Starlink to NC . .......40 of them !!!!!! wooooohoooo !
Dozens of Starlink systems deployed for Hurricane Helene by Biden administration | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-spoke-musk-about-getting-internet-areas-hit-by-hurricane-2024-09-30/)

Incompetence on display.

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Kam the Sham is telling everyone hit by the hurricane that they can get $750 if they need it .

Kamala Harris: FEMA Is 'Providing $750 For Folks Who Need Immediate Needs Being Met' Due To Helene (youtube.com) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR3luqVmVx0)

Everyone in the 6 states affected should claim they identify as Ukrainian.

USAID is making sure Ukraine has lights and heat this winter

USAID pledges $ 825 million for Ukraine's energy system - Euromaidan Press (https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/10/02/usaid-pledges-825-million-for-ukraines-energy-system/)

Meanwhile in Ashville NC there is no sewage yet . They have still not accounted for all the people. AND winter is approaching.

$157 million in new aid to Lebanon.
US to Give $157 Million in Humanitarian Aid in Response to Lebanon Crisis (usnews.com) (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-10-04/us-to-give-157-million-in-humanitarian-aid-in-response-to-lebanon-crisis)

Not to worry if the people can be found they get $750 in Federal aid . Meanwhile the people of Ashville have no potable water except what is coming in by truck or private planes .

We in Greenville have been told that the local airport is swamped with donations and they can't take any more until what they have is airlifted to West NC.

Greenville Downtown Airport no longer accepting donations for WNC | Watch (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/greenville-downtown-airport-no-longer-accepting-donations-for-wnc/vi-AA1rNYl2?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=bdbc1aceb0c84f6d8949a098ebb80821&ei=21&fbclid=IwY2xjawFwnIRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY2hBelRGE9jb nYPxXs-kkVuVEKtArAj3N-pYp7jMMMeBK7CE1u0BZoqZQ_aem_FgjYMHDy1wOhegW44BckkA )

But that may be a good thing . Private aid is good . But it is not coordinated and could lead to tragedy.

Surge in Helene relief efforts led to about 30 mid-air close calls over North Carolina in a single day - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/helene-relief-efforts-about-30-mid-air-close-calls-over-north-carolina-single-day/)

ummm that is where government is supposed to do their job. Let's put the American people 1st for a change .

DHS boss Mayorkis has been crying poverty as an excuse for FEMA bumbling responses so far.
Mayorkas warns of low funds for hurricane relief after FEMA spends $690M on migrant crisis (mynbc15.com) (https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/mayorkas-warns-of-low-funds-for-hurricane-relief-after-fema-spends-690m-on-migrant-crisis-homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-federal-emergency-management-agency-hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-north-carolina-south-carolina-tennessee)

But the DHS Inspector General has a different tale to tell.

According to the report there is at least $7 billion in untapped funds specifically for disaster relief.
Watchdog found $7B in untapped FEMA funds — even though DHS Secretary Mayorkas said none available for future disasters (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watchdog-found-7b-in-untapped-fema-funds-even-though-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-said-none-available-for-future-disasters/ar-AA1rQUIr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=89cfbb9bced24f09ae1334ea71c513a6&ei=45)

Texas Guv Greg Abbott has some thoughts

Greg Abbott on X: "This is easy. Mayorkas and FEMA — immediately stop spending money on illegal immigration resettlement and redirect those funds to areas hit by the hurricane. Put Americans first. https://t.co/m8cIBhz32r" / X (https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1841661507383267837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1841677572288999459%7Ctwgr% 5Ef01984495c76b2eafcb1323c1c2e346a5019c501%7Ctwcon %5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenationaldesk.com%2Fnews%2 Famericas-news-now%2Fmayorkas-warns-of-low-funds-for-hurricane-relief-after-fema-spends-690m-on-migrant-crisis-homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-federal-emergency-management-agency-hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-north-carolina-south-carolina-tennessee)

I don't even think the money the AG found includes the $20 billion that was included in the short term spending bill that Congress passed

Guv DeSantis is all over his state preparing for tomorrow when hurricane Milton will slam into Florida's west coast with a bullseye on heavily populated Tampa-St Pete. As you can imagine he is plenty busy .

What he does not need is Kam the Sham injecting herself and playing politics.

But that is exactly what she did when she made the false claim that he refused to take her call. The compliant press was quick to blame DeSantis . They got their info from an unnamed source who said " he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,”

Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris' call on Hurricane Helene (nbcnews.com) (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/kamala-harris/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276)

Of course it is political ! If he was not taking calls from Clueless Joe or FEMA or any other official involved in emergency management then you could make a case . But Kam ? What exactly is her role besides being a candidate ?

DeSantis did not tour the Helene damage with Joe . But there was a simple reason for that . He had a prescheduled press conference . He was working on recovery himself. Florida also lent a hand to the rest of the states impacted by Helene. He has now recalled them for post -Milton.

DeSantis responded to her attack of him.
“She has no role in this. In fact, she’s been vice president for three and a half years. I’ve dealt with a number of storms under this administration. She has never contributed anything to any of these efforts, and so what I think is selfish is her trying to blunder into this,”

"She's trying to get some type of an edge. She knows she's doing poorly and so she's playing these political games. I don't have time for political games."
Ron DeSantis Attacks Kamala Harris Before Hurricane Milton—'She Has No Role' - Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-attacks-kamala-harris-hurricane-milton-florida-1965406)

The White House admits that it has been in constant contact with the Guv.

Clueless Joe came out of his bunker long enough to call Trump un-American for daring to criticize Federal response to hurricanes .He said this in a national broadcast as Hurricane Milton was slamming into Florida's west coast .

Biden slams Trump for 'onslaught of lies' about federal hurricane response - ABC News (go.com) (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-slams-trump-onslaught-lies-federal-hurricane-response/story?id=114658066)

He also called out MTG ;and frankly there is merit to calling her out for suggesting that the weather is being manipulated. But is he really suggesting that criticism of disaster response is out of bounds after the Dems act after Katrina ?

The question remains from the opening of this post. Where was Joe and Kim ? New report is that a sr FEMA supervisor in Florida gave directives to staff to avoid homes that "advertised " for Trump as part of their "best practices "

EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs (https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-fema-official-ordered-relief-workers-to-skip-houses-with-trump-signs)

The supervisor ;Marni Washington, has been dismissed. But the question is ;how wide spread was this practice by FEMA managers ?

Ron DeSantis want to know
Ron DeSantis on X: "The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days. At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal" / X (https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1855030970140770445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1855030970140770445%7Ctwgr% 5E12683c3d4595c26e5f21ec6a73a690f33a6a2487%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Ffema-official-given-the-boot-after-directing-relief-workers-to-avoid-homes-advertising-trump%2F)

FEMA claims this is a one off .

Daily Wire on X: "FULL STATEMENT: "FEMA helps all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation and we are deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions. While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are" / X (https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1855016899073261670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1855016899073261670%7Ctwgr% 5E12683c3d4595c26e5f21ec6a73a690f33a6a2487%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Ffema-official-given-the-boot-after-directing-relief-workers-to-avoid-homes-advertising-trump%2F)

Congress will no doubt hold investigations too.