Not only do our tax dollars go to other countries. But then the government spends more money than it has, so it prints more which causes higher inflation. So we're getting bent over twice.
Nick, how would we know about this without you? MSM is useless. I can’t thank you enough for your hard work. My family is donating and praying for our fellow Americans. This is heartbreaking.
So true. We learn so much more in this video about what's going on there than from all the combined coverage by the "experts" at the so-called "mainstream media".
How would you know ? Open Your Eyes ! i have Been sharing videos Everywhere i can So No One Forgets What This GOV & FEMA REALLY ARE ! To Not Know Is MindBlowing ! This Admin. LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING , THEREFOR YOU HAVE TO DO THE HOMEWORK YOURSELF TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUE !
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Defund Fema not the Police 🚓. I'm in tears how are they doing ít . Americans are great people but our Country giving all this money to illegals immigrants criminals is sad 😢.
Sentiment understood, but in all actuality you need to defund Ukraine, Israel, and Invaders, and fund & empower FEMA. FEMA (Fail Everyone Mostly Always)
😂How is it going to be brought to life I doubt a 100 Amen’s is going to do the trick. I doubt pulling out the Bible and reading from it is going to put money in these people’s pockets.
@@OrlandoStreets If money wasn’t a factor then these great people wouldn’t be suffering like this. Pulling out a Bible and preaching to them isn’t going to help pay for their recovery. You can probably speak like that because you have no sense of life and believe the power of prayer is going save these people financially with their recovery. Sorry to tell you this is real world
They were supposed to come to my house in September now I get a letter telling me my children's information was wrong. I don't have any children and didn't file for anything like that just their way of getting out of helping me with a bogus determination to make me appeal
We always got enough money for wars & foreign aid but not for our own citizens wtaf 😡 bless all these people affected by this. You are all in my prayers 🙏✌️💜🕊️
As a woman from NC my whole life Nick is spot on .. FEMA flew out of Hickory airport for about 1 week with 2 Chinooks and didn't even have enough pilots to keep them flying .. Current Administration was the worst EVER .. Can't wait for Jan. 20th. 1025 ..
🤣🤣So you think Trump is going to fly in and save the day that is funny. People in this region are Benefactors of the programs Trump was to cut SNAP, Medi-caid and low income housing and you can't wait. Stop trying to fool people with that video that went crazy on the internet about those helicopters you are mentioning it has been debunked but you believe everything you see on social media. What a shame
Kamala Harris flew down long enough to load a plane with supplies just to make them unload it as soon as she was done filming her propaganda that is a 110 percent fat and you cannot dispute it without outing yourself as being willfully delusional @@ameliaespo
So sad Biden helps the illegals but not Americans. Makes me so sick. Well just a new more weeks of this mess. I hope Trump on day one helps these folks.
Hey Nick I live in Black Mountain (beside Swannanoa) and thank you for coming and exposing all the FEMA failures. Not sure if you are still in the area but if you need a guide to show you some more hard hit areas hit me up. You really need to show the large mud slide in Garren Creek that took out 13 people 11 from same family. Also Montreat was hit hard too.
We drove around black mountain, geez man. Out west here we don’t build by rivers like over there. Well some people do and they lose their houses but it’s not often.
@jiggidyjam so sad for those people who lost everything and then some. The right thing to do from a governmental stand point, get anyone and everyone available down there, equipment, national guard if need be but working. These people relied on their government to be there for them, AMERICAN PEOPLE
We have been on our own. There is no help but the local churches and some very decent volunteers. There is no Fema. I have had to beg these decent proud people in order for them to allow me to help them . Some have cried because in 3 months they have had no help . The local cops in Henderson county and the fire department are nowhere to be found except at the free meals at local churches. I feel so terrible for the many retired old people here.
I’ve lost everything after being diagnosed with a rare disease. The Social Security process is equally slow. If I didn’t have this condition, I would move there in a heartbeat to help rebuild. I have more in common with them than others I meet on the street. I share because I want them to know that it’s not them, their location, their politics, etc. It IS about how the government handles our taxes and treats other countries better than their own. Former Presidents are rolling in their grave. I’m afraid that with each disaster, the American people lose respect for their government. I feel as if this hurricane was the icing on the cake. The government can’t lie anymore thanks to people like Nick! 💯 🙏🏻 My thoughts & prayers to everyone suffering! May the Lord hear all of our prayers 🙏🏻✌🏻
I've lived in Western North Carolina my whole life. I'll be 40 on Sunday the 29th. This is the saddest and most devastating thing ever to happen here. I deliver roll off dumpsters for a living, and seeing the stuff in person daily is so devastating. Wanting to do more and not being able to is a horrible, helpless feeling. It has affected all walks of life. I can't fathom how so many resources are shipped overseas without a blink, and it takes an actual act of congress to get anywhere. Personally, we were very lucky and had no damage and were only without power for less than a week. But the region as a whole took a hard lick. And all that I've seen personally is neighbor helping neighbor and Americans helping Americans. **** the government!
Don't forget the state that countries we invade are in. Our government lies to the people, and the military about why we are fighting. It's for the new world order, and the way they take care of our own is proof of that.
