(OPINION) If you live in a warm home and have plenty of food to eat, you should consider yourself extremely blessed because millions of others are deeply suffering right now.
Most of the country is living paycheck to paycheck, the number of homeless Americans is higher than ever, demand at food banks is back to pandemic levels, and many victims of Hurricane Helene are living in very thin tents. They are not getting the help that they need from the government.
Children in the mountains of western North Carolina are literally shivering in the freezing cold all night long because their parents have nowhere else to go…
Nearly two months since Helene hit, hundreds of local families are left with nowhere to go. Now, some of these children are living in tents and cars as their parents try desperately to find a new home.
One of those parents is Dana Wunsch. She showed News 13 the camper where she and her partner, along with her two daughters, are now staying.
We are taxed extremely hard, and one of the things that our tax dollars are supposed to pay for is disaster relief. But while FEMA personnel in North Carolina are sleeping in heated trailers, many victims of Hurricane Helene are sleeping in extremely flimsy tents that look like they could literally be blown away at any moment.
Could you imagine having your kids sleep in a flimsy tent night after night? And now snow has arrived in the mountains of western North Carolina…
Some survivors in western North Carolina have had to navigate their recovery efforts around potentially hazardous conditions. Snowfall ranging from a light dusting to about 2 feet has blanketed the area. In addition to snow, those living in tents have also been facing very high winds…
Additionally, Helene survivors in western North Carolina will also have to manage with powerful winds. Wind gusts are expected to reach 30-40 mph in Asheville, while other areas may feel gusts of 50 mph or greater. Of course, Hurricane Helene is just one of the historic natural disasters that hit our country in 2024. (READ MORE)
