I'm a Western NC resident, as well as Western NC LEO. First five minutes of this video is 100% true. Locals have been putting boots on the ground and getting things done. Wealthy philanthropists and small nonprofits have been funding an overwhelming majority of supplies to the area since day 1. Also, that bit about making contacts has been huge during this relief effort. I experience that as LEO a few times, someone coming into to EOC asking how they can help, we didn't need assistance from their skillset, but I know a guy that does know where you can help, here is his contact. That was a huge piece of the puzzle. The lack of communication for the first week was an absolute crisis. Love that you guys made this video. There is so much to learn from this.
I ain't trying to throw anybody under the bus here nor there I usually keep to myself and just fish but I've heard some rotten stuff about some command elements that just did some horrible decision making, and I'm afraid that can't be hidden, you won't stand for either if you're a person of integrity.. you seem like you are.. Pushing forward, working on the fly, I'm right on the line on the Tennessee side . Oh man, I seen a wall of water, a straight line vortex just train wreck and flattened these mountaintops.. It was a literal wall of water I can't say it any other way I was thinking I'm next.. I didn't realize below me, on the lower grounds, was getting absolutely train wrecked, I was trapped in my lil road.. It was 18 hours before we could get the pass cut up and dozered open, That's when I started seeing the washouts. I can't explain it any other way, if you can visualize a straight line wind wall of water.. I bumped into fellow veterans along the way, we just went at it.. on the fly we synchronized up and handle business, cleared the objective and move to the next.. I'm proud and honored to have worked with these men of the Highlands.. the circumstances was horrible, however I' met the real men out there handling business in the High Country, we all live here, we all have each other's backs regardless of a job title.. Why? Because America...🇺🇸 Ps (To the male species that did nothing.. We know who you are too, thanks for nothing) Nothing further out..
I agree. We had a crew of 6 go up to averey county from the foothills with saws and supplies in a couple trucks. Saw one chinook dropping supplies, but the vast majority of people were just good dudes with equipment and the knowledge to use it. 99% civilians from all over. Hell, we were helping locate missing people with an outfit out of PA! The amount of community support shows that we, in the Appalachian Mountains, never have and never will need the federal government. They've only ever gotten in our way.
@dantauche7917 i do not. The guy i was linked up was named Josh. Thats all i remember, the group we went up with was carolina relief. Once we did all we could for them, we linked up with Josh and helped him locate some folks who hadn't been heard from.
You featured a family friends home in one of the images in the beginning. She has a dog kennel there as her small business. She waded through waist deep water as it flowed down the mountain and creek to save 20 animals. By time she got the last animals out, she couldn’t make it back to her home and had to take refuge in the attic of a barn. Shortly after a mudslide hit the barn she was taking refuge in. Fortunately she survived. And due to her selfless efforts, all the animals survived as well.
I also posted a comment where I wondered if people are concerned about pets. People without them don't realize that those of us who do would risk our lives to save them. I have dogs and I know for a fact that I would.
I can tell you as a civilian aviator, the shear amount of organization in the Facebook helicopter network groups was jaw dropping. Private companies and private individuals coming out to help picking up people in need and dropping off supplies to remote mountain communities. Makes me proud of my industry for stepping up and making such a huge difference.
You guys were and are the biggest life line these hills, especially in the first days im sure i speak for the mountain folk and just want to say thank you for stepping up to the plate.
Excellent overview of what's been happening. I've been to roughly 12-15 points like the Banner Elk airfield over the past two weeks and y'all happened to be based out of the best run operation I've seen. The other ones are all doing great work but the Sentinel folks were crushing it for sure; it turns out that many of the SOF Core Competencies translate well into many different non combat scenarios including disaster relief. A lot of bad things happened in the area initially but a lot of great Americans showed up to course correct it 🇺🇸
Thanks man. Late last night after the upload finished YOUR video popped up on the feed! Watched it and loved it, especially that interview in the plane. Keep up the great work dude.
@@RoughWalkersa hurricane has never went all the way to the Appalachian Mountains while still spinning before burning out into a Tropical Storm in the entire history of tracking Hurricanes. Even Hugo and others that made it far inland never did this Micic damage. And not that it matters, however not a single person from GA/SC to NC were ever told to evacuate you DA. Have a little compassion. I'm from this area and just lost everything. Watch your mouth. Remember, you reap what you sow so just remember that. Red October is here and it's about to spread Globally! Enjoy the show you Po-lack F*cks🤫
As a 36 year old Floridian that moved to East Tennessee 4 years ago. I've never seen people helping people as much as I have this past month and that's living in the path of the eye of Charlie and Irma.
Sentinel and Grindstone have been amazing, I'm really happy to see Americans coming together to help their brothers and sisters in their time of need. God bless you all and God give strength to those who are still out there waiting for help.
As someone who was hit by Helene, what made me sad was to see just 2 or 3 days later there were state troopers and cops pulling people over instead of directing traffic in high traffic areas that were closed off, traffic lights that were not working. This was very sad to see. Im sorry if you have time to speed trap people you should have time helping your community.
And this is where people need to understand their authority. Under an emergency situation, NFPA guidelines outline how fire departments and EMS have superseding authority over all police activity. Someone should've been directing them to a useful activity instead of allowing them to cause problems with traffic flow. I've been in the fire service for a long time but most people don't have any idea how all of this is supposed to work.
had a similar situation happen around me. Buddy got slammed by someone running a downed traffic light and was ticked by the cop waiting in the area! cop said that he was ticketing anyone who wrecked in the area regardless of situation because they shouldn't be out. No cops directing traffic, moving trees, placing signs, nope. Sitting in a parking lot waiting for accidents to then give traffic tickets.
In western North Carolina, we went and helped last weekend. Went up 19E towards Minneapolis and Roaring creek. Only named organization we saw along the way, outside of the national guard helicopters and a few national guard vehicles with guys, was Samaritans Purse. They were going to homes that were affected by major flooding, and helping with cleanup and manual labor. Continuing on, roaring creek was heavily hurt by the hurricane. Brought supplies and helped with some labor. Super glad to have people like you and sentinel foundation that are willing to step up and help our community. From the Carolinas, thank you.
I think what you helped with is great. The anti-government sentiment is unfounded. The government isn't an expert in the area, doesn't know the roads, doesn't know the people. The 'government' you keep referring to is still people. They need to be brought up to speed and to be able to fit into the puzzle like anyone else unfamiliar with an area. The best way for them to help is to serve the distribution centers that have the local knowledge. Cleetus was in a tiny helicopter and he said the HLZs were tight and stressful and that a blackhawk and chinook would've been unable to serve people he was able to reach based on not only space but other worries about rotor wash and clearance to questionable/compromised utilities. I've been close to a chinook taking off and had to hide behind a car to stay upright- the force is eye-opening. Locals were also a bottleneck as they fought for control (noting that one threatening a helicopter pilot with arrest for helping move people) and some were not experienced enough to deploy a Starlink (which is near-dead-simple). Forgetting that 'government' is people and that everyone doesn't know everything drives division and that's not what's going to help in the wake of disaster. Yes there is red tape, yes there is stupidity, but there's a word for all of this: unprecedented. Luckily my area was out of the path but we had a boil water notice caused by the rainfall overwhelming water treatment. Local cooperation was great and we even saw local breweries boiling water and distributing it. I can't even imagine what my area would have done if the water was unusable for showering and hand washing or if we lost water service. Thank you for your channel and videos, but don't fall for the anti-government trap as it is easy but can cause more harm than good. Be anti-stupidity instead.