When you think that you're having a bad day, think of these poor folks. These are the places that our tax dollars should be going. Disaster relief, homeless folks, drug problems, veteran's affairs, etc. Not a dollar should leave this country as foreign aid until our citizens are taken care of.
But politicians don’t get kickbacks for helping veterans, the homeless, solving drug problems, solving the housing crisis, etc. In short, our entire gov’t is useless and run by oligarchs who don’t give a f**k about our issues, they only care about getting re-elected and getting paid.
I am disgusted by our non functioning government. How do they all sit pretty up in Washington, knowing that our fellow citizens are suffering here. Get them the money they need to survive. And FEMA? Totally worthless!!
@@tina-mariecrocker5687 It was a 3.4% raise but you got fooled by Mr. Musk gaslighting simple minded individuals like you who believe everything everyone comments on X.
Thank you for being there and telling these peoples stories. FEMA would be the first agency I would abolish if I had the authority. It's hard to pay taxes when I see this. Our taxes don't represent American citizens.
No taxes no SNAP, Section 8 and Free Medicaid which rural southern areas benefit from. So save it My fellow taxpaying citizen what a joke some people like you are.
@@user-te9ut7ms4l So sad Biden helps the illegals but not Americans. Makes me so sick. Well just a new more weeks of this mess. I hope Trump on day one helps these folks.
Thank you for continuing to show people who aren’t here what is really going on. We have been accepting and loading campers with all the food, clothes, household needs and a generator to get families out of tents in the sub freezing temps. We are now losing people to the cold and it rebreaks shattered hearts. Thank you all who have brought us campers to stock and give to these families. Kind Americans have driven from their home states to make sure they arrive safely. Americans helping Americans is the way that anything is getting done. We are still finding remains and most likely will for a long time to come.
Thank you Nick. So we see the trash piles and damage and disarray, and my thought is, WHY are the trash piles still sitting there? Are officials hoping people will give up and leave? CAN homes be rebuilt along those waterways? Is the ultimate plan to push the residents out of there? I'd really love to hear the 'why', in addition to the 'what'.
I hope someone from the Gov read this because this should be a Military recovery effort. Get the Core of Engineers in those areas effect to help rebuild bridges and roads at no cost to local governments. Get the reserves in NC and surrounding states to go in and help people clear land and get that trash out of there because it is a health hazard. Get Fema to build temp homes just like the buildings they work out of to all those that need it. This is what a Government should do in a once in a lifetime Or one that cares about it's own people SHOULD do. No way after 3 months with winter coming that area should look like that. It's a MF'ing shame and thank you Nick for exposing this .
The IRS sure must gladly have taken a lot of the local residents’ money for decades; under the pretense that, among other things, it would be given back to them in the form of help from FEMA if needed. Talk about shameless, in-your-face theft.
THEY OFFERED TO BUY THEIR LAND BUT THEY WONT LET THEM BUILD BACK IN A PLACE A FLOOS JUST WIPED THEM OFF THE MAP AND THEY WONT PUT ELECTRIC IN WATER NOR SHOULD THEY. DAH
@@josephohara7407why isn't Biden helping the people of NC? Reminds me of Lahaina. Billions in aid to Ukraine but can't help US citizens in a meaningful way. Can you defend these actions without talking about Trump.
This is so sad beyond words, my son and nephew are lineman here in VA and they were sent to FL, SC, and NC to help with getting poles put back up for electricity for these folks and even then they felt it just wasn't enough and wished they could do more, My son was telling me how these poor folks were so grateful and kind to all the lineman considering all they were going through. It gets under my skin so bad knowing what this administration is doing to these people, I've seen where Congress was asking Fema director why they were skipping over houses that had Trump signs in their yard but of course she plays dumb so no shock their or answers. Sad and disgusting.
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America doesn't care about poor people. I remember moving to the south when hurricane Katrina happened and there were ppl at my job saying those ppl in new orleans should have had insurance. I was so mad because what did that have to do with it?
Thank you Nick. I had no idea that the government is not helping those people. It’s just so sad. I’ll be praying for all of the people affected by this tragedy. Love your channel Nick!
a certain country owns our politicians. Both parties. This is the sick reality is that Americans are forgotten. The way these people are treated is despicable
Filthy Democrats in charge. Hope these commies never gain power again. Plus 3/4 of the republicans totally corrupt. Billions for Ukraine money laundry mat though.
Nick really put it in perspective. We’ve been dealing with somethings-and they are quite small compared to our fellow countrymen in Helene’s path. GOD Bless all of them and all of YOU that read this. Love from Texas. ❤️🇺🇸🦅
I am watching this from Croatia ( small country in Europe) and I just want to say that I pray for everybody suffering from these horrible disasters. May our Lord Jesus Christ help you my fellow Christian brothers and sisters!
Our greasy corrupt democrat governor told the national guard to go home after 2 weeks of them being here. The work that still needs to be done is incredible. When I ask them to help me dig out my driveway so my wife who is a nurse can get to her hospital job the Fu^^&s ran.
Most of the flood damage lands are inhabitable due to the toxicity in the mud/dirt that flowed into their land... the more downstream, the worse it probably is. Everyone needs to get their soil tested if they decide to stay. Sadly, there will be long-term effects to the exposure to what is in their soil, if they decide to stay.
