Lies about Hurricane Helene
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- Many lies have been spread by Americans regarding the response to Hurricane Helene. Here are the facts:
1. National Guard and Active Duty soldiers and Airmen from multiple states are assisting in search and rescue, aid delivery and cleanup. The primary goal is to get the roads open.
2. FEMA does not have arrest powers. They are not confiscating food.
3. Volunteers who are not coordinating with the National Guard are hurting more than they are helping.
4. The hurricane was not engineered by the US Government or Blackrock to grab land for a lithium mine.
If you are in need of immediate emergency assistance, please contact 911 directly for life-threatening situations and urgent emergencies.
For disaster relief, shelter information, and non-emergency assistance, please use the following resources:
NC Emergency Management: Visit www.ncdps.gov/... or call 1-800-858-0368
NC Department of Public Safety: For statewide alerts and updates, visit www.ncdps.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov
American Red Cross: For emergency shelters, supplies, and assistance, visit redcross.org or call 1-800-733-2767. To report people affected by Helene, please call 1-800 RED CROSS, select 'Disaster' and provide as much information as possible to assist us in helping.
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Many lies have been spread by Americans regarding the response to Hurricane Helene. Here are the facts:
1. National Guard and Active Duty soldiers and Airmen from multiple states are assisting in search and rescue, aid delivery and cleanup. The primary goal is to get the roads open.
2. FEMA does not have arrest powers. They are not confiscating food.
3. Volunteers who are not coordinating with the National Guard are hurting more than they are helping.
4. The hurricane was not engineered by the US Government or Blackrock to grab land for a lithium mine.
If you are in need of immediate emergency assistance, please contact 911 directly for life-threatening situations and urgent emergencies.
For disaster relief, shelter information, and non-emergency assistance, please use the following resources:
NC Emergency Management: Visit www.ncdps.gov/emergency-management or call 1-800-858-0368
NC Department of Public Safety: For statewide alerts and updates, visit www.ncdps.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov
American Red Cross: For emergency shelters, supplies, and assistance, visit redcross.org or call 1-800-733-2767. To report people affected by Helene, please call 1-800 RED CROSS, select 'Disaster' and provide as much information as possible to assist us in helping.
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Keep up the great work man
Thinks 🤔 already watch videos of disinformation and full of lie I have done work for search and rescue 🛟 and it was lie lie lie or just miss understanding like
people will call you a liberal progressive who suffers from tds for this.
Civilian helicopters 🚁 can not coordinate with fire departments or emergency services. FEMA etc they will looses there job yes if they work with a civilian helicopter 🚁 because of lawsiuts etc and was turned away
@@aSSGoblin1488 Which is hilarious considering 0:40
My son-in-law is an electrician with a fire department in Utah. He's trained in Disaster Recovery. Within 24 hours of this crisis, FEMA had him working in North Carolina to help restore both electrical and cell phone towers.
He's projected to be there for a
month. His family here in Utah will be ok without him, knowing this is how they are helping the people of NC.
@@JudyCarter2cats as someone in yancey, pass along my thanks. Just seeing all the work crews coming up here gave me so much hope last Saturday.
@@JudyCarter2cats that's nice, but the issue is the lack of rescue efforts.
I knew a guy who used to work for FEMA years ago. They would pre-deploy teams to places like Puerto Rico. He's tell us how scary it was waiting the storm out, then going out, working 16+ hour days, just the restore power and comms. His team did gods work for everyone and every place they went. I have a ton of respect for the front line workers.
Those who play political games, have no use for. Send Congress down there to do some work. Maybe left and right will finally learn how to work together.
Wow that's awesome.
I know Ryan loves chasing down fake news, but he seems more and more exhausted every time he has to do another one of these.
Ryan basically has 5 jobs now, so I would be very tired too 😂
FauxNews and FacePoop is the source of alot of misinformation. People need to actually do their own research, when they insist they " do my own research", or almost always means wait til their preferred echo chamber tells them what to think.
I consider myself a hobbyist. I subject myself to FOX "news" routinely to feed my rage addiction and it is exhausting. I find the MAGA so twisted and despicably craven that I can't look away. It's so horrible but also fascinating.
@@bobwoods1302 I do the same exact thing. It's hard, but better than being stuck in the eco-chamber
It's literally impossible to keep up with all the garbage on the internet.
The fire department I work for had a station get completely flooded during Helene. FEMA deployed a temporary fire station called a FORT to my department to stand in until we can rebuild. They’re a major boon to us continuing to provide Fire & EMS to our citizens with fast response times
FEMA seems very hit or miss. Sometimes they help and sometimes they aren't very useful but I haven't seen them have an actual negative impact anywhere. At worst they're just bystanders doing paperwork for the future recovery stage. They do all seem to genuinely want to help though competence varies wildly.
@@michaelmammoth1010maybe they cannot be everywhere at the same time?
Dude, I think you are misremembering. FEMA arrested all the Fire & EMS and locked you guys away in FEMA concentration camps buried deep underground with the reptilians, so that George Soros could steal your property.
Their amazing convering a region the size of a European country where it takes days just to clear roads enough that the vehicles on the ground don't ask end up useless with punctured tires and collisions.
I dont know who or what to believe but I have to ask you where you got for information and if you have actually been there like Glenn Beck or Franklin Graham? Why would victims report that to get the emergency aid you have to apply on line for vetting and approval?
That stew Peter’s guy is an absolute clown
Never heard of Stew Peters and I see why.
I guess he's like an Alex Jones 2.0? Obviously incredibly stupid good gosh.
@wabbasMEpern He's not stupid, he knows he's lying. That's what makes rhetoric like this worst. He can justify his lies as being "free speech". Perhaps some lawyer or prosecutor who knows Brandenburg inside out might want to do a little investigating. There is measurable harm occurring here.
@@wabbasMEpernwell apparently you were the kind of person who takes Alex Jones types seriously.
@@keepyourbilsteins he's repeating talking points of our national foes verbatim. Might as well be American regurgitation of RT and Rossiya-1.
He made a couple documentaries i watched out of curiosity. One of them is called Watch the Water. He brings on a chiropractor as an expert on covid vaccines. The claim they make is that the covid epidemic was actually the government putting King Cobra snake venom in the water to infect everyone....but, also that the vaccine is made from King Cobra venom as well. Doesn't really make much sense lol
It's a shame that sensible and smart people like Ryan get thousands of views while grifters get millions
Modern society can’t recognise truth anymore.
Exactly!
@@DoctorProph3tpeople are dumber and more misinformed now, in the Information Age, than probably ever before.
A lie will make it around the world twice while the truth is putting its boots on!
That's because he doesn't prey on people's emotions like grifters do. Notice how all these provocateurs speak in absolutes, make all sorts of claims without evidence, and everything's a shouting match to them. Ryan doesn't do that.
My brother lives outside of Asheville. I went to school in Boone.
I was talking with my brother and he says you just can't fathom the destruction. You can't.
He started listing things and places...
"You remember X"
"Yeah"
"That's gone... You remember Y?"
"Oh Yeah! "
"That's gone... You remember Z?"
"Y...yeah..."
"Gone..."
He just kept going.
The "river" in his town, you could walk across normally, was well above 20 feet.
You just can't fathom, I can't fathom. But I do know it's just heartbreaking.
Yes, Ryan is not here and needs to get his ass here
Fellow App State alum here. I really can't describe into words what it looks like on the ground. It's what I imagine a nuclear explosion to look like
@@bradowens6565 Why? The level of destruction has nothing to do with whether the Federal government is doing it's best to assist. If a bomb hits a building and the emergency services show up... The building is still fucking gone.
He knows it's bad, that's not what the video is addressing ffs.
@@tonymorris4335, the people are not mad about what this RUclipsr listed about the "lies." The people are angry at the government for having more ready funds for the economic migrants who went through the borders. They were given more money than the citizens having only $750.00.
@@superramenrider 750 is emergency money given immediately for things like food water and diapers. Much more will be forthcoming, this is just the first to help with immediate expenses.
Sorry Ryan but I'm actually in the FEMA process for disaster assistance and they are requiring receipts for me to get that $750. They said once submitted it'd be 10-14 days before it is approved or disapproved. Multiple friends around me have already been disqualified without explanation.
And it is Mayorkas himself that said FEMA doesn't have funding for hurricane season. So if it's a rumor or damned lie, then it was started by the cabinet secretary responsible for FEMA.
This is all completely botched and taxpayers citizens deserve better when they go to their government with real needs in a disaster.
Not to mention investigative journalists found that they have 6 billion dollars in reserve
start with asking all those on the right. why they voted no on the funding for FEMA and also ask MIKE JOHNSON why he won't call them in for a emergency vote. Instead of waiting till after the election. People need help NOW!! NOT political GAMES!!
