It’s been more than five months since Hurricane Helene devastated several states across the Southeast. In North Carolina, where Helene killed more than 100 people and caused nearly $60 billion in damage, many of the hardest-hit residents have grown increasingly frustrated with FEMA, a federal agency that’s also been in the crosshairs of President Trump. William Brangham reports.

It’s been more than five months since Hurricane Helene devastated several states across the Southeast. In North Carolina, where Helene killed more than 100 people and caused nearly $60 billion in damage, many of the hardest-hit residents have grown increasingly frustrated with FEMA, a federal agency that’s also been in the crosshairs of President Trump.

Edit: Based on a lot of the repetitive comments I’m seeing, I would like to clarify two things. One, people don’t seem to realize that many of the places hardest hit by Helene, like Asheville and the immediate area, are bastions of liberalism who voted for Harris by a 2 to 1 margin. Two, it is horrifying to jeer for someone losing their home regardless of who they or their neighbors voted for.

  • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 hours ago

    Regardless, picking and choosing which people you help or care about based on politics is shitty and makes you no better than the current administration.

    Bro, did you check where the bar went? Not storming the capitol is sufficient to be objectively better than the current admin.

      • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 hours ago

        You’re comparing – what you perceive as – schadenfreude to fascism. It’s just adding to this notion that for some reason, we hold MAGA voters to a different standard. No amount of “jeering” will ever be comparable with a vote for trump so if anybody’s angry at anybody, it should be those who enabled this.

        • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee
          1·
          26 minutes ago

          Schadenfreude or fascism, which are you?

          And for the rest of us that live here? We just have to suck it up and be like, well, everybody gets to be an asshole to us because we couldn’t control our neighbors’ votes

          • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
            1·
            17 minutes ago

            Schadenfreude or fascism, which are you?

            Reading comprehension’s hard, eh?

            And for the rest of us that live here?

            Sorry bro, I can’t control your shitty neighbors’ votes either.

            • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee
              1·
              4 minutes ago

              Explain, what am I missing? You want to talk down to anyone from NC because the voter suppression, voter intimidation, and everything else that handed a tyrant and traitor the win for the state means we deserve to suffer?

              Look at our state elections. We’ve got a great governor (former state AG who was outstanding.) How did he win? Look at our new AG. Jeff Jackson is my favorite politician. Never seen one as transparent. I have doubts over the legitimacy of the vote, but I’m not gonna sit here and cry cheater because the other side has done that for so long it’s lost all meaning.

              And yes, I assert that your attitude towards us makes you no better than them. It’s real low to insist we deserve this.