The gentleman that you interviewed talking about looters made a B point that many who don’t live here realize….Families here who may have lost family members and all they have are now also split up because CPS can and will take children from their parents if they wish to. Not everyone has family member in a safe home to take children in, and traumatized children don’t have the reassurance and comfort of their parents and siblings after so much loss. The damage continues…
California here wishing I could afford to take the time needed off work and drive there to physically help in any way directed😢 We all need to be sharing on our own social media to help these people in any way we can❤️No small contribution or act is too small.
The Swannanoa river actually changed its location. In one area it moved a few hundred feet from where it originally ran. Alot of western North Carolina has been destroyed and families have lost EVERYTHING. People who lost homes worth couple hundred thousand were only offered a fraction of what it was worth. People paying on mortgages and rent on houses and land that got completely washed away. Reminds me somewhat of the fire in Hawaii. $750 seems to be what the government thinks the American taxpayers are worth.
But, we saw it in New Orleans after Katrina, after most of thr California fires, after the Maui fire, and even even after 2024's tornados. FRMA works under a lotmof restrictions but it begins with the state and locals asking for specific help. There were an inadequate number of FRMA trailers ready to move i to North Carolina but North Carolina wouldn't let them travel on the roads.
I live very close to Swananoaa and I can corroborate everything these people were saying. It was 12 days after Helene before I saw a single person from FEMA. We needed food, water, showers, shelter, clothes, laundry and all we got from FEMA was an application. I am beyond disgusted with my government.
What has the Georgian government done for its population? All I hear is FEMA FEMA FEMA. Well, the state of Georgia has the responsibility to accept. I never hear what Georgia is doing
When federal government tries to introduce something, then the state residents says “ they are over reaching , it’s state matter “, but now blame Federal government? Georgia state government refuses to use federal Medicaid expansion but now waiting for federal money!
Hopefully part 3 will be down the river into Asheville where homeless camps were swept away, bodies found floating in the Lowes building adjacent to them. And down from there towards Biltmore village where our local food distribution was washed away including 2 vans and 3 large box trucks one floating two miles away into the biltmore estate and one van upright in the middle of the river near the bridge in the village. Where it still is. The truth is they haven’t even cleaned the debris out the rivers yet even in town. The only spot that got the treatment was Biltmore village proper and we all know why. Merry Christmas everybody.
Because they have always worked to raise money ongoing to maintain Biltmore and surrounding businesses so were able to begin to repair it themselves. Christmas is the biggest money maker so common sense would tell you they needed to ensure they didn't lose that this year. Don't resent the functioning businesses who are hiring people. Resent and demand satisfaction the crooked government appointees or they should face charges for being frauds.
Drive anywhere up US 19E out of Swannona and you'll see things identical to this. Ashville is the priority for the government and 98% of the volunteers gone. Western North Carolina over doubled in population in October but as November rolled around and now it's Christmas Eve here in Avery County N.C. and the volunteers are gone. There may be a few here and there but everyone has forgotten. The damage may be 5 - 10% repaired and that's not the people who live(ed) along the rivers and creeks where everyone has forgotten about.
It’s so sad that our own government does absolutely nothing to help our own people that desperately need it. They only care about lining their pockets and don’t give it a second thought what they are doing to our own people.
Take a look at this 144-page handbook, “Achieving Equitable Recovery.” The very first page says, “Instilling equity as a foundation of emergency management is Goal 1 of the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan.”
@@IS-2_1944 Take a look at this 144-page handbook, “Achieving Equitable Recovery.” The very first page says, “Instilling equity as a foundation of emergency management is Goal 1 of the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan.”
It takes zero time this time of year - we had an RV dealership in Manchester TN and FEMA bought every single bunkhouse bumper pull RV we had in the lot before the fema trailers were built for Katrina - so I don’t wave to hear it. I can guarantee the RV dealerships from Knoxville to Memphis would be more then glad to wholesale 20 to 30 trailers to get them off the lot right now
I can’t believe this pathetic administration should be removed, both of them! This is outrageous and unacceptable! I can’t believe we give a foreign country and won’t take care of their own. They don’t deserve to hold this office! Neither has done anything for our country. If anything they are some of the most toxic politicians ever. I can’t believe they haven’t come to help! I am so sorry for all you’re going through. This isn’t right! I’m truly shocked they haven’t help them! This is near me and so sad.
It's shameful that the government has stepped in and started clean up. The Florida government was on it almost before the storms had passed through. Why such different treatment for these two areas?
No there are places like that everywhere. Have you ever seen a homeless encampment? And there were homeless people in Appalachia before Helene. Was anybody trying to help those people?
YOU ALWAYS do amazing reporting, Nick. GOD BLESS YOU. And that's good that some folks offer their phone numbers for help. And, makes me sick that our government. Gives away $ to other countries and the migrants.
Considering our taxes go to foreign countries in the billions, this is very much an outrage
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❄️
Yupp, plus a lot of our troops are home from Afghanistan. So we have the manpower.
Nick Johnson isn’t giving shit to these people he’s making cash don’t let him fool you
@@danrolston8414Nick Johnson doesn’t care about anything but money and attention, he’s fake!