@@nanettestacy7107 this has nothing to do with political parties. Leave it to a rabid leftist to bring them into this discussion. Jesus christ get a grip. The president can allocate funds in an emergency, congress isn't needed. If they're saying it is, it's to make someone look bad. The commander in chief of the military, the president, can allocate as many resources as necessary. You should ask yourself why there weren't military helicopters all over those mountains on day 1.
GOP voted against adding additional monies to FEMA that is a FACT!!
Needs to be top comment.
As a USAR specialist working in the area right now, I can assure you we are only here to help. We only care about helping the survivors and recovering any victims So their loved ones can have some closure. All of this is done with the upmost dignity and respect. This is our mission and our passion nothing more. Every N.C. Survivor in my A.O have been supportive, helpful and, appreciative I adore the people of N.C. Thanks for addressing misinformation Ryan it’s a big help.
Mr Guns N Gear (ruclips.net/video/3ZSIppGTLlo/видео.html) did a report on local sheriff confiscating private party donations and xporting them to the NG Armory.
Thank you!
Thank you for your service.
Thanks for deploying! I wish I could but I’m doing my part at the local Red Cross office! But please make sure when you use an acronym you explain what it means… AO = Area of Operation, but if you meant something else please educate us!
@@IndyDaddy keep up the good work sir. People like you are the best of us. Thank you.
Thanks Ryan for posting this. As a member of the north Carolina national guard and a part of one of the first groups from my unit to respond to the devastation caused by hurricane Helene it has hurt me to see people post online that we are doing nothing or that we are not helping at all.
Keep up the good work. Don't let it get you down. The posts online aren't directed or intended for you. They're purely to keep people hating each other.
@@jeffslote9671 Get a life.
First off, assuming that’s even true (and it’s probably not given this slob-of-a-pig, McBeth, put his stamp on it) the volunteers THEMSELVES have reported that FEMA is no where to be found for the most part. And, the few FEMA/National Guard they did see weren’t anywhere need the worst hit places these volunteer were. The game is only to lie as much as you need to. Yeah, FEMA/National Guard are there so Biden/Kamala can say they sent them. They aren’t there to help the people who need it the most. As a matter of fact the volunteers are getting better assistance from FEMA than the victims themselves.
So many of us know you are doing great work. If people saw more videos of what you all are doing it would help
@@Turnermama You won’t see more videos of it, short of it being a BS photo-op, or something entirely scripted, because it’s not happening where people need it the most. And, these federal agencies ARE blocking aid, and rescue attempts. The fact that this guy is defending Biden/Kamala’s handling of this speaks volumes in and of itself. The best part is that, if the people who needed this help weren’t conservative Trump supporters before, they damn-sure are now.
Spent 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th as an 11B. Love to see my guys helping other Americans
@@josephfranzen9196 ⛩⛩⛩
@josephfranzen9196 instead of.other countries
And you believe this guys bs? lol
@@Vkw-ld1uxWhat exactly is “bs” about this? Please provide empirical quantifiable information or evidence to support your claim. When you make a blanket statement like that and follow it up with no credible information it’s pointless
Last I heard there were not any 82nd deployed to the area. IDK where this information is coming from.
I would have been trapped with 13 other souls on my gravel road for over a week without power, cell, internet, or water. Neighbors were / are the life savers.
Lots of birds in the sky first few days then next to nothing. Out of state churches and individuals have reached us. No one from government at any level yet.
World Central Kitchen helps so many so much. They were in Ukraine during the bad days.
Their motto is "Wherever there’s a fight so that hungry people may eat … we’ll be there.”
Thank you Chef Andrès
ya they were great in the Indonesian earthquake recovery I was involved in.
@@newgabe09 They were bombed and killed by Israeli stroke in Gaza and had to halt operations for a couple of weeks. 1 American, 2 Australians, and 1 New Zealander was killed.
Chef Andres is my HERO That guy and the impact his organization has made is hard to quantify. Just incredible.
❤ Chef Andrés
Everywhere huh??
Q. What happens when a natural disaster is not used to score political points?
A. We don't know. It has never been tried.
I'm not sure I'd say that's always the case, I don't remember that happening in the 80s, but definitely has been since the early-mid 90s & the explosion of political talk shows on the radio
@@fox1actual wow trump is the one out lying about the governor of georgia not being able to reach biden. trump is out there getting in the way taking photo ops. biden is waiting to be told when biden can come to look and learn how else to help. wow!
Ever since Katrina
@@fox1actual Stop with the political comments. They are not appreciated. Forget about politics for just then next week or until NC is back up and running.
@@russmartin4189 everything is politics, grow up Russ. Even Ryan is political even though he pretends not to be.
Thank You Ryan. I'm in Canton NC and our Mayor has done an outstanding job. Way too many people want to come here so they can look like heroes on social media. If you want to help please send supplies as normal deliveries can't get in. But please if you are not already here stay home.
The last thing you need, as gets pointed out by the responsible helpers, is folks taking up additional resources that are scarce to begin with. Apparently everyone can donate!
Watch out for the scammers folks.
doctortheopolis, those who wish to look like heroes can now use 'ai' to generate pictures of themselves wading through water helping people. but be careful to make sure you have all your fingers in the pictures.
@@DoctorTheopolis from up in yancey county, I agree with ya. Hope y’all doing well man.
I have seen this it is disaster tourism. They come in to hand out water bottles then ask for donations.
I'm in GA, I got my electricity turned on LAST NIGHT. It's the most intense hurricane we've had in literal generations. We had cell service for 15 minutes a day, it really made me wish we had a local government radio system to get information like when and where aid is going to be distributed. We had to figure out that there was no gasoline in the city and that the hospital had no electricity, by listening to law enforcement radio on a Baofeng. Like someone said on the substack, I wish Civil Defense could make a comeback.
I'm in downtown Black Mountain. The amount of helicopter traffic, especially in the days immediately after the flooding was unreal. Flying in supplies and flying people out in addition to the troops on the ground and communities coming together to help out. I've never seen anything like it. I am humbled and and incredibly grateful for the help that came in from all over the country. We couldn't/can't get through it without y'all.
As for disinformation, I have gotten to where I fact check everything that I read. There are so many people out there who have been spreading false information. It's sickening. People are in real trouble. My family and friends. That's the last thing that we need.
Thanks for what you're doing.
So sorry for your community's loss of life and physical devastation. I've seen so many people and organizations trying their best to provide assistance, and also a few that make it even harder for the first group to get an almost impossible job done. Stay safe and Bless you all.
A friend and I set up an airlift mission this past week to move aid in and support the Cajun navy folks who were part of the boots on the ground and organizing the helicopter mission. We have moved over 150 tons of supplies west to help our fellow North Carolinians. We had pilots from as far as Iowa and North Dakota come fly supplies west. It’s been the most humbling and rewarding thing I’ve ever taken part in, and I hope that it has made a difference for someone who needs help. Stay safe friend
@@265gtbferrari it shouldn’t be ‘either-or’ but ‘both - and’
@@265gtbferrari thanks for what you are doing. I wish I could shake y'all's hands. Were you part of the group set up at the bottom of Hwy 9 on the Black Mountain side of Chimney Rock? I walked down there on Saturday to check on some people. Lots of good things happening everywhere.
@@jamesanthony5257 thank you, I completely agree. I helped as much as I could from Thursday evening until Tuesday but now there are so many people helping that it's hard not to get in the way a lot of times.
As someone who is actively living up here through this, all I can do is thank you for promoting and actively trying to circulate the truth. Communications up here is spotty at best and the last thing people need to hear is the wrong information. Keep up the great work!
When you get a moment, you may want to make a list of ways things can be hardened for next time.
Stay safe and well.
@@kensmith5694this really is the right question. I never understand why *everyone* from the government down to the individual isn't prepared for these disasters. We all know that they are coming. Why are people surprised when they do? Where is all of that personal responsibility that people talk about? (which includes voting for politicians who will take that long view as well).
@@langdons2848that also needs an acknowledgement that climate is trending to plus 2 SD range and need to be built for that.
@@langdons2848 In politics, cutting the budget for disaster readiness is only a problem for the politician if they are still in that office when the disaster happens. The budget for being ready for the next plague was cut just before COVID hit.
For businesses it is a case of "long range planning" being just as far as the next quarterly report. Keeping a company ready for trouble is not for free.
For individuals, it can be the "it won't happen to me" effect.
@@kensmith5694 our entire society has lost perspective. People mistake austerity for "efficiency". And don't recognise that what they call "waste" provides resilience and enqbles adaptability (like in natural disasters).
It's one consequence of believing that we aren't part of and subject to the natural world.
The amount of misinformation that is being spread through FB groups here in georgia is insane. I've tried to correct people as much as a I can but it's exhausting
You are a blessing
You can thank Trump, MTG, FOX, and all the MAGA politicians and pundits for starting the lies that their supporters are now spreading.