Central Florida here! We squeaked by yet another one in our region with Milton and after 35yrs. of living in the Florida Keys I’ve personally been through my fair share. God bless my friends and family in North Carolina and to all the local manpower, rescue teams , church’s and patriots for their heart, soul and American grit. 🙏
Id like to give a shout out to our local HAM radio operators here in WNC, unsung heroes in this story. Its amazing what we did here with very little help from the government and theres a tiny little part of me that appreciates it. It was the most amazing thing ever to ve apart of. Every able bodied man and woman with a chainsaw,atv and tractor showed up, we had 5 small bridges wash out on my road and within a week 3 of them were back. It wasn't thr state or county that did that, just the local farmers and trade workers on my road.
Anyone else notice the earthquake scale reading during the hurricane and how these bunker busting bombs have been used on the Yemen you have to account for the JDAMs somehow
Our church was helping directly, boots on the ground, while FEMA was still "staging" in Greenville SC. 😑 God bless the work yall do, and we'll look into working with this excellent group in the future!
I’m from Greeneville Tn. All of our bridges but I think 1 got washed away! No running water no power in some places.A man in our town died saving people! And it brought hundreds of people band together to help. No Uncle Sam in sight! I know have hope for humanity cause of all the ppl that came together to help and the people that donated
We were there at Banner Elk last week,( guys in hi-vis) Sentinel Foundation and E3 foundation and Samaritan Purse nailed it out of the park. Looking forward to coming back soon.
I have been working at Avery county airport for some time and the people that showed up to work from all over the us is astounding and I personally want to shout out to all the people and all the pilots fixed wing and helicopter their quick response saved countless lives putting supplies up on the mountain i have thank every one of them that i could would’ve been different out come if we would have to wait till we could get to these people by vehicles of any kind American people you rock
My mom took time off work and helped load civilian planes for the relief effort out of Charlotte NC. Dad just got back after him and his F3 buddies went to clear trees, I'll be flying out of CO in the next 2 weeks to offer my support through a local church hopefully with my dad and our friends. This is what community means, no matter your race, religion or creed. Thank you for sharing DC.
Excellent video and effort. Donating your ad revenue is truly putting your money and message where your mouth is and is refreshing. I will be praying for everyone impacted by this disaster, and especially those who have taken so much personal risk in good faith to lend a helping hand. This video has caused me to reflect deeply on my life choices and how community comes from good works. I will be reaching out to Grindstone Ministries to be an asset to my local and national community. Thank you for helping push me to be a better person.
Ran into you guys at Banner Elk as you we’re leaving. (82nd guys) Good to see people with the social media presence and influence as you guys have actually out doing things to help and not just making videos about it.
One of your cooler videos for sure guys. We were working at the Skyline Resort helping with the relief and then went to Livonia Crest to get some of the country sider's the things they need and clear way back to their water source, and i really appreciate you guys shedding light on how to run an operation like this should things go awry i any area of the country. As an NC native this is heartwarming to hear you guys are doing your part too.
AWESOME INFORMATION!!! Best detailed report on the Helene Relief effort in North Carolina! _”God, bless the men & women who are there to help! Bless those who experienced the horror & devastation. Bring solace to their lives. Peace & Love be with you… Amen”_
Man this video is powerful. It makes me a bit emotional to see how everyone came together to help out their fellow Americans. Very powerful and refreshing to see something so genuine and good. Thank you guys. I watch every video you guys put up, but this one was extra cool.
Good to see all the help coming to that area, I have family in Tennessee right now that was out of power for a week and a half, and used to be about a 3.5hr drive from me in Ga and now due to all the roads that have been damaged google maps is still estimating about a 7-8hr drive, the damage to infrastructure and personal property has been tremendous and it's great to see all the neighboring states collectively come together to assist in rescue and recovery of the area, thanks for shedding light on what Sentinel is doing, it seems they are doing a good job
Thank you, guys! Yes, this problem will not soon resolve itself. It will take years and we all need to stay connected to and committed to helping these people.❤
I know you may not have ever considered this or perhaps you have and is why you do what you do. But i think it's safe to say on behalf of many out here that what y'all are doing is a service to humanity, even the goofy videos, they are still packed with great information. You are filling a niche pocket and merging the "professional" realm and it's information to the "laymans" need and want for this information. Practical application of this much needed intelligence/knowledge to achieve a more "resilliant" and sustainable lifestyle for men and women who want to be *Capable and *Dangerous, in order to be truly Loving in an ever more unloving world, is truly what is needed. It is truly appreciated and I want y'all to know you have encouraged not only me but I imagine a lot of others out there to up thier game in many realms of our life. Keep em coming boys. Peace and Clarity to you all. 🤙
I'm a Western North Carolina native. Thank you and God Bless you and all that have responded here. We're stronger than the storm! WE THE PEOPLE are making things happen here! God bless and Stay Strong! Stay safe and healthy & Check 6!