Not only do our tax dollars go to other countries. But then the government spends more money than it has, so it prints more which causes higher inflation. So we're getting bent over twice.
I’m so disgusted by the evil government!
Stop gaslighting people by what you see watching videos on social media and what these clowns tell you.
Your fake outrage is hilarious as what do you want them to do?..
The Soros trolls are right on time.
Policy matters... Remember who and what party was in charge. Priorities on display.
@@lakeliving2013thank you lol blaming the govt.. all yall should be working together the end
Nick, how would we know about this without you? MSM is useless. I can’t thank you enough for your hard work. My family is donating and praying for our fellow Americans. This is heartbreaking.
Yes...this travesty is certainly worth reporting on, yet they REFUSE to even mention it! But if someone gets "misgendered" it's a top story.
So true. We learn so much more in this video about what's going on there than from all the combined coverage by the "experts" at the so-called "mainstream media".
How would you know ? Open Your Eyes ! i have Been sharing videos Everywhere i can So No One Forgets What This GOV & FEMA REALLY ARE ! To Not Know Is MindBlowing ! This Admin. LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING , THEREFOR YOU HAVE TO DO THE HOMEWORK YOURSELF TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUE !
I always thought these fellow Americans were against government assistance now that need help they want the government. 😂
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Defund Fema not the Police 🚓. I'm in tears how are they doing ít . Americans are great people but our Country giving all this money to illegals immigrants criminals is sad 😢.
Yes. I am beyond disgusted
Defund foreign aid and manufactured wars will save trillions
It’s criminal ! Hope we can hold these people accountable! Jan 20 can NOT come soon enough .
Way beyond. My heart hurts. Still stranded...@@DenaeSmith-c8s
Three months later & these people are still living like this??-this is truly unacceptable!
Democrats America 😅
Yeah, Trump will bring his expired bottled water and toss them some paper towels to save the day.. 😂
Orange man bad reeeeeeeeeeee😂😂😂
@@lakeliving2013why don't you try having a rational comment that's even somewhat related to the discussion?
@@lakeliving2013 you think this is funny TRUMP isn’t in office RIGHT NOW ! You should be outraged instead you put a emoji ! Child
Maybe it’s time to defund FEMA,
Rather than defound the police
Sentiment understood, but in all actuality you need to defund Ukraine, Israel, and Invaders, and fund & empower FEMA.
FEMA (Fail Everyone Mostly Always)
@ They also need to be defunded. Too much corruption and bloated budgets.
ALL YOU REPUBS WANT SMALLER GOVERMENT AND THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE. WHATS THE PROBLEM?? LOL
@@davidfeldman1746 OK What has that have to do with what these folks are going through? I hope your family never needs help or the police one day.
Thank you Nick Johnson. Spreading the word. Everything that is done in the dark will be brought to the light.
AMEN
@@TawannainTN Amen
😂How is it going to be brought to life I doubt a 100 Amen’s is going to do the trick. I doubt pulling out the Bible and reading from it is going to put money in these people’s pockets.
@jaylenjackson69 Money isn't everything.
@@OrlandoStreets If money wasn’t a factor then these great people wouldn’t be suffering like this. Pulling out a Bible and preaching to them isn’t going to help pay for their recovery. You can probably speak like that because you have no sense of life and believe the power of prayer is going save these people financially with their recovery. Sorry to tell you this is real world
They were supposed to come to my house in September now I get a letter telling me my children's information was wrong. I don't have any children and didn't file for anything like that just their way of getting out of helping me with a bogus determination to make me appeal
Sorry to hear that 😔. This administration sure is something else 😮💨
We always got enough money for wars & foreign aid but not for our own citizens wtaf 😡 bless all these people affected by this. You are all in my prayers 🙏✌️💜🕊️
Exactly! Wars and foreign aid should be banned when the country is trillions in debt
We got enough money for tax breaks for billionaire oligarchs apparently..
As a woman from NC my whole life Nick is spot on .. FEMA flew out of Hickory airport for about 1 week with 2 Chinooks and didn't even have enough pilots to keep them flying .. Current Administration was the worst EVER .. Can't wait for Jan. 20th. 1025 ..
🤣🤣So you think Trump is going to fly in and save the day that is funny. People in this region are Benefactors of the programs Trump was to cut SNAP, Medi-caid and low income housing and you can't wait. Stop trying to fool people with that video that went crazy on the internet about those helicopters you are mentioning it has been debunked but you believe everything you see on social media. What a shame
Kamala Harris flew down long enough to load a plane with supplies just to make them unload it as soon as she was done filming her propaganda that is a 110 percent fat and you cannot dispute it without outing yourself as being willfully delusional @@ameliaespo
@ameliaespo Are you blind or just denying the truth?
@@timetowatch2142 Why would someone lie it has already been debunked. So go hit the showers rookie.
Prove it or you're lying as well?.. I'll wait... @@ameliaespo
Seeing the nice FEMA camp right next to the shacks and trailers really puts it in perspective.
Absolutely
Who lives in those?
@@roxannerodriguez7075the FEMA workers that are doing nothing
Just like Maui they stayed inn4 star hotels!
The government rather take from our people rather help our people just being honest 💪🤞
This is outrageous!
u quick lol
The censoring in the comment section is equally outrageous, and puh-thet-ic.
JANUARY 20th things with charge
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL, SHARE ACROSS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ASAP FOLKS, GREETINGS FROM THE UK 🇬🇧 👀
So sad Biden helps the illegals but not Americans. Makes me so sick. Well just a new more weeks of this mess. I hope Trump on day one helps these folks.
Hey Nick I live in Black Mountain (beside Swannanoa) and thank you for coming and exposing all the FEMA failures. Not sure if you are still in the area but if you need a guide to show you some more hard hit areas hit me up. You really need to show the large mud slide in Garren Creek that took out 13 people 11 from same family. Also Montreat was hit hard too.
We drove around black mountain, geez man. Out west here we don’t build by rivers like over there. Well some people do and they lose their houses but it’s not often.
Flash floods in AZ. The ground is dry so flash floods is what happens When AZ gets too much rain at one time. @@zacsdiyguns
@ Garren Creek wasn’t from a river it was a massive mud slide from the top of the mountain all the way down to the valley.
@jiggidyjam so sad for those people who lost everything and then some. The right thing to do from a governmental stand point, get anyone and everyone available down there, equipment, national guard if need be but working. These people relied on their government to be there for them, AMERICAN PEOPLE
When are people going to realize that there is no government unless it’s taking taxes from you
Some do... Not enough, not nearly enough...😮💨
We have been on our own. There is no help but the local churches and some very decent volunteers. There is no Fema. I have had to beg these decent proud people in order for them to allow me to help them . Some have cried because in 3 months they have had no help . The local cops in Henderson county and the fire department are nowhere to be found except at the free meals at local churches. I feel so terrible for the many retired old people here.
I’ve lost everything after being diagnosed with a rare disease. The Social Security process is equally slow. If I didn’t have this condition, I would move there in a heartbeat to help rebuild. I have more in common with them than others I meet on the street. I share because I want them to know that it’s not them, their location, their politics, etc. It IS about how the government handles our taxes and treats other countries better than their own. Former Presidents are rolling in their grave. I’m afraid that with each disaster, the American people lose respect for their government. I feel as if this hurricane was the icing on the cake. The government can’t lie anymore thanks to people like Nick! 💯 🙏🏻 My thoughts & prayers to everyone suffering! May the Lord hear all of our prayers 🙏🏻✌🏻
this is unacceptable for this country. Not another dime to any country until our own people are taken care of.
Good luck...the government doesn't care and will continue to support their step children before they take care of their own.
It's happening. So it's definitely more than acceptable. Not sure what else the evidence says?
@@peteb3475 You have no proof of anything its going to take more than what people on RUclips and X say.
Amelia, just drive around and look
Why would any of these people want to pay Federal Taxes again? Why should they!?
What a disgrace
i will not
No more taxes. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've lived in Western North Carolina my whole life. I'll be 40 on Sunday the 29th. This is the saddest and most devastating thing ever to happen here. I deliver roll off dumpsters for a living, and seeing the stuff in person daily is so devastating. Wanting to do more and not being able to is a horrible, helpless feeling. It has affected all walks of life. I can't fathom how so many resources are shipped overseas without a blink, and it takes an actual act of congress to get anywhere. Personally, we were very lucky and had no damage and were only without power for less than a week. But the region as a whole took a hard lick. And all that I've seen personally is neighbor helping neighbor and Americans helping Americans. **** the government!
Amelia, you will also need to build a landfill so you have a place to put all of the junk. No one will come until you get rid of the junk.
@@ameliaespocalm down you little George soros wanna be troll 😂
Seeing the state of this country makes me regret my military service.
We appreciate you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You and me both !
I appreciate you 🙏🏻. America will prevail 🇺🇲
Don't forget the state that countries we invade are in. Our government lies to the people, and the military about why we are fighting. It's for the new world order, and the way they take care of our own is proof of that.
@gl7543 I hope so and thank you
We learned our lessons when FEMA failed badly during Katrina. I didn't expect anything better for the Appalachian folks
F E M A was actually very successful in accomplishing their intended goal. The same here.
I beg to differ.
Naner. the goal, the goal….
When you think that you're having a bad day, think of these poor folks. These are the places that our tax dollars should be going. Disaster relief, homeless folks, drug problems, veteran's affairs, etc. Not a dollar should leave this country as foreign aid until our citizens are taken care of.
But politicians don’t get kickbacks for helping veterans, the homeless, solving drug problems, solving the housing crisis, etc. In short, our entire gov’t is useless and run by oligarchs who don’t give a f**k about our issues, they only care about getting re-elected and getting paid.
Nor should we be letting other people in until EVERY SINGLE American is sheltered and working!
@angelmist4253 Agreed
I am disgusted by our non functioning government. How do they all sit pretty up in Washington, knowing that our fellow citizens are suffering here. Get them the money they need to survive. And FEMA? Totally worthless!!
While congress asks for a large raise
Why would they care when they ordered this to happen?
@@denislabelle3853 what does that mean, “they ordered it”?
Easy, it's not israel. They fight tooth and nail for them.
@@tina-mariecrocker5687 It was a 3.4% raise but you got fooled by Mr. Musk gaslighting simple minded individuals like you who believe everything everyone comments on X.
Thank you for being there and telling these peoples stories. FEMA would be the first agency I would abolish if I had the authority. It's hard to pay taxes when I see this. Our taxes don't represent American citizens.
YOU LIKE TO TALK ALOT OF CRAP
Taxation without representation
Fellow taxpaying American citizens, what are we going to do about these corrupt politicians and govt agencies?
Stop paying taxes....no taxation without representation. 🤷🏾♀️
Stop them from giving tax breaks to billionaire oligarchs..
No taxes no SNAP, Section 8 and Free Medicaid which rural southern areas benefit from. So save it My fellow taxpaying citizen what a joke some people like you are.
@@G_A_S_T_O_N. Right?
Electing a new government would be a good start!
Im amazed how the US states stay together and not tell Washington that we are sick of the foreign aid.
This is disgusting. How can they treat people like this. Shameful.
YOU CANT REBUILD IN THE RIVER BED WHERE IT JUST WIPED OUT YOUR HOUSE. DAH
They are waiting to see who is left come Spring then they will start to seize everything
They already started.
Thanks Nick for getting the real stories out of there. I have family in TN that were affected and all they can do is rebuild by themselves
USA IS RUN BY DUAL CITIZEN TRAITORS. FACT!!!!
Nobody talks about Tennessee and towns down that river and other places are just as bad
@@zacsdiyguns yeah its bad all over, i have a friend in maryville that didnt get hit but an hour north they got devastated
I feel so bad for these people it's absolutely unacceptable that FEMA doesn't do a damn thing help
Watching this with tears in my eyes, filled with anger - This is NOT exceptable!
I really enjoy your channel Nick, it’s the only Travel Channel that I’ve been watching for over a year!
The cleanup is turning into a disaster itself.
We will need to clean this up ourselves. Remember this is all toxic waste too.
THEIR MAINLY REPUBS EVERYTHING THEY DO IS TOXIC
I was really depressed last night and I woke up in the morning being thankful for what I have. I continue to pray for the people in North Carolina.
Thanks, Nick! This is so sad for the people of Western North Carolina.
Trump and the new DOGE need to look into this incompetence of FEMA.
LMAO
@@user-te9ut7ms4l LMAO too. DOGE> What a joke! Get some insurance, you whiners.
To do what exactly?
@@user-te9ut7ms4l So sad Biden helps the illegals but not Americans. Makes me so sick. Well just a new more weeks of this mess. I hope Trump on day one helps these folks.
@jaysmith179 it should be done immediately. I heard trump quietly donated 30m
Your doing a good thing showing what it is like here in North Carolina. God bless you Nick
And now all the public employees can get Social Security and their bloated pensions. FJB.
F FEMA.
HUGE overtime pay for FEMA employees to do NOTHING.
Can’t stand government employees eather 😮
God bless that good lay who came from TN to help. It shows who cares.
Thank you for continuing to show people who aren’t here what is really going on. We have been accepting and loading campers with all the food, clothes, household needs and a generator to get families out of tents in the sub freezing temps. We are now losing people to the cold and it rebreaks shattered hearts. Thank you all who have brought us campers to stock and give to these families. Kind Americans have driven from their home states to make sure they arrive safely. Americans helping Americans is the way that anything is getting done. We are still finding remains and most likely will for a long time to come.
Thank you Nick. So we see the trash piles and damage and disarray, and my thought is, WHY are the trash piles still sitting there? Are officials hoping people will give up and leave? CAN homes be rebuilt along those waterways? Is the ultimate plan to push the residents out of there? I'd really love to hear the 'why', in addition to the 'what'.
Vanguard, Blackrock smfh
@lunakat7020 Are you talking about their interest in certain minerals?
I hope someone from the Gov read this because this should be a Military recovery effort.
Get the Core of Engineers in those areas effect to help rebuild bridges and roads at no cost to local governments.
Get the reserves in NC and surrounding states to go in and help people clear land and get that trash out of there because it is a health hazard.
Get Fema to build temp homes just like the buildings they work out of to all those that need it.
This is what a Government should do in a once in a lifetime Or one that cares about it's own people SHOULD do.
No way after 3 months with winter coming that area should look like that. It's a MF'ing shame and thank you Nick for exposing this .
We wish! They do NOT care about us obviously 😢
Rename this little NC town to Ukraine and the $$ and resources will flow in.
You mean rename it tel Aviv then cha ching 🤑🤑
Great channel. You went from hey check out this area exploring America. To what a news reporter should be.
It's volunteers helping these people; certainly not govt. Thank God for volunteers ❤
The IRS sure must gladly have taken a lot of the local residents’ money for decades; under the pretense that, among other things, it would be given back to them in the form of help from FEMA if needed. Talk about shameless, in-your-face theft.
Grow up and get insurance
THEY OFFERED TO BUY THEIR LAND BUT THEY WONT LET THEM BUILD BACK IN A PLACE A FLOOS JUST WIPED THEM OFF THE MAP AND THEY WONT PUT ELECTRIC IN WATER NOR SHOULD THEY. DAH
Good reporting, thanks.