The Republican presidential nominee is out there intentionally lying non-stop about the federal response. Just crazy!!
Yeah it really feels like a fruitless effort. We are only just now realizing how harmful and powerful misinformation can be. It's destroying our country like nothing has before.
They don't want to be corrected. Hate and fear is an integral part of the southern diet. Tennessean here
Same. I'm seeing people who are sharing Twitter screen grabs from Benny Johnson and comments from Michael Flynn and completely ignoring all sources of the facts including from the National Guard.
MAGA has a fact processing problem that means supporting a presidential candidate who stood in Valdosta, GA and lied about bringing trucks of aid that was actually done by Samaritan's Purse, and Trump has his own private jet, unless he's still flying Harvey Weinstein's, and who lied about the President and state governors not coordinating even though aid was being warehoused throughout the region before the storm hit, and the state governors have openly stated that they're getting unprecedented help.
This should be a moment of American pride and cohesiveness to support people getting facts and recovering, not people following the quickly denounced lie of someone who has his supporters chasing his lie like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
Keep doing the work Ryan.
Your experience, expertise and honesty is what is needed in this country.
Now we just need about a million more of you.
It breaks my heart to see Americans hurting each other.
Keep making us aware and reaching those of us that might be doing this accidentally.
As someone living between Asheville and Hendersonville. I really appreciate you and everyones help putting us back together. Nothing here was built to handle a hurricane.
Thank you for clarifying that FEMA is not being turned away, etc. You are SPOT on about the culture, and the interactions. I was born and raised in Asheville, NC - so I'm not surprised that this issue happened. The citizens are ready and capable to defend themselves, while also being the most caring, neighborly, and survival ready group of people around.
Its a shame that people there feel like they need to bear arms just to go ask FEMA for help though. I'm in Texas, I know "gun culture" all too well I grew up around it, but still... who would think their safety is somehow at risk to go to a FEMA disaster assistance location to request help after a natural disaster? Even here in Texas, after Ike, Harvey, and Imelda I never saw anybody carrying an assault style rifle to a FEMA assistance location! Just because you can do a thing, does not mean that you should do a thing! Just saying. 😕
As long as you aren't a local with a gun, in which case the FEMA person from cali will ask questions before giving you that $750 voucher.
But other than that, it's not happening.... much.
@@michaelshrader5139when in rome, do as the romans do
FEMA are on foreign turf not the other way around, expecting locals to adjust their behavior to accommodate the non-locals that are in control of aid is so backwards...
Their firearms are for the trip to and from FEMA.
@@michaelshrader5139
Actually just because we can do some things does mean that we should do them, otherwise we will lose the right to do them.
The people who are uncomfortable at the sight of a gun need to get used to it. Their feeling don't preempt the rights of others
This is somewhat true, but not entirely. I live and work in western NC. My employees and I have been actively working to bring help to our friends and neighbors in here. The overwhelming bulk of the help is coming from neighbors and Churches. The Churches are providing shelter, food, water and coordinating volunteers to help clear roads and driveways of fallen trees.
The army reserves are now helping, but we’re nowhere to be seen for the first several critical days. I have yet to see anyone from FEMA. Of Those I know who have had dealings with FEMA, not one has a favorable thing to say.
Where do you think the churches are getting the food & water & money for shelter from? Jesus isn't just dropping it from the heavens. Even if you don't see them, FEMA is moving funding & supplies in, coordinating with local authorities & volunteer organizations (including churches) to dispense it, and getting crews in to clear the roads & get the lights back on. C'mon man be part of the the solution, not part of the problem
Nope, Ryan said you're a liar and those victims are gun toting liars too busy threatening FEMA agents instead of asking for the $750 that they're handing out freely without any issues.
There's no way Ryan who has *refused* to speak with people actually affected by this would be the liar, so it must be you and the other witnesses.
Hi from the UK. The people that didn’t have anything good to say about FEMA, what things were they saying? Were there any reports which verified FEMA were directly antagonistic to survival? Private contractors on the Blackrock payroll?
Many thanks
@@rintintin7529 nothing so conspiratorial, merely that they applied for help from FEMA and one received $750 in benefit which didn’t make a dent In their total damages. Most were denied any benefit what-so-ever.
@@Speculator As McBeth stated, the $750 was not to help you with damaged property. It was intended to allow you to get short term, critical necessities that you need in just the coming days for survival like clothes, food, water, and medicine. If you have small children, baby formula, toddler solid foods, diapers. Stuff that is used daily and are absolute necessities for your health and survival in the short term. My guess is that is likely being passed out largely to impoverished people who already wouldn't have had the money for that to begin with. People who already have money and only who's homes were destroyed but otherwise are okay financially do not need that $750 nearly as much as the lower class does. It is not for pulling you out of a financial deficit. Only to cover the expenses of immediate needs.
As someone who got the $750 serious needs assistance from FEMA, thank you Ryan. This is more ammo for me to throw at the nuts who are screaming about all of this crap.
Also to the volunteers who are scared of coordinating with FEMA and the National Guard. Stop it, get help. When the anarchists from Asheville are coordinating with the government better than you are, there is something wrong. Barring a couple of isolated incidents where a power tripping fire chief threatened to arrest a volunteer pilot, no volunteers are being turned away. They are being given radio frequencies, search areas, roads to clear. We don't have the manpower to turn people away right now and with Milton expected to make landfall this weekend in Florida we need to be intensifying our efforts so we can free up crews to go help with that.
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@@Its-Just-Zip How is the money used by the individual? Where I live, this would be part of state or private insurance. But that would be necessary after the emergency phase, when you have been removed from the disaster area. Getting stuff in and people out is usually a lot harder than getting money in.
5:55 Watching that Stew segment, I felt like my brain cells were shying away from each other.
I was born in Western North Carolina but I've lived most of my life here in Georgia., this is the most accurate report on what the issues are getting relief supplies to the areas that need it I have seen yet., keep up the good work
@@bradowens6565
Prove them wrong without lying.
Drove through NC yesterday. Saw 1 fema person at a local church. Local church has tons of stuff and handing out supplies. Local churches are rocking the supply chain. The main issue is communication. Becuase of lack of cell service.
The fema person was trying to instruct people about services but there is no cell service so they were not effective. Don’t blame ineffectiveness on malice. FEMA will be effective in a few weeks but local volunteer is the best right now and everything is free right now.
FEMA's purpose is not to be helpful in a few weeks, it is to be helpful now. They didn't have supplies lined up before hand, which they should have.
Starlink and ham radios get mentioned as working - might be worth investing in for the future
A government agency that gets $20billion each year should have basic comms equipment that works without cell and internet. It's a basic necessity to coordinate relief and aide drops. Might not be malice but certainly is ineffectiveness; ineffectiveness when it's needed the most.
@@sailingwiththegods538I believe there are portable cell relays too that could be put up pretty quickly until regular service is restored. Why is this not bought and warehoused at intervals around the country?
@sailingwiththegods No, It's not being ineffective. It's ineptitude. There is a huge difference.
Not providing food or supplies because someone is carrying a gun is a problem. It should be called out as such and no one from FEMA should be denying any aid...PERIOD.
No it isn't, unchecked untrained unknown civilians heavily armed is sketchy as fuck and they should not be allowed in a disaster relief area, they have absolutely no need to be armed
@@ostensiblegoosethief1305 but muh prepper end times fanatsy cosplay
@@dawggonevidz9140 muh rights y'all
What about the workers rights not to be potentially shot? Especially with the prevalence of untreated mental illness and distrust of the medical system and government in general in those prepper groups
@@ostensiblegoosethief1305 yes they do, some peop[le have to travel a longer distance than others and walk to get there so what if they come across dangerious whild animals or hevens forbid looters that is when they might need a firearm, also the second amendment says they can carry it. This is there community not feemas, feema needs to cater to them not the other way around
@@captsharky they can leave the weapons secured in a vehicle or something, there is absolutely no need to approach national guard or fema workers armed, those people are just playing a fantasy
Social media has done immeasurably more harm to our country than anything positive. How else can you explain people who are seemingly so smart about so much, but then believe all these conspiracy theories???
yeah, you are right, the sooner we shut down social media , the better this country will be, Nothing like censorship & shoving it to the 1st amendment (of the US Constitution, if you know what that is!) The best part for now is knowing that George Soros has just purchased w the approval of the FCC 200 radio stations to make sure we have the right information!
They wanna believe it bcuz it confirms their preexisting biases & makes em feel good... plus it gives em that hate fix they need. It sucks that this is our reality... but it is
Because it gets repeated as if it's a fact and people don't bother checking because they hate the people in charge.
It's motivated ignorance and it infuriates me.
I'm genuinely convinced the internet will destroy this country.