I am actually planning on saving up for a couple years to get an old piper cherokee or cesna 172 to learn to fly, go on vacations, rent it out to pay its payments, and BIG GOAL is to respond to disasters like this. I first looked into SAR with helos, but they cost millions. A good used piper is 75k. I just think being able to run resources out to these disaster areas would be a good thing to be involved in.
I would highly recommend to any civilian to go take the ICS (incident command system) courses online. They're free. It was implemented by CalFire back in the 60s or 70s and are the standard for incident response across the US. Fire departments live by ICS every call.
Thank you guys for helping out here. I work EMS in western nc and volunteered some of of my extra time to help with relief efforts. The things you guys and people like you did is making the real difference and then in turn, bringing it all to light for the world to see. Keep it up
My wife and I had come down to Swannanoa, NC from Connecticut with our side by side to help get supplies to people in the mountains for around 7 days. The devastation was immense but the community in that area is so resilient. I've never seen so many people come together to help each other. Aside from the just the local community, I had met people who had come from all over the state of NC, the country and even some lineman from Canada who had come to volunteer their time and expertise. Truly outstanding people and community. We hope to get back down there mid November to do more of what we can to help. Thank you guys for lending aid as well!
Gives you a good feeling about the American spirit and our ability to shrug off a masive attack, rescue, and rebuild our communities. As long as the government stays out of the way!
Our church in western, PA raised $14,000 to be disturbed to those effected down south primarily going through Samaritans purse. We also sent a "recon" team to North Carolina consisting of church elders and volunteers. They were able to make contact with several local churches and distribute their entire load of donations directly to these churches and their devastated congregations. In addition, they were able to do meaningful work during their 3 days there, cleaning up trees and debris from people's property damaged by the floods. were soon planning to return to continue lending a hand.
30 years ago an operation like this would have been impossible. Americans are becoming more capable in general due to modern communications, the internet and general exposure to the world through the internet. Most people who know what a 'go bag' is will have 10x the knowledge in what to do during a disaster than their equivalent in the 90's. People are changing and for the better.
The bright side of a people distrusting/hating their government. Once they lose faith in it, they will begin to organize to fill the void and help maintain society.
It's been 22 days since the storm, and I went to help a lady today in the Minneapolis community. She has no power, but she was able to walk over a mile up the mountain to fix her own spring. The stream behind her property removed a few hundred feet of her property, and is only a few inches of rain from taking more, but there is no way she can afford to hire a contractor with an excavator(even if you can find one) to fix what was taken. I say this because she lives less than a mile from a major highway. What once was a 2 lane paved rd is now a single lane trail that you have to dodge power lines and trees. And by local standards, she is doing fine. She has water and has a wood stove. It is hard to explain how bad this really is. As a local, I want to thank each and every one who has helped in any way. We will rebuild, but this would have broken the community had it not been for the generosity of all of you.
In upstate South Carolina we were hit hard before the eye rolled into NC. I was proud to see small landscaping businesses stepping up to clear large oak trees from the roads and power lines long before Duke Energy. Duke Energy was calling in contractors from Canada and ‘staging’ at Haywood Mall meanwhile private citizens and entities were doing a lot of the cleanup. It took a week for Duke Energy just to restore the power here. $2K of stored food loss that had to be replaced since we can’t afford a generator to run refrigerators or freezers. Future planning is to buy one but that will be a while. At least the power is on, hurricane season ‘seems’ to be over, and we are well. WNC definitely got the worst with the mudslides and flooding. My prayers go out to the families effected there. If I was rich, I would quit work and go help. But alas, my own family needs me to keep providing. Godspeed to Grindstone, Sentinel, and others who are sacrificing so much.
I'm in absolute awe at how all of you as civilians have come together to handle this horrific catastrophe. I've sent money the initial first days after researching to find the best place and will continue every month I get paid. There are multiple great places to donate to now, so it's difficult to choose just one at this point. I wish I could be there physically to help, but the best I can do is donate for now. God bless you all for all the hard work. 🙏 ❤
I'm a WNC native, when things get bad we pull together and do what is necessary. Living where we do means that being resilient is paramount. Thank you everyone who helped us in our time of need. WNCstrong.
I am so VERY PROUD OF YOU MEN !!! You are taking care of all of us physically, mentally & spiritually!! The country is watch with pride and admiration! Our men are awesome. I also include the women who help organize, fly, gather the kids to school, etc! I hope this shows the world why we’re proud to be American. Love and muscle are God given traits and I thank you for giving & using those abilities!!! Love to you!!!! 😊❤😊
Thank you so much for boots on the ground. I love the spontaneous organization and total willingness of the people. Question: Have you heard talk about deliver of build on site mountain community centers powered by solar generator complete need for internet, phones, community meeting, doctor/nurse visit, food, supplies, potty, shower, washing machines. I saw a few designs that were light weight walls, floor and roof suited for air delivery. 100% water proof 40’ x 60’ attachable buildings with walls that are filled with water. Mr. Musk has these designs and they look nice. This design is meant for the 101 meeting needs for mountain communities.
Idk if they've seen this comment.. seriously, most important one I've come across. If you've time, you should copy/paste it in a personal DM or contact msg to them. It's truly valuable information and needs to be front and center in attention. 😉✌️
“Stay at home moms are intel gods.” Dude. So true. I stayed busy for a week chainsawing people out of areas just on intel my wife sourced every evening. (Marietta, SC here)
I always said my grandma would have made one hell of an intel operative. She knows everything about what's going on around our area. We had new neighbors move in and within a day she's got all their names, what dogs they have, where they came from, where they work, what they like to do, etc. She just rides around town on her golf cart and she scopes everything out.
Really amazing video. A future model government should be simply funding organizations like Sentinel and give them some nation guard members to help them out. I recall some liberal new channel (forgot which one) criticizing private rescue efforts saying something along the lines of "Oh sure, you deliver water to people in need, but then they are going to need clear underwear the next day! You guys are not going to provide it, go home and let the government do their job." It was really irratating because a) people are continue going to need clean water coming in until their wells or public water systems are running again and B) your video is demonstrating civilian rescue groups are covering an even wider range of needs than FEMA ever could.
