Hurricane Helene

[Treebeard]

In TN, they are lucky the cops busted them and not armed citizens. They might have been shot and dumped in a river.

Who is to say this has not already happened?

 

[wrpgator]

Samaritan's Purse is a great organization. This is Franklin Graham's disaster relief organization as part of his Christian missionary work. They were all over our area two years ago after Hurricane Ian.
Here's the link to give to or volunteer for their Hurricane Helene relief efforts...

Bring Relief When Disaster Hits Home

Volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse to bring relief and compassion in Jesus’ Name.

www.samaritanspurse.org

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Nobody in that whole area is voting for Trump

I think some of these folks haven't been to Asheville lately.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Samaritan's Purse is a great organization. This is Franklin Graham's disaster relief organization as part of his Christian missionary work. They were all over our area two years ago after Hurricane Ian.
Here's the link to give to or volunteer for their Hurricane Helene relief efforts...

Bring Relief When Disaster Hits Home

Volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse to bring relief and compassion in Jesus’ Name.

www.samaritanspurse.org

Cool paint scheme on the trailers.

 

[AugustaGator]

Lots of X posts about private companies and citizens doing the heavy lifting toward the Victims in WNC.

Not sure where their govt resources are.....

They are not in Augusta. All private

 

[AugustaGator]

That's the way it always is and always has been. FEMA provides $$$, contractors do their thing.

Except when Bush is in office. Then allegedly we have a very large federal fire department to send to New Orleans for the rescue.

Currently it’s private money paying. I’ve seen one clean up crew doing roads. Hell it could have been community paying for it. It’s the rich area.

Starting to see linemen today but no haul away of street cleaning, only yard and gated community cleaning.

 

[AugustaGator]

Yeah, again, i am LOATHE to sound like I am defending them, but no, I don't think anyone was ready for the scope of this thing especially given the "normal" hurricane damage in FL/GA, then throw NC/TN on top of that... and there is a lot of scrambling going on.

It's the equivalent of the whole military/DOD conundrum of ability to "fight two HICs simultaneously" and "fight two HICs nearly simultaneously"... whatever da fuk the latter meant.

But we have Buttplug

 

[Detroitgator]

But we have Buttplug

It’s dicey enough with FEMA and DOD

 

[BMF]

I got up to Tifton, GA today - it's not too bad here as the storm hit just south and west of here (Valdosta, Douglas and all the way NW through SC and on).

@Detroitgator is right on about this isn't fully on FEMA (sure, they could always have done more or better in hind sight). My company does debris removal - we're already starting to haul sh*t out in GA (we are the prime in GA - and share parts of SC w/ 2 other companies and are getting started there this week). My primary job is the field safety officer - but I spent most of the day after I got here calling applicants who applied for debris cleanup/monitor positions (most half retarded and un or underemployed locals who will make about $1500/week with overtime). There's a ag conference here in Tifton in mid October, so finding a hotel has been a b*tch (I have to check out Oct 13, go to Douglas, GA for a week, then come back - and that's if I don't get sent somewhere else to stage - I'm the only on the ground safety officer for the project). The hotel I'm in is full of geriatrics working for an energy company that does damage assessment - I got here mid day to check in and the hotel lobby was full of them (wearing safety vests), I heard one of them say "If they don't want us sitting around they should put us to work!!" lol

Anyhow - I'll be out in the field driving most of the time. I'm curious to see what Valdosta, Douglas, and other parts of the state look like.

Back home in Pinellas County there's pure devastation anywhere near the water. I'm still blown away with how bad it was....and I'm up in Georgia working the clean up 300+ miles away.

 

[AugustaGator]

If that is in fact the case, yes, I agree.

I don't think you fellas understand what this is going to take logistically... the idea that you would "send trucks full 'o schit" in the general direction of NC (or appropriate state) is asinine.

This is going to require an ASSAULT, an INVASION by both active Army and National Guard... I am guessing it will involve damn near the entire fleet of CH-47s within 500 miles, like out of the 101st's aviation brigade, everything down at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah... these are NOT things that would be part of a FEMA plan.

Politics aside, if that is not in motion behind the scenes, we are beyond fukked as a nation.

The national guard they sent to Augusta? A 45 yr old male weighing 230-240 and 3 115 lb ladies riding around in a F150. None of them were pulling pine trees out of the road. Doubt any knew how to run a saw.