I’m an attorney and one of subject matters I advise on is on FEMA disaster relief and the appeal process. The fact that people are actively steering people away from help is the lowest of the low. If you are in the affected areas you have rights and there is always due process. Contact local resources I don’t if there is a disaster hotline in that state but local legal aid programs should have that information.
And Trump being a main source of this nonsense proves he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans!
I’ve heard so many RUclipsrs say all people can apply for is $750 and most are denied. I know that is bs.
@@barbaravyse660I watched video of young couple who fled their home when the roads started flooding with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They say they have to sleep in a leaky car, have no ID, phone, or anything except a vehicle registration on them and were refused the gift card and told to visit a website to apply. They claimed their house is completely gone. The person recording it was going around talking to people and posting their stories.
@@barbaravyse660 And exactly how do you know? Are you working in the FEMA financial offices?
To apply, you have to have record of your insurance company turning you down - according to FEMA's own instructions on their website. That makes it pretty hard to get access.
@@barbaravyse660 The president has not said that this statement is BS, thus, the $750 denial will be taken as fact.
The moment someone talks like Stew Peters I tend to stop listening. He literally exists to fear monger
So...what you're saying is contradicting numerous anecdotal accounts from all over the internet. Are that many people lying? The guy who was a private helicopter owner and, with his son, went out to rescue people and was told he would be arrested if he kept doing it? The head of FEMA saying they do not have enough money to get through hurricane season? The commercial truck driver who showed there were no contracts open for disaster relief? The list goes on and on.
Unfortunately this is a situation where Ryan's attempting to engage in constructive lying.
The idea is that by lying about how people should trust FEMA and that FEMA is definitely helping people now, he's hoping to prevent instances of people justifiably getting mad at FEMA teasing their victims, holding vital resources out of reach.
Because he can always publish a retraction once all the disaster is over and FEMA workers get to go back home, satisfied that they deprived people of the money needed to get a new phone or computer so they can file insurance claims and get their lives back on track. But those FEMA workers need to, y'know, get back home first, safe and far from the people they screwed over.
@@crazyinsane500
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If air traffic is as heavy as said, then it was a good thing they grounded that guy before he collided with Air National Guard aid drops. Can't conest the other issues you're bringing up though.
@@dohnjoe4100 That specific instance that is being referred to the pilot checked and saw no restrictions in the air and the local airport was only allowing gas to pilots volunteering to help, which he was. The town in question was actually asking private pilots for help. It's wasn't FEMA that threatened to arrest him though. Was just some local Fire Chief who let pride get in the way of help being offered. The part of the story I find hilarious is after seperating the husband and wife the fire department ended up having to drag the husband across a flooded river to save him. Much safer than a simple 5 minutes flight down the mountain.
@@dohnjoe4100I haven't seen one video of a national guard heli
The " + ukranian" Russian troll bot activity is hilariously high.
Barely need them to help when the leader of the Republican party is spreading this bs to his stupid knuckle dragging voters
Ryan discounts that foreign actors are playing a part in this.
@@ErikS308 hardly matters when the leader of the Republican ticket will spread half of this crap himself, MAGA and Russian narratives are one and the same
It's not just troll bots though.... far too many people actually believe the lie that the US has dumped billions of dollars of cash into President Zelensky's bank account! And you cannot convince them otherwise! I know, I've tried! 😐People are dumb. A person may be smart, but people are just dumb!
Pro Ukraine CIA Bot Spotted.
I usually don’t comment on your videos the line is just very long and know one would read it anyway. I know a lot of my views are different than yours but you are a trustworthy person and I appreciate what you do. I for one would like to thank you for all the honesty you bring to light. These people need help and giving is what our country needs. This is an honest man doing great work for all of us so please listen to what he is saying. If you can please give to someone in need.
You can't open roads that don't exist anymore.
the locals making new roads disagree with you.
You can rebuild them. No faith in America?
We did. Took a while, some are still only single lane 6 months later in places, but you just rebuild them.
Well, you're clearly bought and paid for. Thanks for making it obvious for us. :)
@@itranscendencei7964 Yeah, he's bought and paid for by his donations and merch. There's many things we don't agree on but his veracity isn't one of them. When he makes mistakes he owns it.
You on the other hand, present nothing and demand credibility for doing the same.
@@privateer236 Idk what you're even going on about right now. I'm just calling it how I see it. Sorry if you don't like that, but that's what the first amendment is for.
👍🏽 RIGHT..I laughed and cussed the whole way through. There are bodies in yards and buzzards everywhere and where is everybody...What a load of crap. A bunch of Lefty's and Botts stroking his ego..what total crap!
@@mombradshaw5528 Yeah, Since MacBeth typically works with Newsmax he's hardly a lefty. Show proof or keep walking.
Countering Misinformation is crucial to staving off people taking the time to make misinformation. Thank you Ryan!!! 🎉
Yeah but it's like trying to fight a grass fire in a dry field without water... for every spot you stamp out, there is another burning. And every time you try to stamp out another spot that's burning, a previously stamped out spot reignites! It's like, next to impossible to win this fight! Misinformation and politically motivated lies spread like wildfire I tell you. 😕In this day and age when anybody can "ask Google" a question about anything and get a pretty accurate answer, people still spread misinformation and lies without a 2nd thought! Arghhhh!
So what to do when the misinformation can be sourced back to directors of these agencies stating clearly We don't have the money...
@@pointman2021 'Traced back' or accepted at face value, when that's actually where the info came from???
@@wino99999the government I e congress controls there, the purse strings
@@wino99999 There is video of them literally saying it. Half of everything this guy said in his video is false. Sure, Fema is likely starting to show up now that it's been 5 days. Shit, he posted this video 3 hours ago. Rewind to just after the storm, when every second matters. They were nowhere to be found, and the couple who did show up days later both would not attempt to get aid to houses that did not have a road leading to it, and they expected people to sign up for assistance through a cell phone app. The people who are stranded on the mountain don't have a house, let alone a charged phone. This guy in the video needs to use his brain.
As someone from yancey county thank you so much for doing this. The misinformation about this has been so disheartening and has been making it harder for ppl up here. Ppl are scared to accept the 750 cuz rumors that they will take your land. I have photos and videos Iv taken of aid and help coming in if you want them.
Again thank you so much for doing this. I really cant stress how much it means to us that you’re doing this.
Iv been subbed to you since you just did tech stuff and always liked your content but you’ve earned a life long follower out of me with this.
I have no idea where that "FEMA will take your land" lie came from. Nowhere do you have to sign anything that has a stipulation like that in it! However, defrauding FEMA may land you in prison (I made a pun! lol!)... so if you go and lie about living in the disaster zone just to get that $750 emergency needs debit card, it could cost you dearly! And don't think people don't go and lie to FEMA to get money when they weren't impacted at all or don't even reside in the area because they do it every time!
The Private Equity Plunder and grab of the area comes Later....
@@weekendatbernies2265 Are the scary corporate overlords in the room with us?
@@weekendatbernies2265how bout you do something with your life more productive than talkin crap about things you have no idea about? It’s surprising easy.
@@sm-pj7idthe name of the troll is enough to understand why they made such a ridiculous comment. Thanks for sharing. I keep trying to find videos made by locals just trying to show the damage and neighbors helping neighbors side of the story
Thank you Ryan, the amount of misinformation out there is disturbing
Since I started watching Ryan, I've done more online rebuttal by doing research, "showing my sources", and asking where the other person got their information than by merely naysaying and using emotion and/or logic.
Whether the topic is politics, disaster response, international conflict, financial news... If someone has enough online access to post, they have the same access to research.
Right after this video youtube showed me a horrible misinformation video.
@@MonkeyJedi99Unfortunately, correcting lies are much more difficult than propagating them.
@@jerrell1169no kidding, these last few days have given doomscrolling a new meaning to me, just looking at how a few famous figures (notably musk) are able to brazenly perpetuate massive amounts of misinformation, and droves will proceed to listen and parrot without fact checking, blocking up phonelines with complaints of conspiracy theories.
Its disheartening how much social media can turn into a political weapon when the focus should he on using it as a communication channel to actually get people the help they need. Thats what it should be there for in times like these. Im glad it seems like more people are starting to question stuff compared to a few days ago, at least.
@@joshuaford4460
Yes.
Musk and Trump are in a new category of projection, fear mongering, and just lying like never before.
This seriously needs to be sent out wide. The fact that some so-called "patriots" are using this to score points rather than helping the people who have had their lives up-ended by this storm is absolutely disgusting.
Patriots ARE helping people. They are using their own helicopters to find SOS messages and go down and save those people who are waiting. All the trucks and supplies in the world don’t help unless there’s a helicopter to take the stuff or bring people to a hospital.
Two of my son's were staying in our house when I was working overseas. Hurricane Ivan hit and cause a large tree to fall on the roof. FEMA came by and and asked my older son, are you the owner or renter of this house he said no and they said sorry we can't help you and left.