Prayers for North Carolina
FJB
FDT
@@josephohara7407 - FJO
@@josephohara7407Can’t stop the Trump Train. Get on or stay out of the way.
@@josephohara7407why isn't Biden helping the people of NC? Reminds me of Lahaina. Billions in aid to Ukraine but can't help US citizens in a meaningful way. Can you defend these actions without talking about Trump.
This is so sad beyond words, my son and nephew are lineman here in VA and they were sent to FL, SC, and NC to help with getting poles put back up for electricity for these folks and even then they felt it just wasn't enough and wished they could do more, My son was telling me how these poor folks were so grateful and kind to all the lineman considering all they were going through. It gets under my skin so bad knowing what this administration is doing to these people, I've seen where Congress was asking Fema director why they were skipping over houses that had Trump signs in their yard but of course she plays dumb so no shock their or answers. Sad and disgusting.
This country is failing its citizens.😢😢😢
always but they sure love illegal criminals, they sure have nice places handed to them as well as money and food.
This country HAS FAILED its citizens!
*robbing
Thank you Nick and your beautiful wife for coming out. It was a pleasure meeting you and thankful you got the story out just as it is...Raw TRUTH of whats really going on! Thank you to those who are sending donations to Radicals4Christ- Shelters Of Hope...We will be good stewards of your gift and will be here until the good Lord says otherwise. Merry Christmas & God bless yall!🎄 🎁 🙏
America doesn't care about poor people. I remember moving to the south when hurricane Katrina happened and there were ppl at my job saying those ppl in new orleans should have had insurance. I was so mad because what did that have to do with it?
They broke the levee in N. Orleans to deliberately flood it.
Just think what the billions we give Israel 12.8 billion a year on a regular year could do.
And ukraine, and illegals
And ukraine, and illegals
Ukraine gets far more than Israel
@IS-2_1944 right now. Isreal has been stealing from the tax payers for decades. Why would we give a rich nation with zero debt money?
Thank you Nick. I had no idea that the government is not helping those people. It’s just so sad. I’ll be praying for all of the people affected by this tragedy. Love your channel Nick!
How could you not know? It's obvious to most how very little govt cares for taxpaying American citizens. Please wake up❤
Glad you finally figured it out. Tell orhers..
But we are funding overseas. Make it make sense 🤯😩.
a certain country owns our politicians. Both parties. This is the sick reality is that Americans are forgotten. The way these people are treated is despicable
ASK THE ISREALI DUAL CITIZENS THAT SUBVERTED USA TO ANSWER FOR THIS.
@@dlmcc0202 Exactly. You get it completely. It's so easy to see.
Filthy Democrats in charge. Hope these commies never gain power again. Plus 3/4 of the republicans totally corrupt. Billions for Ukraine money laundry mat though.
Slush fund and banks are behind the wars. Our elected officials are their useful idiots. Does it make sense now?
Nick really put it in perspective. We’ve been dealing with somethings-and they are quite small compared to our fellow countrymen in Helene’s path. GOD Bless all of them and all of YOU that read this. Love from Texas. ❤️🇺🇸🦅
YT doesn't like the discussion, but I'm glad my message reached the butthurt. 😁
This just churns my stomach on how nothing is being handled for Americans.
I am watching this from Croatia ( small country in Europe) and I just want to say that I pray for everybody suffering from these horrible disasters.
May our Lord Jesus Christ help you my fellow Christian brothers and sisters!
Thanks for your concern. I love Croatia, and can't wait to return someday.
Defund Biden and Harris.
Our greasy corrupt democrat governor told the national guard to go home after 2 weeks of them being here. The work that still needs to be done is incredible. When I ask them to help me dig out my driveway so my wife who is a nurse can get to her hospital job the Fu^^&s ran.
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Vote every dam democrat out 😊😊😊
Most of the flood damage lands are inhabitable due to the toxicity in the mud/dirt that flowed into their land... the more downstream, the worse it probably is. Everyone needs to get their soil tested if they decide to stay. Sadly, there will be long-term effects to the exposure to what is in their soil, if they decide to stay.
The gentleman that you interviewed talking about looters made a B point that many who don’t live here realize….Families here who may have lost family members and all they have are now also split up because CPS can and will take children from their parents if they wish to. Not everyone has family member in a safe home to take children in, and traumatized children don’t have the reassurance and comfort of their parents and siblings after so much loss. The damage continues…
California here wishing I could afford to take the time needed off work and drive there to physically help in any way directed😢 We all need to be sharing on our own social media to help these people in any way we can❤️No small contribution or act is too small.
THANK YOU FOR REPORTING/SHARING THIS!!!
The Swannanoa river actually changed its location. In one area it moved a few hundred feet from where it originally ran. Alot of western North Carolina has been destroyed and families have lost EVERYTHING. People who lost homes worth couple hundred thousand were only offered a fraction of what it was worth. People paying on mortgages and rent on houses and land that got completely washed away. Reminds me somewhat of the fire in Hawaii. $750 seems to be what the government thinks the American taxpayers are worth.
If you can get that.
But, we saw it in New Orleans after Katrina, after most of thr California fires, after the Maui fire, and even even after 2024's tornados. FRMA works under a lotmof restrictions but it begins with the state and locals asking for specific help. There were an inadequate number of FRMA trailers ready to move i to North Carolina but North Carolina wouldn't let them travel on the roads.
