Helene & Milton - Political fallout, Disinformation and Lies & now Threats

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Ft Liberty is not right down the road from Asheville.

Also, I was just in Boone today and heard and saw many choppers. And at our house relatively near the airport in CLT we’ve heard chopper traffic overhead every night since the weekend.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Of course it isn't true. It's 100% bullshit and it comes from the EXACT same people who raid the US Capitol and claim it's all fake and staged.
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To be fair, there were no Russian information warfare officers that stormed the Capitol that we know of, so maybe not the EXACT same group of people.
 
nycfan said:
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Ft Liberty is not right down the road from Asheville.

Also, I was just in Boone today and heard and saw many choppers. And at our house relatively near the airport in CLT we’ve heard chopper traffic overhead every night since the weekend.
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I live on the Western edge of Forsyth County between i-40 and 421 and have seen and heard constant chipper traffic as well
 
Bad actors out there trying to take advantage of this disaster and trying to solicit donations through them posing as organizations so be careful.
 
lightbluenc said:
Bad actors out there trying to take advantage of this disaster and trying to solicit donations through them posing as organizations so be careful.
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I gave via the WRAL website which took me to a State of NC Relief fund
 
www.nytimes.com

How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene

Under pressure to control housing costs, Republican lawmakers rejected standards meant to protect against disasters, experts say.
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The amount of rain that Tropical Storm Helene unleashed over North Carolina was so intense, no amount of preparation could have entirely prevented the destruction that ensued.

But decisions made by state officials in the years leading up to Helene most likely made some of that damage worse, according to experts in building standards and disaster resilience.

Over the past 15 years, North Carolina lawmakers have rejected limits on construction on steep slopes, which might have reduced the number of homes lost to landslides; blocked a rule requiring homes to be elevated above the height of an expected flood; weakened protections for wetlands, increasing the risk of dangerous storm water runoff; and slowed the adoption of updated building codes, making it harder for the state to qualify for federal climate-resilience grants.

Those decisions reflect the influence of North Carolina’s home building industry, which has consistently fought rules forcing its members to construct homes to higher, more expensive standards, according to Kim Wooten, an engineer who serves on the North Carolina Building Code Council, the group that sets home building requirements for the state.

“The home builders association has fought every bill that has come before the General Assembly to try to improve life safety,” said Ms. Wooten, who works for Facilities Strategies Group, a company that specializes in building engineering. She said that state lawmakers, many of whom are themselves home builders or have received campaign contributions from the industry, “vote for bills that line their pocketbooks and make home building cheaper.”
 
altmin said:
www.nytimes.com

How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene

Under pressure to control housing costs, Republican lawmakers rejected standards meant to protect against disasters, experts say.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

The amount of rain that Tropical Storm Helene unleashed over North Carolina was so intense, no amount of preparation could have entirely prevented the destruction that ensued.

But decisions made by state officials in the years leading up to Helene most likely made some of that damage worse, according to experts in building standards and disaster resilience.

Over the past 15 years, North Carolina lawmakers have rejected limits on construction on steep slopes, which might have reduced the number of homes lost to landslides; blocked a rule requiring homes to be elevated above the height of an expected flood; weakened protections for wetlands, increasing the risk of dangerous storm water runoff; and slowed the adoption of updated building codes, making it harder for the state to qualify for federal climate-resilience grants.

Those decisions reflect the influence of North Carolina’s home building industry, which has consistently fought rules forcing its members to construct homes to higher, more expensive standards, according to Kim Wooten, an engineer who serves on the North Carolina Building Code Council, the group that sets home building requirements for the state.

“The home builders association has fought every bill that has come before the General Assembly to try to improve life safety,” said Ms. Wooten, who works for Facilities Strategies Group, a company that specializes in building engineering. She said that state lawmakers, many of whom are themselves home builders or have received campaign contributions from the industry, “vote for bills that line their pocketbooks and make home building cheaper.”
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This state sold its soul to developers a long time ago, imo. And I doubt even a tragedy and natural disaster of this magnitude will change that. Too much money to be made by the powers-that-be in the legislature.
 
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