Yep
@@bradowens6565 BS
Damn, if you don't like the government then go somewhere better. Good luck. They are doing everything under God to move things in and people to safety. If they were on their own, many more would die and starve.
So, did you fix your roof? As a homeowner with a good job (you said you were working overseas, which implies a decent income), plus home owner's insurance, what would you need FEMA for? File an insurance claim, put a tarp over it, and call a contractor.
@@williamblaker2628 Bingo, We had two hurricanes here in Florida in 2004 hit my home within a month. FEMA helped those who truly needed help not EVERYONE who had a leak in their roof. I did the tarp job my self. Insurance did the rest.
THANK YOU RYAN! I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD COVER THIS! 18TH ABN Corps vet here. this is important info.
Thank you for your service!
Derp
"4. The hurricane was not engineered by the US Government or Blackrock to grab land for a lithium mine." - The fact that this is a point that has to be debunked or challenged in any way is terrifying. In some ways, it might be worse than any one natural disaster.
Weather modification exists rather it's responsible for this or not
Only time will show to those who pay attention will know the truth
@@rubyroseberry6891 How, just how is weather modification being done at any scale? Do you know how much energy a hurricane generates? What is the government doing, making a butterfly flap its wings extra times so that the weather just might change somewhere in the world?
I don't mean to insult you, but the physics involved in such an undertaking makes it impossible without it being very, very obvious that it is happening, even if it could happen, which it isn't. There just isn't any man-made force on earth that can affect the weather beyond slightly influencing it, and by slightly influencing it I mean not at all.
Idk about the first part. But definitely Blackrock not letting an opportunity go to waste is something I'm 100% behind. Sorry chief
Yeah it's pretty crazy to think that the government could pull off a successful hurricane
So just to clarify. FEMA is not out of money. They just spent all the money they had on the migrant problem and got their piggy bank refilled? By the way the my Dad was the Battalion commander of the 2nd of the 20th group during the 1st gulf war. Now I might be wrong about this but there were teams in the 11th and 12th group?however the scattered reserves around the east coast once they decided to make the reserves all combat service support he picked those teams up.
As someone who has responded to hurricanes, wildfires, ans other natural disasters for the National Park Service, thank you. The flood of misinformation on social media has been ridiculous and disheartening.
I live in western South Carolina and the amount of misinformation reposted by people not on the ground is shocking
and even when they are on the ground, like orange man, they still lie. "commander and chief still hasnt reached out to see what the government can do, he just hasnt, but I have bigly"
Fox news anchor then chimes in - "the POTUS in fact has"
when your lies are so egregious that even your own talking heads correct you.
Like this bullshit video?
Ikr All this guy Ryan does is damage control for the Biden administration lol
@@bradowens6565
My are you fragile Dimitri.
As a retired Emergency Manager thanks so much for this video.
My Facebook is filled with these lies. I posted your video. Thank you for doing this video.
Does this change a person's viewpoint? Do they say "i made a mistake?" Or is it a doubling down?
Do they know they are being used to spread disinformation to hurt Americans*
He's a deep state propagandis
He's a deep state propagandis
They aren’t lies. I’m from the area. Donations are being seized, and FEMA jackets are about to become targets.
Report all of it. I’ve spent more time reporting misinformation posts in the last 48hrs than I have in my decade plus of using socials. Most are bad faith actors and bots.
I was sitting next to a guy looking at his phone, and he angrily exclaimed "wow!". I asked him what was wow, and he said FEMA was preventing aid from getting to Republican areas. The way he talked told me challenging him about it and questioning the credibility of his sources would not be productive, so i changed the subject. People are very gullible especially when it fits their preferred narratives about the world....
You don’t coordinate with the national guard. You coordinate with the local or state emergency operations center. The national guard also coordinates with those same eoc’s. This is where the guard gets its tasking orders.
Ryan says the civilians don’t even do that.
To be fair, if an organization is coordinating with many other organizations, all of them are coordinating a little bit, and you don’t want everyone on the same channels. NG has the authority here, so it is not wrong to say everyone ought to be coordinating with them, it just doesn’t mean everyone needs to be on the phone with the NG commanders.
The catch here is that this disaster is unlike anything they've seen or been trained for. Normally help would come in from surrounding counties or states, but now there are long stretches of roadway missing, cell service is gone, and the power to recharge batteries in many cases. It's hard to form a plan for a town or county when all the towns are gone for miles around, and the neighboring counties are in the same shape of worse. In fact Helene is spotlighting the limitations of local control and coordination.
If agencies want to be reimbursed by the federal government they are required to be trained in and follow the emergency management guidelines and that requires them to coordinate through the state emergency operations center. They track all requests and send out tasking assignments. You can only have one incident commander.
@@rjo49 They've dealt with Hurricanes before, so I doubt that this one is unlike anything they've trained for or have handled in the past
I have family in Asheville and Appalachia. They refute a lot of what you say. The fact there are so many videos and news reports refuting what you're saying lends credence to what my family is saying. There was no problem with airspace until some butthurt Fire Chief decided citizens helping citizens was imposing on his authority. He's the one who caused the airspace restrictions, by lying to the FAA, which were almost immediately countermanded once the truth was discovered. He was so sure of his authority that he refused to be interviewed and hasn't been heard from since. Citizens clearing trees off the roads were being stopped and told to leave "for their safety". Then the "authorities" would say they can't get around easily because the roads are littered with trees. You literally cannot make this shit up.
The first NG Units on the scene weren't from NC. And yes, people were being told they'll be arrested if they help citizens. FEMA is trash, but no...they don't have arrest authority. What they do is send the local Cops and NG soldiers to do their bidding. THAT is why nobody wants to "coordinate" anything with them. The record is clear...coordinate and face problems, or ignore them and get the job done. It wasn't the citizens who were as usual, attempting to seize weapons, ignore other citizens in need of assistance, or just flat out get in the way.
STOP IT just stop it
Report all any bs this is harming lives ..funny no power but videos?
@darcy2199 " batteries" have you heard of them? Solar chargers "have you heard of them" Just the way the republicans like them. 9:24
@@darcy2199 people have cell phones. Phones have cameras. It's crazy, right? People also have generators. I have 2 of them in case of an emergency.
I live in South Appalachia and plenty of citizens were clearing debris from roads, going up to WNC to render aid or get loved ones out of places like Lake Lure or Saluda, and I've seen several national guardsmen working as well both here in SC and in NC.
My nephew is one of the NC National Guardsman assisting as we speak. His older brother volunteered as a civilian at a fire department yesterday off loading supplies, we spoke abut misinformation and he mentioned the FEMA taking things lie perpetrated amongst some of the older women there. Conmen always prey on the weak and fearful and no populationis as weak and rearful as victims to a massive disaster.
Every natural disaster since the 80's had "tales" of FEMA taking peoples stuff, sending them to concentration camps, etc.
People bringing donated supplies to distribute themselves by driving them up to local churches were stopped by FEMA and local law enforcement and told they had to off load all the supplies in a FEMA run warehouse or distribution area so FEMA could coordinate how it was dispersed. Why couldn't FEMA just tell the volunteers to take the load to some local church in a town and then mark it down that this town had a load delivered there so another load wasn't sent there? The reason is little bureaucrats love control it feeds their ego. So instead of asking the volunteers bringing in donations in the back of a truck to check in with FEMA and agreeing where the load was needed and recording where it went they have to offload the supplies to sit in a warehouse while people starve. FEMA should coordinate and work with volunteers not try and control everything and duplicate effort.
FEMA was stopping individuals from delivering supplies themselves to churches and individuals in need . FEMA told them they give the supplies to them. So yes FEMA took the supplies. What was not made clear was that the supplies were put in with all the other supplies and distributed by FEMA along with the Government supplies. So the info was a half truth. FEMA did take the supplies but they didn't steal them they just wanted to control the distribution.
@@jasonflay8818 your nephew is doing a great job and fair play to his brother for helping out his community. As for the con man. They are pathetic little arseholes who are profiting from other peoples misery. Frankly if they want to do something useful they should be raising some cash and donating it to those organisations who liaise with the authorities to give aid both now and in the future. Which they wont.
Flooding landslides and heavy storms on no joke.
I'm not so sure it is completely a lie. A neighbor almost had that happen to him trying to take supplies to a place in Kentucky or west Virginia after some flooding some years ago. Roads were shut down and trying to get around flooded areas was a challenge but at one place he was stopped at, they attempted to take the supplies. When he refused to give it to them, they tried to arrest him for scalping and price gouging or some crap like that. It took a little over a day to contact his brother who was a local preacher working with the local government and get things situated around. It may not be fema, but it might be happening. People get desperate. Especially when they see help passing them by.
I’ve been working out of Boone all week. These propagandists are not Americans.
