The Misplaced Focus of Climate Alarmism in the Face of Human Suffering
Dear John,
I am appalled by climate alarmists who use every opportunity to promote a fake globalist climate agenda, like recent claims that hurricanes are getting worse, while ignoring the historical context of storms on the East Coast, especially as urban development encroaches on flood-prone areas. The real human suffering in North Carolina and Georgia should be our primary concern.
Why did aid from Trump and private organizations like Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse arrive swiftly while government officials lagged in providing support? It took 5-6 days for Harris and Biden to show up! We need a shift in focus towards effective recovery and practical solutions rather than perpetuating alarmist rhetoric.
People are reporting that men, women, and children are starving and without water or sanitation. Dead bodies and body parts are floating downriver and are even snagged up in tree branches. Young children are wandering naked in the mud, crying for their parents. Entire communities are gone. Militias are forming to self-police what’s left of their communities. As of now, over 7,000 residents in North Carolina have registered for FEMA individual assistance following the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, and 600 individuals have been reported as “unaccounted for.”
Rumors are surfacing that towns like Chimney Rock have been seized by the Federal Government to be leveled, and countless reports that the dead are not being collected. Friends are being threatened with arrests for flying in supplies to aid these rural areas. It’s almost like there’s a conspiracy to prevent these poor folks from receiving help. It reminds me of the Maui fires when a significant effort was made to snatch up land from the lifelong locals, and where FEMA was housed in luxury hotels nowhere near the crisis and offered up little to no help. It’s probably time to shut down FEMA and return this role to the states.
We must acknowledge the long history of hurricanes and severe storms in the region, from the Great Hurricane of 1752 to recent events like Hurricane Helene. More than 80 million people live in High-risk hurricane zones in the U.S., primarily along the Gulf Coast, Atlantic Coast, and certain areas of the Pacific Coast.
Hurricane Katrina suffered 1800 fatalities, making it the most devastating hurricane on record in the 21st Century. Still, multi-thousands died in the Great Hurricane of 1780, and 2,000 were claimed in the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893.
North Carolina has a long history of hurricanes, severe storms, and flooding dating back to the earliest written records of the colonial era, with flooding a common trial, including:
