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Bruinaura

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They are actually harnessed down to the seats in the boat. Even the guys on the bridge. They take a dunk for the 15 seconds it takes to right itself.
Well what fun is that?? :sarcasm:

Actually though, that's pretty cool. If anybody needs that type of ship it's the Coast Guard. Those guys are insane, the rescues they can do in really horrendous conditions.
 

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Well what fun is that?? :sarcasm:

Actually though, that's pretty cool. If anybody needs that type of ship it's the Coast Guard. Those guys are insane, the rescues they can do in really horrendous conditions.

The crew on that boat train for 6 years to be able to man it. Plus, they make around $200K/yr because of the training and how hazardous it is.
 

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Good heavens.

:cry:

Also I just saw where they found the body of the fiancee of a guy they interviewed on GMA a couple days ago. Flood wiped out the house they were sheltering in. He was rescued by a rapid water recovery crew. But now he's lost his house, shop, and fiancee. Everything. Heartbreaking.

In a way this storm/flood/apocalypse reminds me of 9/11 where everybody watched the news constantly and it only got worse the more you heard. I can only imagine what the first responders have seen in the last week. They are going to need a lot of support as well.
 

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Good heavens.

:cry:

Also I just saw where they found the body of the fiancee of a guy they interviewed on GMA a couple days ago. Flood wiped out the house they were sheltering in. He was rescued by a rapid water recovery crew. But now he's lost his house, shop, and fiancee. Everything. Heartbreaking.

In a way this storm/flood/apocalypse reminds me of 9/11 where everybody watched the news constantly and it only got worse the more you heard. I can only imagine what the first responders have seen in the last week. They are going to need a lot of support as well.

I just watched a video on twitter of an older woman who has been talking to her neighbors and how the neighbor thought it was halloween costumes floating in the river. Only to realize it wasn't halloween costumes...The faces are going to haunt her forever..

Bodies are in the trees. On people's laws. No signs of Fema from different people on the ground begging for help. Just horrifying. Genuinely horrifying. And there's no telling what they're gonna find once they go into the rural places.. my heart breaks.

And I feel like nobody is really paying attention to this.

Entire towns are gone. Just gone.



 
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Bruinaura

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I just watched a video on twitter of an older woman who has been talking to her neighbors and how the neighbor thought it was halloween costumes floating in the river. Only to realize it wasn't halloween costumes...The faces are going to haunt her forever..
I saw that too. You just want to go hug these people. I wouldn't have the first clue what to say.
 
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I just watched a video on twitter of an older woman who has been talking to her neighbors and how the neighbor thought it was halloween costumes floating in the river. Only to realize it wasn't halloween costumes...The faces are going to haunt her forever..

Bodies are in the trees. On people's laws. No signs of Fema from different people on the ground begging for help. Just horrifying. Genuinely horrifying. And there's no telling what they're gonna find once they go into the rural places.. my heart breaks.

And I feel like nobody is really paying attention to this.

Entire towns are gone. Just gone.




The reporting I’ve seen is that the governors of affected states are stating they’re getting what they need - I don’t understand your FEMA comment
 
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The reporting I’ve seen is that the governors of affected states are stating they’re getting what they need - I don’t understand your FEMA comment
The on ground reporting of residents not in the big city of Ashville have yet to have fema come to them. Lots and lots of areas are inaccessible, therefore fema aint there. It's now been almost a week. It's all online.
These are real residents speaking out about what's going on and how many of them are stuck with nothing and no one.


For me? I'll trust the actual residents who have lost everything over governors and politicians. And this isn't about politics either, nor should it be.This is about people who are hurting. Who are speaking out. Who are filming and showing people what's actually happening. They need help.


This is what some people have to do by themselves to see if their family is okay.

 

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