My primary residence is less than 90 minutes from Ashville and less from the parts of Tennessee that were affected. A number of my friends united, in a self motivated project, to provide aid to the area. I have heard, from people with first hand experience, that it was far worse than what is known.
FEMA is a joke. Their workers, for the most part, are dedicated. The people who run it are not. Remember the woman who was singled out and fired for not going to houses with Trump signs? She did an interview in which she said that it was a long standing practice, ordered by upper management, not to do so.
It is difficult to understand why our government is giving US tax payer dollars away while allowing it's own citizens to suffer such damages. It is sad.
