North Carolina, FEMA failure, Lithium, Geoengineering and Land Grabs
i don't know how the dots connect, but they're out there
My heart is breaking for the people of North Carolina and East Tennessee. My feed is flooded with devastating images and accounts and I’m hearing back from friends, who thankfully are safe, but have suffered losses and live in total uncertainty.
Pray for these people. Whatever truths are in the background, people are suffering and many have lost their lives.
TRIGGER WARNING: This post isn’t for everyone. If your heart is already holding a lot, maybe tuck this away for later….
This is really just a small compilation of stories that are circulating around Hurricane Helene… But it may tell its own story.
Here’s a sample of mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Helene:
But the accounts I’m seeing make this report seem cartoonish.
I’m in western North Carolina… day 6… We need to help. A whole town was wiped out and I’m talking about everyone was killed. F**king media is lying to you.
…We can’t go help. We can’t go save anybody. We’ve been threatened. We’ll get arrested. I can’t imagine the people that are still up there holding on to survive… It’s incredible that “We the People” are willing to let the government tell us that we are not allowed to save our own people… It’s beyond any nightmare that you can f**king have. There are bodies everywhere up there, floating around, buried under mud.
More here, here, here and here. There’s a LOT. And it’s a LOT. Take it in at a pace your heart can handle.
FEMA Failure
Meanwhile, here’s the damage control FEMA’s working hardest on.
to which one account responded:
Here’s one person’s attempt to get “immediate” FEMA assistance. More here.
Everybody in my area that I’ve talked to, including myself, who applied for the $750 assistance payment from FEMA has been denied.
Here’s what Dissident Media has to say about FEMA failure:
The images emerging from Tennessee and North Carolina are startling, and the federal government has never been more silent on disaster response. Social media commentary is full of people wondering how we got here and while the answer isn’t easy, you can draw a relatively straight line between the advent of “homeland security” and what you see today.
Traditional disaster planning was traded in for a sexier homeland security model- one that made the typical local responder feel like they were fighting Al Qaeda. With a “see-something say-something” mission and flush with Homeland Security dollars, emergency management organizations have morphed into something unrecognizable. But there are other problems, too
Emergency management has been federalized
The federal government has gradually centralized emergency management, effectively undermining local and state sovereignty. By bribing local authorities with money, Washington has imposed a top-down approach that strips localities of their ability to respond to crises according to their unique needs. Emergency managers are open about this too, admitting to acting outside of local interests as a response to the grant process. This consolidation of power and centralization of fiscal responsibility reflects a broader pattern of federal overreach, which disregards the single most important aspect of disaster response- local knowledge.
Emergency managers are easily influenced
Beyond funding, the federal government has used other tactics to influence local emergency management, particularly by reshaping the types of individuals holding these positions. It's clear they aim to place people more aligned with centralization, a natural tendency for a growing government. For over two decades, FEMA has spearheaded efforts to professionalize emergency management through higher education programs, resulting in more standardized training. The outcome has been a new wave of emergency managers—younger, more educated, and increasingly female—characteristics often linked with a preference for expanded federal control.
Disasters are political
Disasters are politicized due to the high stakes involved in their management, where public opinion and governmental actions are under intense scrutiny. Federal and state agencies use disaster responses as opportunities to showcase competence or criticize rivals, with decisions on resource allocation and blame-shifting frequently reflecting broader political agendas. This is exacerbated by the growing frequency of emergency declarations, which began to surge after the passage of the Stafford Act in 1988. This increase accelerated following the September 11 attacks, when terrorism and homeland security concerns became intertwined with natural disaster preparedness. As federal agencies like FEMA expanded their scope and influence, the number of declared emergencies rose, allowing the federal government more control over local responses. This shift has sparked criticism of federal overreach and has contributed to the increasing centralization of disaster management.
It's difficult to know what has caused the response to appear absolutely inadequate, and to what extent the afflictions above are involved. I was in disbelief when the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency told people to hold their donations just two days ago. We’ve seen bureaucracy like this before, most remember the flooded buses that failed to evacuate residents of New Orleans.
But what is crystal clear is that neighbors, volunteer firefighters, and good samaritans are our best hope. Breaking the addiction of local government employees on federal grants this many decades in seems unlikely. Prepare accordingly.
Amy LePore Ph.D. @ArchetypalDork
The People’s Rescue Mission
It seems that “We the People” have been left to save ourselves. And thankfully people are rising to the occassion. So many have stepped up and are taking it upon themselves to help those still stranded and ailing.
See more here, here, here, here, here and here.
But it’s not just FEMA failure. It’s obstruction. Twitter is filled with reports that humanitarian assistance is being sabotaged.
Glenn Beck describes a FEMA attempt to shut down a medical tent..
You can more about hampered rescue and aid efforts here, here, here and here.
This guy says, the government is even taking credit for some of the rescues.
Apparently U.S. Rep Dan Bishop is looking to speak to pilots who have been threatened or arrested.
If you are a helicopter pilot who has been running rescues in the North Carolina mountains and you have been threatened with arrest or if you know of someone who has, please DM me. U.S. Rep Dan Bishop wants to know…
“White Gold” Diggers?
There’s also a lot of talk about lithium… here, here, here, here, and here.
Beneath the soybean fields, pine stands and trickling streams of this county is a uniquely pure vein of minerals containing the most valued type of lithium on the market today. The price of the metal overall surged nearly 500% between 2021 and 2022, with forecasts showing demand is set to increase fourfold by the end of the decade. Lithium hydroxide, the type of finished product Piedmont would sell, sold in mid-May for as much as $72,000 per metric ton — a 127% increase since the start of the year…
Piedmont could begin digging as early as next year, making this likely the first major new supply of American lithium since demand started surging over the past two years…
The main obstacle, he said, were landowners who refused to sell their property, or asked the company to pay 10 times what the firm believed the parcel was worth — which Piedmont considered exorbitant. Once the company has mining permits, Klanecky said, that will serve as a “trigger event” where holdouts will lose hope of stopping the mine and instead see the project as inevitable. (emphasis mine)
“Once the state mining permits have been issued, that’ll be another trigger event. People will say, ‘They’re going to mine here, so let’s let them buy the property,’” Klanecky said. “We’re being patient. We’ve done a lot of really good deals with owners. I think we’ve paid them very well.”
Asked if Piedmont’s generosity may be more limited if a landowner has a change of heart once mining begins, he said: “If it’s a relationship where it’s contentious, then they’ve got to understand the risk of not doing something. We try to point that out.”
More here.
This is DOD press release is also circulating:
Many people are talking about land grabs and are making comparisons to Maui. More from Catharine Austin Fitts here (that may explain a lot about “plunder capitalism”).
And there’s plenty of speculation about geoengineering and weather modification.
An Engineered Crisis?
Josh Stylman wrote a comprehensive Substack on the reality of geoengineering.
But people are also bringing their questions to Alexa… and getting some interesting responses.
Alexa: Yes, North Carolina has been cloud-seeding during Hurricane Helene
More from Alexa here and here. Tweets about weather modification here, here and here.
This, if true, is truly devastating. More here and here.
Like I said. Pray.
Celia Farber always gets right to the heart of things... https://substack.com/home/post/p-149798031?source=queue
Indeed.