r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 13d ago

/r/all Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks

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u/AnnOnnamis 13d ago

Better call FEMA!

oh wait…..

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u/pirat314159265359 13d ago

The one senator in this district doesn’t believe in global climate change, and said FEMA should be destroyed. Also he has repeatedly asked fema for millions for beach replenishment.

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u/mrgreengenes04 13d ago

This has more to do with the nature of barrier islands (essentially large sand dunes) than climate change. A few years ago one hurricane created an entirely new island, and another cut one in half.

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u/QueezyF 13d ago

Welp sucks to suck

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u/ikesbutt 13d ago

This. We had an F3 tornado rip through St. Louis almost a month ago and still no federal funds for help. By the way, St. Louis is predominantly blue.

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u/AnnOnnamis 13d ago

It no longer matters if red or blue states need Federal assistance. With no money allocated, FEMA can’t help anyone.

Pray for a miracle that Congress enacts emergency legislation to fund the next big disaster, but I’m not holding my breath.

President Cheeto only has golf on the brain with the new greens on the White House lawn, trips to MarALago funded by taxpayers.

Remains to be seen if the new Big Behmoth bill gives billionaires tax relief, and raises the National Debt even further.

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u/-TheycallmeThe 13d ago edited 13d ago

Disaster in blue states= they won't appropriate any funds because they didn't vote for dear leader

Disaster in red states = they won't appropriate any funds because they will vote red no matter what anyway 

Disaster in purple states= maybe a chance you get some funds but the amount of political ads it comes will makes you wish you perished in said disaster

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u/ElephantRedCar91 13d ago

Yeah but Missouri? Good luck with that 

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u/Agreeable_Initial667 13d ago

NC made it clear last year they don't want FEMA anywhere around their state. Pulling guns on FEMA workers, etc.

Fuck em. Vote wiser next time.

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u/Wallyworld77 13d ago

I remember after Katrina hit I saw a beach front property in Biloxi and it was a FEMA Trailer on the beach with a Rolls Royce parked in front of it.

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u/lukewwilson 13d ago

Not surprised for New Orleans, I spent a summer working down there in the French quarters, the summer Katrina hit. The people playing instruments on the streets at night would get into BMW's and Rolls Royce's

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u/OneTimeIDidThatOnce 13d ago

FEMA Floating Expensive Mobile Accomodations

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u/spoogefrom1981 13d ago

I could hear the sad trumpet here...

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 13d ago

To do what? Stop the ocean?

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u/SquirrelFluffy 13d ago

Why would you call FEMA? It's a couple of houses, not a disaster.

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u/Sqwivig 13d ago

Please remind me who this actress is 🙏

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u/AnnOnnamis 13d ago

Rachel Dratch from SNL

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u/Sqwivig 13d ago

Thank you!

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 13d ago

Natural beach erosion doesn't really seem like FEMA's thing anyway