No, they're Americans. Turning a blind eye doesn't fix the issue.
@@RSaran97 True. They are americans and they vote orange.
Blue side better win the election or the country will become a literal hell on earth for the democrats with Trump crowning himself as an emperor for life.
@@RSaran97 People with American citizenship who actively work for the enemy aren't Americans, they're traitors
They're armchair propagandists making money off of uninformed sympathizers on social media. It wouldn't surprise me if they've created false GoFundMe accounts to scam people out of money.
@@RSaran97 Yea i think the point wasnt that they arent americans as in, non -citizens. I think the "they arent americans" is a statement about how these people hate america.
I've seen all the stuff you talked about on social media and knew while there might be a grain of truth in it somewhere, most of it had to be Bravo Sierra. This retired USAF Security Policeman captain says Thank you, SFC McBeth. You're still taking care of "the troops" and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
Damn Ryan, you're missing out on a lot of facts here that have come out of the mouths of KJP and Mayorkas
Go ahead and link to them if you can. I bet you can't.
@@KC-rt4hp
You can find your own link, but our government in its infinite wisdom just delivered pallets of electric chainsaws to people that don’t have electricity.
That’s like sending buckets to people that don’t have access to water.
I used to work for FEMA. I do know they have a strict "gun free zone" policy (which disregards local culture.) Chances are, a contracted rent-a-cop at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center probably turned away a local with a gun and asked them to come back without the gun. You are correct in that this is not a denial of assistance, but they wouldn't even allow. an off duty cop to carry a gun into a DRC, let alone a 2A civilian.
That's the problem with you people 😮
FEMA hired Blackwater to gurad them in Katrina
Why would you need a gun to get assistance?
@@ericmckinney4607 you might just have one on you?
NC is an open carry state. FEMA can kick rocks
NC is an open carry state.
It's a question of timing. All that you report is NOW. The reports on volunteers being turned away was a week ago. It's good that in recent days the army has been deployed and now the skies are full with rescue copters. First few days people were being threatened with arrest, including rescue helicopters. There should have been a greater effort to coordinate with skilled volunteers like ex-army and ex-firefighters before FEMA could get enough people there or the fed govt could authorize Army to go in (or whatever reason it took a week to deploy them from just hours away).
If it wasn’t for the army, nothing would have happened on the federal level.
People are saying the exact opposite of this guy. Just keep that in mind.
WHO specifically?
Yes, quite a few.
Well, I love Ryan. He's definitely a lefty and this. is when he shows it. Anytime he talks political, he makes himself look stupid And I'm hoping he stops at some point!
@@khriswildt5633you mean anytime he says something that doesn’t agree with what you want to believe.
@@reg171reg well bless your heart as they say in the South, pictures are worth 1000 words please show me and I mean please show me some video of the National Guard on the ground in the red areas you know conservative areas like you're not! I have to deal with facts unlike you
QUESTION: Why are you the first to state this?
How do you actually know what you are being told is true and not government *misinformation*?
The government cannot give misinformation by definition. Misinformation is just anything that is in opposition to what the government states--regardless of what's true. "Misinformation" is used instead of "false statements" because the issue is not whether or not the statements are true. It concerns whether they help or hurt their cause, especially if it impacts "progress."
Thanks for making this video. I went to WNC to help my grandparents who are an hour east of Asheville/30 mins from Hendersonville. I arrived two days after it hit and I saw massive military helicopters in the sky. Gigantic. It was about 5 miles away from my grandparent’s farm but it looked huge, like an entire cargo ship in the sky. We heard them flying overhead for those two days I was there. My grandparents power came back on the day after it hit, but their internet took a little while to boot up, so we replaced theirs with the comparatively cheaper Starlink system. Their pond flooded a good 15 feet, but their farmhouses, barns, and chicken coops are on top of hills, so nothing flooded. On my drive there all the roads were cleared and I saw people making bonfires to burn the fallen trees. Ash makes a good fertilizer!
A little ash makes a good fertilizer, especially in highly weathered, acidic clays. Too much will ruin the soil structure, which in clays isn't that great to begin with. Ash is very alkaline (it was used in place of lye for making soap in colonial days) and really only a decent source of potassium, aka potash (hmmm...wonder where it got that name), and chemically extremely reactive. Normally it's considered "organic", but the properties are much closer to a chemical fertilizer, and a particularly active one at that. Used a little at a time over a period of time, with frequent soil tests to keep the pH at or above 6.5, it's ok.
@@rjo49 the soil in western NC is primarily clay. Bright red clay. As a kid I would dig up clay from the dirt and make pottery out of it, and my parents would bake it in the oven.
@@maxismills the quartz would make it sparkly as well I used to do that as a kid!
East of Asheville was far luckier than west of Asheville. Those huge military helicopters can't land in some of the places that have needed help. Power is still out in many areas, as well as roads, and only small private helicopters flown by volunteers like Airlift Relief and Operation Airdrop have been getting to those people. As is so often the case, there are half truths being thought to be the whole story coming from all directions.
Sure you did.
Stew peters sounds like a less angry Alex Jones in the making.
the accumulation of key trigger word in sentences with asides that have nothing to do with the point, but make sure to remind people of (imaginary) things they have to be angry about is indeed quite similar.
@@GabrielPettier yep, nailed it. You described his entire cadence and storm of stupid right there.
If mental illness was funny he’d be an A-list stand-up comedian.
Someone's gotta fill that far-right propaganda void left by Rush and Jones. I'm guess Jones will find new funders and be back.
Well, I'm not getting my info from FB posts. I've watched several videos where the guys were interviewed on camera. One was a guy that went in there with his own helicopter and found a couple frantically waving at them. They were stuck and isolated. He had his son with him as the co-pilot. He left his son, took the woman out. When he landed, the Deputy fire chief told him to get the hell out of there and he was NOT to go back in there for anyone else or he would be arrested. Now, his son is back there with the husband. The dude flat said I'm not leaving my son in there, and went and got him. He told the husband I'm sorry, I can't take you out of here, I'm told I'll be arrested if I do. He left him there. Several hours later a team found the guy and they were on the other side of the river, they shot a line across to him and pulled across the river by a rope. That doesn't seem safer to me than a helicopter ride. Both the husband and wife are on camera talking about it. It's not made up. A couple of hours after the private helo owner was run off by the deputy fire chief, they were begging them to come back and help. I watched another video of people that were helping collect donated supplies from various church groups etc., and the local sheriff came in and said he was going to have to confiscate it. They had received reports that the lady that was running the donations was stealing some of them. I don't know if that's true or not but a lot of people involved with the process were defending her and saying they were flat out wrong. I can check through my history and provide you with links to these videos if you want me to. So, before you paint with such a broad brush, maybe you should also do a little more investigating. I'm not saying all your points are BS but there some exceptions to some crappy stuff going on up there.
It happened, saw multiple local news stories on it. And the next day, they and all other civilian helo's were asked for help. The Deputy chief way over reacted and will probably be fired.
@@eldergeeks7301 ... And his statement about FEMA not being out of money, well, he's telling me not to believe my lying eyes I guess, but the news show Myorkus on camera saying they were short of funds to address it. He's the head of Homeland Security, shouldn't he know?
The problem with situations like this, is that uncoordinated efforts can actually be more dangerous than not. They tend to restrict flights in the area because there needs to be tight coordination between the emergency services and local help, without that coordination accidents can and will happen. They had good intentions, but in some ways they were actually making the situation more dangerous. The deputy chief definitely over reacted and should have explained the situation clearly and worked with them instead of just threatening them, but on the other hand he was probably dealing with a hell of a lot right then.
I did mountain rescue a long time ago and individuals that just took it upon themselves to help without coordinating with us were almost always worst than useless. I can't tell you the number of times we ending up having to go rescue them, while still having to try and rescue the original victim.
@@eldergeeks7301 ... Tim Kennedy just put out an update video 20 mins ago. Go check it out, pretty good. He kind of blasted FEMA, he did say the US Military was starting to show up and shit is now getting done where before, it kind of wasn't.
@@davidbohlin2305 ... I hear you, and I'm not buying it. Go watch the video Tim Kennedy just dropped 20 mins ago. He flat out commends the private owners of helos. He said just about every one of them had an ex SEAL or Green Beret on them, and those private helo owners were getting them into places that FEMA and others said, you just can't get there.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! I live in Chimney Rock NC. We are completely devastated! Everything is Gone. I'm its horrific here. We need help but the last thing we need is people spreading lies. We are strong and we have hope. We need help not hindrance. Please pray for all of us in Western North Carolina. May God bless us all. 💔
@@CandiH In awe of the terrible destruction I've seen down there! Prayers & love to all of you for this terrible time, & for the coming months! 💙
So you agree FEMA is doing great and you all are okay?
@@bradowens6565 What can FEMA do to make a town come back? Do you expect them to rebuild the valley that the flooding carved out?