 

[Detroitgator]

The national guard they sent to Augusta? A 45 yr old male weighing 230-240 and 3 115 lb ladies riding around in a F150. None of them were pulling pine trees out of the road. Doubt any knew how to run a saw.

No, I mean ROWPUs, engineers, and logistics

 

[soflagator]

No, I mean ROWPUs, engineers, and logistics

 

[AugustaGator]

I got up to Tifton, GA today - it's not too bad here as the storm hit just south and west of here (Valdosta, Douglas and all the way NW through SC and on).

@Detroitgator is right on about this isn't fully on FEMA (sure, they could always have done more or better in hind sight). My company does debris removal - we're already starting to haul sh*t out in GA (we are the prime in GA - and share parts of SC w/ 2 other companies and are getting started there this week). My primary job is the field safety officer - but I spent most of the day after I got here calling applicants who applied for debris cleanup/monitor positions (most half retarded and un or underemployed locals who will make about $1500/week with overtime). There's a ag conference here in Tifton in mid October, so finding a hotel has been a b*tch (I have to check out Oct 13, go to Douglas, GA for a week, then come back - and that's if I don't get sent somewhere else to stage - I'm the only on the ground safety officer for the project). The hotel I'm in is full of geriatrics working for an energy company that does damage assessment - I got here mid day to check in and they hotel lobby was full of them (wearing safety vests), I heard one of them say "If they don't want us sitting around they should put us to work!!" lol

Anyhow - I'll be out in the field driving most of the time. I'm curious to see what Valdosta, Douglas, and other parts of the state look like.

Back home in Pinellas County there's pure devastation anywhere near the water. I'm still blown away with how bad it was....and I'm up in Georgia working the clean up 300+ miles away.

Any planning in Augusta?

Sunday afternoon saw some linemen bucket trucks in the target lot…did not see any poles, transformers or wire. Late last night I did see a crew running wire. This morning I saw 3 poles stationed at Daniel field food lion.

No haul away trucks to be seen.

 

[AugustaGator]

No, I mean ROWPUs, engineers, and logistics

What the hell are rowpus…never mind. I don’t judge.

Hell, the engineers we have are using sledge hammers to get saws unstuck.

Or like me setting up scaffolding to get the trees off my house and garage. The best shadetree mechanics to be found.

 

[Detroitgator]

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I assure you that they do, mainly because frankly, I just like saying “ruh-ow poo”

 

[AugustaGator]

No, I mean ROWPUs, engineers, and logistics

We don’t need no rowpus in Augusta. The people of Harrisburg drink canal water just fine. And you think the people running our water system are treating it now? Jackson is a step up.

 

[Detroitgator]

We don’t need no rowpus in Augusta. The people of Harrisburg drink canal water just fine. And you think the people running our water system are treating it now? Jackson is a step up.

I mean for the people with no water… nor electricity, nor internet, nor food supply, nor jobs now… just what’s left of their homes and lives… I mean those people.

 

[AugustaGator]

I mean for the people with no water… nor electricity, nor internet, nor food supply, nor jobs now… just what’s left of their homes and lives… I mean those people.

Ah, You haven’t seen Harrisburg.

Currently the community is doing it like it should for the first 3-4 days. Pretty much all the stores are selling their water to the government.

For the most part, need diesel to run water tower pumps. Outside of the rich people being without water due to busted water mains, it’s the out lying areas in Richmond that don’t have water apparently. I have water but they are saying to boil. I still smell the chlorine. Most others I’ve met do as well.

 

[BMF]

Any planning in Augusta?

Sunday afternoon saw some linemen bucket trucks in the target lot…did not see any poles, transformers or wire. Late last night I did see a crew running wire. This morning I saw 3 poles stationed at Daniel field food lion.

No haul away trucks to be seen.

We'll be in Augusta - they are setting up an office in Vidalia. They certified 60+ trucks today, and they'll certify more each day. Not sure what the schedule/plan is for Augusta specifically is, but it's in the district we're working. This is going to take months and months to finish (probably a full year is my guess - longer in other places like NC).

 

[AugustaGator]

We'll be in Augusta - they are setting up an office in Vidalia. They certified 60+ trucks today, and they'll certify more each day. Not sure what the schedule/plan is for Augusta specifically is, but it's in the district we're working. This is going to take months and months to finish (probably a full year is my guess - longer in other places like NC).

FYI there are brown field areas in south Augusta, some condemned…bull dozer and have that as your staging area. Not too many open fields.