Why would people think they can depend of the government in the first place?
Praying for them all 🙏
That won't do any good
@@mikedrown2721 It makes people feel like they are doing something without having to do anything.
We got hit hard in our town bottom line is our government has failed us all
Thank you for taking time to produce these important videos. GREAT job! Merry Christmas and all my best for 2025.
You need to stand up and everyone protest the government simple
Exactly
I live very close to Swananoaa and I can corroborate everything these people were saying. It was 12 days after Helene before I saw a single person from FEMA. We needed food, water, showers, shelter, clothes, laundry and all we got from FEMA was an application. I am beyond disgusted with my government.
What has the Georgian government done for its population? All I hear is FEMA FEMA FEMA. Well, the state of Georgia has the responsibility to accept. I never hear what Georgia is doing
When federal government tries to introduce something, then the state residents says “ they are over reaching , it’s state matter “, but now blame Federal government? Georgia state government refuses to use federal Medicaid expansion but now waiting for federal money!
On point❤
Georgia would rather build more prisons.
The state government in Georgia doesn't care about the human rights or well-being of its population.
This government should be ASHAMED.
Ty so much for going over there Nick it’s unbelievable and so many people have no idea.
Where is FEMA trailers for people to live in
Hopefully part 3 will be down the river into Asheville where homeless camps were swept away, bodies found floating in the Lowes building adjacent to them. And down from there towards Biltmore village where our local food distribution was washed away including 2 vans and 3 large box trucks one floating two miles away into the biltmore estate and one van upright in the middle of the river near the bridge in the village. Where it still is. The truth is they haven’t even cleaned the debris out the rivers yet even in town. The only spot that got the treatment was Biltmore village proper and we all know why. Merry Christmas everybody.
Because they have always worked to raise money ongoing to maintain Biltmore and surrounding businesses so were able to begin to repair it themselves.
Christmas is the biggest money maker so common sense would tell you they needed to ensure they didn't lose that this year. Don't resent the functioning businesses who are hiring people. Resent and demand satisfaction the crooked government appointees or they should face charges for being frauds.
Drive anywhere up US 19E out of Swannona and you'll see things identical to this. Ashville is the priority for the government and 98% of the volunteers gone. Western North Carolina over doubled in population in October but as November rolled around and now it's Christmas Eve here in Avery County N.C. and the volunteers are gone. There may be a few here and there but everyone has forgotten. The damage may be 5 - 10% repaired and that's not the people who live(ed) along the rivers and creeks where everyone has forgotten about.
THANKS! SHARED THIS OUT.
It’s so sad that our own government does absolutely nothing to help our own people that desperately need it. They only care about lining their pockets and don’t give it a second thought what they are doing to our own people.
Why isn't the state helping!
Something evil brewing
Outrageous does not seem to cover how bad the government is.
FEMA has policies where they are not allowed to help Americans. Look it up!
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Link please
Link
Take a look at this 144-page handbook, “Achieving Equitable Recovery.” The very first page says, “Instilling equity as a foundation of emergency management is Goal 1 of the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan.”
@@IS-2_1944 Take a look at this 144-page handbook, “Achieving Equitable Recovery.” The very first page says, “Instilling equity as a foundation of emergency management is Goal 1 of the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan.”
This is unacceptable
This is pathetic. To continue to see these videos is unreal. Grateful you keep posting these Nick! Legacy media doesn’t show anything.
Meanwhile the govt is fighting for human rights abroad. 😊
Thank you Nick for your work, wishing you and your family and Mappy’s family a Merry Christmas.
Nick you are doing great work.
It takes zero time this time of year - we had an RV dealership in Manchester TN and FEMA bought every single bunkhouse bumper pull RV we had in the lot before the fema trailers were built for Katrina - so I don’t wave to hear it. I can guarantee the RV dealerships from Knoxville to Memphis would be more then glad to wholesale 20 to 30 trailers to get them off the lot right now
I can’t believe this pathetic administration should be removed, both of them! This is outrageous and unacceptable! I can’t believe we give a foreign country and won’t take care of their own. They don’t deserve to hold this office! Neither has done anything for our country. If anything they are some of the most toxic politicians ever. I can’t believe they haven’t come to help! I am so sorry for all you’re going through. This isn’t right! I’m truly shocked they haven’t help them! This is near me and so sad.
It's happening just like in Valencia, the State forgot the cityzens at all
These are reasons why I advocate for a Resource Based Economy. The monetary system is obsolete in a technological age
It's shameful that the government has stepped in and started clean up. The Florida government was on it almost before the storms had passed through. Why such different treatment for these two areas?
Good job obiden.
Great expose! Keep up the good work!
No there are places like that everywhere. Have you ever seen a homeless encampment? And there were homeless people in Appalachia before Helene. Was anybody trying to help those people?
YOU ALWAYS do amazing reporting, Nick. GOD BLESS YOU. And that's good that some folks offer their phone numbers for help. And, makes me sick that our government. Gives away $ to other countries and the migrants.
Good morning I am glad you are shinning light on this project I think we're better than this