@@bradowens6565 GOP voted against adding additional monies to FEMA Matt gates was one of them. Read up do the work
A message from the Sheriff Wright and Sheriff Ellenburg in North Carolina regarding FEMA...ruclips.net/video/BwT_earOEzc/видео.htmlsi=vp4pTw2wkW0bO_0a
Thank you! My parents live just outside Bakersville, NC ... Mitchalle county. The Cajun Navy just showed up today to help and my dad and his neighbors have been working for days to get the roads cleared so they can get to Johnson City, TN for supplies. Bakersville got destroyed...its so heartbreaking. I'm glad your helping to set the record straight and also donating. Thank you again.
None of the help you just talked about was government.....so?????? Those are all civilians
@@rhondaqualls2954 Why is that a problem. Why is it the government's job to be the be all and end all of everything?
Besides, everything I saw from the locals says that there is copious government help.
@@kitefan1pretty sure that person is not saying it's a problem.
It's just proving the point that the federal government isn't able to do what it's supposed to be doing, and sometimes hinders relief.
What you just said is the opposite of what Ryan said in the video
You neglected to mention that it was PRIVATE citizens and organizations who were the FIRST responders in many if not most areas. The "official" help didn't show up for days.
Oh what a suprise the people ALREADY at a location can respond first when compared to the people that need to TRAVEL to said location.
Its almsot like travel takes time or something.
I lived in WNC for 38 years. I still have family there. We know false news happens. However, a lot of misinformation is coming from people who have never been to this area and think they are experts in disaster response and recovery. I lived there during blizzards, tropical storms, and fires. Thanks to Samaritans Purse, the Guard, and the linemen still working. If you aren’t there stop telling locals what they are seeing and experiencing!
So all these people are lying? I've seen quite a few people that you could tell was there in the damage zone, could tell was distraught, and could tell was emotional, all of those people are lying? The private citizen that was ex leo and flew the helicopter in to rescue a husband and wife and was told he would be arrested if he went back to get his copilot and left the other man alone he's lying too? Idk buddy sounds like they are telling the truth.
True
Ryan's own argument- "the government is the real hero here! All aid provided, and all rescues are the work of the government! Civilian rescuers just get in the way, and hurt efforts!"
Ryans other argument - "Civilian rescuers are getting to towns/locations too fast, and helping people too quickly"
Ryan's best argument - "You must not, and cannot listen to youre family & friends who live in the area. You must believe the nameless/faceless National Guard troops that I communicate with."
Exactly, the hypocrisy is disgusting. This is exactly why it's not surprising Ryan is an endless apologist for Ukraine...
Bullseye!!!
EXACTLY!!!! Someone with spidey senses
He's a commie sympathizer, commies always think government is the only solution, therefore I expect nothing but propaganda and downright lies from this type of traitor.
@@lances6602 he's a commie propagandist.
I been in western North Caroline a number of times, it is different over there, but the people are friendly and very helpful if you are ever in trouble. You have various different people in those mountains, from Native Cherokee, northern/western/southern transplants, good ol boys, blacks (not many), Asains. Last time I was in Cherokee I seen pick up trucks driving all over town with big confederate flags flying in the wind, blacks walking down the streets, same with members of the Cherokee nation (my niece, I'm 1/2 Lakota Sioux), people who actually open carried and at no point did I see anyone worried, or in fear of their lives. As for the police, the only thing I seen them doing was responding to traffic accidents, No social disturbances, assaults, or even shop lifting, Western NC is a safe and friendly place to live, or visit.
It’s actually one of the reasons I don’t think looting is going to be a big deal. Everybody knows everybody else in those towns so you’re stealing from the neighbor you’ve known all your life.
If you are not on the ground you dont know. Wheres fema
Yup hard-hit area of SC here never once saw anything FEMA (I was denied assistance once we got cell phone service back and I was able to apply). Neighbors helped neighbors, churches helped, local authorities helped, and a caravan of linemen helped.
I wish to anybody affected by this tragedy love, safety and a speedy recovery. From Canada with respect
^^THIS is how we should be acting. Thanks, northern neighbor.
Thank you Ryan , home grown bad actors seem to be on the rise . Thank you to all those helping with Hurricane relief , National Guard and other branches of the military and Civilian organizations ...god bless them all ❤
Jesus wept. You really believe that the government is helping here? They are starting to help but the start is extremely late. Home grown bad actors in this case are people posting videos of their plight. I’m 100% serious. All this “negative” content is from people here asking for help, outside of that moron and his lithium mines.
The secretary Mayorkus said the funds were low because he said the migrants were getting help from that department. Directly from him on MSM out of his mouth no one else but the horses mouth itself. Take it as you will.
a couple of things. 1 FEAMs funding, while it is spent on providing accommodation to migrants that were traffic into America, is not the same as the Disaster Relief Fund.
2 Mayorkas made that statement in September when funding starts in October.
Thanks for making this highly shareable, I needed it. Also I appreciate leaving out the shirt advert. I don't mind it, but the people I'd share it with would cringe their faces off. Hopefully you win another one, and if they just call you a Fed PsyOp or whatever, they've made up their mind who to listen to already.
Hey, I'm in NC and my Brother was in Asheville when it happened and just ... Thank you, my mother has been shouting this stuff and using it as an excuse to wish death on people she disagrees with politically and just ... Thanks
It's been rough and grim but shit like this won't help, even when my brother got FEMA assistance she won't believe anything... It's... Infuriating
Its willful ignorance at best. You cannot fill a cup that's already full. smh! 😕
I'm so sorry to hear that.. I have relatives who act the same as your mom and it's really nothing I can effectively argue against. Just shows how deeply misinformation can influence ppl, it's so fv king sad
Yeah as someone who also has family like that. It just feels like they plug there head in the sand and ignore facts at all cost its just disheartening. Best of luck to your brother.
@@Tbot_2 Thank you, he's doing well but won't have water for a while. Sadly that's just how they are sometimes (trust me my father thinks plane crashes are due to diversity hiring and once defended Putin's Poland started WW2 comments, so I know how defensive they can be)
@@michaelshrader5139 Yeah it's just ... Infuriating... But luckily things should be okay, I'm just worried that a lot of people seem to be believing them
Why is FEMA running out of money? What have they been spending it on then? isn’t hurricane Helena the first major event so far?
Thank you for this post. This is exactly what I want to know. I'm open in my thoughts... I don't know what to believe. I'm not one for conspiracy stories, but something sounds awfully fishy.
It’s not running out. That’s some of the misinformation, guess y’all missed that part.
Ryan is doing damage control lol
750 is nothing and only a select few can apply
@@red-sun-academy Its not that they're running out of money, it's that more isn't budgeted. 750 is the current cap and that's the legislature that needs to change that. Hell, it was just raised in the last few years.
After that, more budget needs to be allocated. Speaker Johnson just said he will NOT convene Congress ealrier for a potential bill.
Congress dysfunctionality is the issue.
@@VorAbaddon I've heard so many different stories, it's hard to know what to believe. I need more facts before forming a strong opinion, but I do know some things don't add up. I have seen censorship first hand, so I do know that exists. FEMA should have enough money allocated, or $$$ in their budget for such disasters.
Now I know where some of my in laws got their "lithium mine" nonsense from. They are also convinced that this will prevent the predominantly red mountains from voting in Nov .and Fema wants to keep the power off until after....
I hadn't thought of it, but the destruction of infrastructure could be a problem with voting. I guarantee that if the election in NC is close, this will be used as an excuse to try to throw it out.
Bill Clinton's old advisor James Carville just said the other day that this will prevent the predominantly Republican mountain residents from voting in Nov.
The lithium angle is nonsense. There are huge amounts here in California in the Salton Sea.
@@ZER0ZER0SE7ENBessemer City mine and Kings Mountain Mine. Accessing it is happening but can it happen quicker...
@@tonyrobinson1623 should they not be allowed to vote? You want to now take people in my state and make their vote not count. How dare you threaten my democracy!
@@tonyrobinson1623 As far as I know the Secretarys of State in NC, etc are far away from the damaged areas. This will make voting hard for those impacted but a majority of the mechanism for voting should be intact. They already have information on the NC website. I did not check the others.
Stew should check a map. The lithium deposit isn't near the NC Mountains. It's near Charlotte.
So the guard told you X. But the people on the ground are lying.
Listen to Sheriff's on location. Listen to the residents who are screaming for help. NOT this guy who's buddies with FEMA and the powers in "control"
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You just described the easiest way posible to fall for false information and one-sided news. Find reliable sources.
And why should we believe you? I guess you know better than the people who lived through the hurricane and know what they've gone through and the help that they haven't received.
