Michael Sobol, the mayor of Black Mountain, NC went on TV last night and made excuses for FEMAs failures that have resulted in his constituents living in tents in the snow.

The mayor's job is to be an advocate for his residents. The proper response here is to demand FEMA (and the state of NC) speed up/cut red tape/etc... and help the people of Black Mountain. Instead he does the opposite. I sincerely hope he's kicked out of office ASAP as he's clearly incapable of doing his job.

#BlackMountain #WNC #helene #flooding #fema

2 things.

1. Bravo to Lowes and NASCAR for buying and sending homes to folks in Western North Carolina. What a great display of real charity.

2. Shame on FEMA and the Biden administration for abandoning the citizens of WNC.
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Hundreds of tiny homes are now being delivered by Lowes and NASCAR to #WNC, just in time for Christmas.

At least 100 homes will arrive before Christmas Eve for families left homeless by Hurricane Helene.

https://x.com/justinstillness/status/1871362879070573021

🚨 #BREAKING: FEMA has confirmed that 3,500 households in #WNC will lose their Transitional Sheltering Assistance, just days before the worst winter storm rolls in.

Videos from the non-profit, Beloved Asheville, show a car line "1 mile-long" for portable heaters and propane.

🔗 Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol)

🚨 #BREAKING: In 24 hours, FEMA will be kicking out 3,500 families in #WNC out of hotels in the middle of a 14° winter snowstorm.

Homeless shelters are now calling churches, scrambling to set up more beds as the number of people in shelters in #WNC is likely to DOUBLE tomorrow.

🔗 Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol)

North Carolina: If you happened to miss the insanity of what happened in the past 96 hours in #WNC where FEMA almost kicked victims of Helene sheltering in hotels out into a snowstorm...

...you might want to watch this entire video, because you won't even believe your own ears

Matt Van Swol