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Many rural counties don't have emergency plans period. How many of those areas are left without internet to this day? The terrain in Appalachia is a challenge for companies to install it. I wouldn't be surprised if many people in "the back-woods" were still using land-line phones.

exactly, we don't even have proper prep for slightly larger amounts of snow lol. the warnings were kinda downplayed, even I heard that it "couldn't be that bad" until less than a day before when it changed to "uh....." lol. we knew it would hit, but were sandbagging for a bad thunderstorm basically.

long story short, there is still much destruction to clean up and there will be for a while still because we aren't getting outside help anymore. but I mainly want the takeaway to be that we were failed and people died and/or lost everything.

Buncombe county represent! I remember the Duke trucks staging in anticipation. I also remember getting regular alerts saying “We expect this to meet 2004 levels” and then “we expect this to exceed 2004 levels” and then “we expect this to exceed 1916 levels” and at that point it’s just “.. well shit”

but I will blame those who failed these people.

The forecasts were accurate. You had access to them. You literally had what you were asking for. You can't say there was no warning and be correct.

I’d be interested to know what community radio stations you have in your area and how they stepped up during this time.

I do actually believe we were given proper warning. Reading NWS alert in hindsight is just as bone-chilling to me as Katrina, and now I've been through both. I was panicked, my native coworkers were calm. Just was no precedent for this. No media mentions the 2 days of unrelated rain BEFORE Helene!

I'm in NC. People were absolutely warned through every form of media. Scientists were explaining mudslides on TV. I tried to convince friends in McDowell, Mitchell, Buncombe, Henderson, and Haywood counties how bad it would be. It was reminiscent of trying to get people to take covid seriously.

If you’re from NC, of course you’re not thinking a hurricane would barrel through the mountains and wash away entire towns. Evacuation orders are given, though, because there a serious threat to lives.

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Sounds like the state of America in general…

There are going to be no more hurricanes with Trump in office and once the Space Force shoots down the space Lazer the tornados will stop

5 lessons? Seriously? ......... this administration will and can destroy everything because Velveta Valdamort never learned a lesson in his life.....

Has no one noticed what’s happening? Unless we’re rich and white, the Trump administration wants us all DEAD! Wake up!

I guess God can't protect fools and children from Republicans

“People are going to die because of these cuts. Not might die, not could die: will die. Families will lose everything. Communities will be wiped off the map.” Red or Blue, We’re all Americans FEMA. Do your job www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Imagine next time.

Y'all don't know those people. Donald Trump could personally stand on the roof of each of their outhouses and yell "Hurricane! Run!" and they'd either just stand there or run into the outhouse. Lesson: You can't reach people who don't believe it could never happen to them.

Have read about that. Just awful!!

Because we've seen what privatization has done to health care. smh.

if ever.

We just had a major tornado rip through the middle of our city which never happens. And almost another one 3 days later. And this one was at night. And our weather guy who has been here for decades said night storms now are bad because they don’t have enough people working at the NWS at night. 🤬

What's odd to me is that I'm in the PNW. Sure, I have an Env Sci degree, but I saw this coming ~48 hours beforehand. I still don't get why I was the exception. Expected rainfall, topography, watersheds... you really don't need to understand that much. Yet mayors, the governor, news channels...

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Trump death cult is gutting @noaa.gov no more warnings. Trump hasn’t said one word because he doesn’t give a care.

If they didn’t get the warnings then, they certainly won’t get them now. Sad.

Ha you'll get no warnings now, so sad for all the trump states NOT AT ALL SORRY you get what you voted for

I watched a show about Helene on PBS last night.

Pesky science and stuff. Maybe ask chat gpt

Perhaps he’s stupid fucking people were watching Fox News to complain about a president that brought us out of a pandemic with no recession to be the most economically powerhouse country The stupidity of our country is on steroids

Didn't reach them ... Or we disregarded/ignored.

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Disaster researchers generally know these factors are present in many areas. Yet, our warnings go unheeded. Sort of a meta message there.

Let them win their Darwin awards.

have had to rescue them. Now we won’t have FEMA to help despite my husband and I paying nearly $1,000 last Fall for flood insurance. We don’t live in a flood zone but we have ditches, not storm water control. I cannot even look at my neighbors anymore. I am so angry at them, such Christians.

I’m glad you were safe. We had a weather event here 2 years ago (the pacific coast version of a monsoon) and destabilized my friends trees and they paid like $18k also. You’d think insurance would pay since they are dangerous and could lead to claims!!

Many of those folks lived relatively "off the grid". No surprise that the word didn't get out.

"But a few years later, after only four of those counties were mapped, a majority of largely Republican lawmakers gave in to real estate agents and developers who said the work could harm property values..." How did I know the word "Republican" would show up in the article?🙄🤬

And here is an idea if we want to stop living storm to storm - fix the climate we broke

And community radio stations can help here too.

These warnings will now be nonexistent with the cutting of NOAA & NWS staff. God help us all!

Terrifying for the next victims of this year's natural disasters who will receive even less warning because of Trump and Musk's efficiency. We are so great again, thank you Republicans.

& ICE is domestic terrorism - treat it as such & protect us @booker.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social less 'can you believe this?!' & more action @whitehouse.senate.gov @repjasmine.bsky.social @algreen.house.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

and the dumptruck and his maggot cult cancelled broadband internet access for rural communities back to divining rods and crystal balls for forecasts now! at least, the old farmer’s almanac is eerily prescient.

I am not surprised by their ignorance and lack of preparation

I mean, they voted for this.

"god" watches out for the people in hurricane states, not science.

How do you not hear about a hurricane several days out? Yes rain fall amounts can be hard to predict and the amount in that storm was extremely high. Trump spread so much misinformation and lies it cost people their lives.

Keep at it ProPublica. We need that information to get out. I saw a video where they stated people are still missing and presumed deceased.

Reading that detailed accounting of how the disaster hit those folks was gut wrenching. And to think that next time folks will have even fewer warnings ....

I'm from there, thanks for caring!

And that was with an operational NOAA.

Look. People need to be alert to weather, traffic and general news. You can provide information and news but people just don’t care. They don’t want to be responsible. Even if alerts were sent out to individual phones, some(many) would not pay attention.

After reading these comments: some of y'all need to take a good look at yourselves and ask if you are really progressives and if you really care about people. I'm done.

Yeah, I got an evacuation notice after part of I-40 was already washed away

The Freedom Caucus must be dismantled its agenda is rooted in racism, obstructionism, and fascist tactics.

I imagine they were watching Fox, instead of real news.

This was such a heartbreaking piece to read. Boy oh boy I wish you had a physical magazine!

Well…luckily, they won’t have even have the warning now🤦🏻‍♀️and bye bye FEMA

Just terrible and I suspect that this type of thing is a lot more widespread than we think.

Giant fail.

Humans have to grow up. I am sorry ,but humans have to start looking out for itsego,stop waiting for instruction, use your eyes;tornadoes :EVERY YEAR!; watch news,watch the sky,look at the clouds,feel the air move,watch animals...Mother is tired of human,our silly sensibilities,OIL,COAL