My first post after following you for 8 months. I was really hoping you would follow up with an solution about charging batteries for chainsaws. There is no power near a side of a mountain if the powerlines are down. Do they carry generators to charge them. There is power at distribution center and not down a road 15 to 20 miles. Up until now, I respected you and appreciated that you looked into international issues. It feels like you're a bit disconnected. My people are not living like Mountain people or people with unlimited resources.
FEMA has private contract security that is armed and will detain you. I’ve met them and worked them
I think what you're missing here is that the use Active Duty troops should have been signed off on at the get go. I don't think this took place. As you mentioned, the National Guard troops from several states took the initiative to jump and support relief efforts. Deconfliction of logistics now seems to be the main focus of effort which makes sense. Another interesting thing you failed to elaborate on is Mayorkas asking for more money, indicating there might not be enough funding for victims of Helene. Why would he do this after congress already appropriated 28 billion to FEMA? I have been through many hurricanes, survived Katrina and spent several years dealing with the military and disaster relief at some of the highest levels of government. This should have been a no brainer for the current administration.
Soldiers didn't leave Bragg until Thursday and Friday, 7-8 days later
@@captainchaos52 Yuuuuppp!!!!! Hearing this just pissed me off even more.
Exactly
It's called Federalism: A state's Governor, the CIC of their State's National Guard, members who are on call at the governor's request to protect life and property at the state level. They help during emergencies like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes or winter storms and provide support during recovery efforts. Aviation units support local governments in searching for missing persons, help local law enforcement with aerial searches, and fight forest fires. The Stafford Act authorizes the use of the military for disaster relief operations at the request of the State's Governor. A President cannot send in regular-duty military until then. That is why President Trump at the time couldn't send in regular military units the president commanded during the BLM riots to tamp them down. It's how the founding fathers designed the system.
@@jamesanthony5257 the misinformed here actually want government tyranny and don't realize it.
Newsmax recently settled ,out of court, it's lawsuit with Smartmatic,suspiciously right before jury selection. Are you at all concerned the stigma of (Dis), misinformation associated with that outcome might color your contribution to their presentations?
I know just the way I'm asking this exposes my ignorance, but I've been relying on your very informative program for, what I've been assuming is unvarnished truth.
My father landed on Utah w/ the 4th,fought through the Hurtgen Forest and then Korea,,afterward joining the Special Forces.
He discouraged my brother and I from joining up,so we didn't serve.
I thank you for your service as well as your dedication and diligence in combating the bad giys,both foreign and domestic.
Has firsthand knowledge I can confirm the $750 gift card is not just handed to you no questions asked.
Exactly!!
Nope, sorry, Ryan said you were too busy threatening FEMA staff with a gun so it's your fault if you didn't get it handed to you without any issue.
And the guy purposely not talking to people affected by Helene wouldn't lie, would he? Ryan's not a liar!
What about fema blocking airport runway and preventing locals from dropping aid from planes. Video proof
The gullibility of some people is just mind blowing.
Have you met people from a certain political spectrum? Most my family and some friends are of a certain political spectrum. That being said... I am not surprised.
People haved learned not to trust their government/media. Why? Partly becuse of a lack of forthright transparency and partly because of agency leadership playing CYA. Fertile ground for the seeds of falsehood and negative imagining. Clarity of actions and intent on the part of leadership would go a long way to remedy this.
@@mikespies6941 Its an incredibly American trait tbh. Accountability is non-existent in this country, everything is always someone else's fault.
The criminality of others is worse.
I would have to see it to believe it. That National Guard wouldn't be disarming the local people that have guns.
Police took the guns during Katrina. HIDDEN CAMERA: COPS Threaten DESPERATE Hurricane SURVIVORS ruclips.net/video/Om4uTDe0tcs/видео.htmlsi=jccnq378KK0-iC0-
Folks need to understand that government moves slowly and the first several days after a major disaster there just isn't much outside help.
The problem is most elderly and young die in the first 72 hours...
The magnitude of this disaster is stunning. Roads and bridges have been washed out leaving many communities inaccessible except by helicopter or on foot up mountain trails. Some volunteers have been delivering supplies via pack mules over muddy trails that ATV's can't handle. Kudos to the NC National Guard for their quick response. FEMA... not so much. they don't have the assets or the training to deal with this one. The real heroes are the local folks who are working together to help their neighbors, and the local First Responders who are doing the best they can under the circumstances.
I think this is what part of the issue is. Because of the extensive destruction of the roads caused by landslides and bridges washed away will mean the bulk of the work that needs to be done can't be done until the roads are cleared or repaired. With mountains, high trees, broken roads and the only places to land is full of debris, I can understand why you aren't simply seeing many heavy vehicles like Military trucks, massive diggers etc because of how inaccessible the areas are.
People seem to forget that aid comes from the outside -> inwards, not the other way round which just means you need the roads to be accessible to deliver aid at scale.
Amen Denz53.
@@TonySquared09since local ppl helping there own. Why isn't there video photos of n. Guard in them with help supply? Anyway I've not saw any videos photos yet and it's a week later. They probably start see them now. But where was everyone from before day 1. Just thinking out loud here.
@@EXPLOREWITHME. If they had been there before day 1 then all the supplies would have been washed away in the flooding. Dams broke and washed away whole towns. Also you advocating for permanent Fema Camps to preday 1 response.
Thank you for explaining what the $750 actually is. I had never heard the name of the program that issues that amount of money and it’s awesome to understand what it actually is. I can completely see how people are able to utilize it as a misinformation talking point and so yeah it’s disappointing that it’s not more widely known what the program is.
only one person in the country started it. we can solely blame the orange guy.
@@dingaia Also another lie/misinformation is that FEMA is out of money and thus cannot help anyone.... except (as a Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda victim here in Texas) I can tell you that FEMA is the 1 government agency that is permitted by law to spend money far and beyond what it's been allocated that year on natural disasters and later AFTER THE FACT Congress retroactively approves additional funding to cover the FEMA deficit. FEMA can spend as much money as FEMA needs to spend per budget year on natural disasters, whether it's in the Black or in the Red it makes no difference. Because FEMA cannot predict what natural disasters may occur in their next annual budget, FEMA has this contingency built in so that it cannot actually go bankrupt. I will point out this though: FEMA is incredibly inefficient... I found that almost all of the time the FEMA Left hand didn't have a clue what the FEMA Right hand was doing, and they wasted ENTIRELY too much money on ridiculous monthly inspections of everything I had at my flooded home here in Liberty county TX! Literally, every month they would send people out to inspect my progress (which I had to prove I was making progress on my home every month in order to continue to use a FEMA disaster camper for 12 months). FEMA spent I would guess at least 3-4 times as much money as was actually needed on me just because of all the people they kept sending out to check my progress (but not to actually lift a hammer and help me with the house repairs mind you, no... those people weren't here to help they were here to get paid and tell FEMA if I should be kicked out of the FEMA disaster camper or not; for the man hours billed, they could have just given me that stupid little camper!).
@dingaof of course only the orange man lol.
@@dingaiakeep hating he is living rent free in your head
@@TexasNationalist1836 Will be funny to see how much of that attitude is left after the election :D
Boots on the ground had different opinions to this!
Mayorkas himself said they have no funds for next hurricane
😂😅
And you think Mayorkas allocates how much funding FEMA receives? hint hint... it's congress. ie, Maga Mike and the clown show.
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Q: Who funds his department? A: Maga congress.
How's that truth working out for you?
FEMA telling people NOT to donate time, food, or aid except for money IS happening!!! And, they say only donate to them IS happening... Straight from TN!
What’s scary is the fact most misinformation, is coming from our fellow Americans and neighbors. Our advisories are laughing at us rn.
Adversaries…
@@Crom85 thanks for the correction!
Yes, fellow “Americans.”
I’ll say it out loud: Trump and his MAGA people.
Standard bearer is a grifter preying on insecurities and misdirected fears. This was going to happen, pandering to fear and hatred for cheap votes brought this on
Trump was was spitting disinformation right from the start and it snowballed form there.
Well tell me Ryan...
Why are we not seeing any videos of folks telling use they got that card, but I've been watching video after video of people crying or yelling about being denied for this 750?
It's you who's doing the lieing.
I don’t know who you are or what you’re motivations are. All I know is that I’ve seen countless on the ground videos from victims and volunteers saying 100% the opposite of what you’re saying.
Thank you for mentioning Connecticut. Some of my son's Chinook crew just returned home after a week of delivering emergency supplies and rescuing stranded victims of the floods. It was an incredible operation of cooperation and brotherhood among fellow citizens and personnel. One problem, which you mentioned, was the danger of avoiding contact with private helicopters as they traversed the mountainside. The ability of the National Guard to carry out this kind of emergency procedure is key to securing a safe and effectively run nation. Thanks again Ryan.
Chinooks can deliver supplies but CANNOT get into the devastated areas to rescue citizens. The smaller private helicopters are doing what the larger ones can't.
Details matter.