Some people are simply such miserable, selfish shits that anyone doing anything REMOTELY selfless, compassionate - they've got to knock it down however in order to try and justify their complete and willing uselessness to their fellow man. I can't imagine how sad and dead inside people like that have allowed themselves to become .. but hey, who knows, maybe they work for the government themselves and are (hopefully), deep down, disgusted with the repeated heartbreaking.. sickening responses time and time again to tragedy. Especially here in the land of the brave and free... It's a spirit killer for sure. Just hope those types can see the value they have and even more so, a place of power (though I'm sure they feel defeated or unheard rly) .. and yk, even if no one wants to listen.. the entire point of the position is to exercise your authority. But FOR us. Not against. We are you. Those people their 'superiors' wouldn't let through and condemned to death..? Yeah, why .. for Any reason.. money, status, blahblah...even 'higher ideals'.. would you ever build any type of future anything on that type of foundation? Just building on sand imo 😞. Wish our men would get good and pissed (for the right reasons) .. wouldn't take many to stand up and shit turn around fast. Weak leaders w no morals or sense of dedication to the community, environment etc.. just breeds this type of cowardice, ignorance, negligence. But lol if you ask them it's a 'survival of the fittest' 🙄. No, that's what you call being an exceptional moron, skilled only in disappointment. Lmao sorry for rant ! 😂 Thank you for helping these people however you could. This storm was insane and it is awesome to see that American Spirit who the world thought dead and gone... Come roaring to life within seconds. And on no small event but some unreal shit. Stay strong, keep heart ! ❤
Thought I might have seen you gents out there. Got a lot of supplies up from Greenville, SC. I saw national guard guys but they were just all sitting around their trucks talking, someone for sure didn’t let them get involved
Although the fed has it issues, remember they are comprised of people just like you and me, who given the opportunity would gladly help. Not to mention the wealth of knowledge and expertise they can bring. Its the suits and their deep-pocket backed bureaucracy, not those in uniforms doing what they think is a service to their country. Just semantics but I'd hate to generalize and discredit those who have made a willing sacrifice. Great work, glad you guys were able to help. My best friend lives in Ashville and I know he appreciates all the help no matter where it come from.
$770 per household, in a 1-time payment. That’s a the most we’ve seen from FEMA. Everything else has been volunteers. Some people have even spotted LEOs pulling people over as they’re trying to flee the flooded areas.
Guys, in all seriousness, this is one of the BEST videos I have watched on UA-cam! Of course that might be from my background as local Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Ham radio operator in East Tennessee! I'm a retired old guy now but this unit is SO IMPRESSIVE! whoever said , we don't really need the federal government was right ! It is VASTLY oversized. Thank you for posting this!
Im so glad to be here on the ground helping rebuild the roads and the devastation is wild. The churches are taken care of us driver that have come down to help rebuild the roads.
Im a 19yo texan, And I really want to go volunteer for cleanups. Ive always had a drive to help people in need and I think this might be the time for me.
❤ I just have to tell you I'm sitting here crying like a baby as I watch your video. I'm just so filled with extreme gratitude to you guys and all that you've done and all that you're doing and all the men and women who are with you in this. My entire family lives in Western North Carolina and that's where I come from and though I'm not there myself right now... that's where I graduated from high school- where I got married & had my baby- that's where I raised my daughter a good part of her life and she raised her daughters and now my great-granddaughter is there too ...and the only brother I have living is still there. You are just awesome guys ...what can I say.. and I'm so grateful to the good Lord for your your wisdom -your willingness and your expertise and your jumping right into the fray and doing so very much good work! If I was there I would hug you both. I'm sure I'm old enough to be your mother if not grandmother....Lol ..but I just want you to know that I am so very very grateful- as is every single person whom you are helping and every loved one of the ones whom you are helping. God bless you! I pray His richest blessings upon you- His protection upon you and that He would Prosper you in every way shape and form. ❤😊🤗🥰😇😊😉
Heard from Jeremiah who helped lead at the County Airport in Avery County. He made the observation that in the Storm, Norm, Perform process, FEMA is always on PERFORM, when they shouldn't be, causing disruption and issues. It's the grassroots folks who excel at the first 2. Thanks for helping us out in NC fellas.
I'm a Western NC resident, as well as Western NC LEO. First five minutes of this video is 100% true. Locals have been putting boots on the ground and getting things done. Wealthy philanthropists and small nonprofits have been funding an overwhelming majority of supplies to the area since day 1. Also, that bit about making contacts has been huge during this relief effort. I experience that as LEO a few times, someone coming into to EOC asking how they can help, we didn't need assistance from their skillset, but I know a guy that does know where you can help, here is his contact. That was a huge piece of the puzzle. The lack of communication for the first week was an absolute crisis. Love that you guys made this video. There is so much to learn from this.
I ain't trying to throw anybody under the bus here nor there I usually keep to myself and just fish but I've heard some rotten stuff about some command elements that just did some horrible decision making, and I'm afraid that can't be hidden, you won't stand for either if you're a person of integrity.. you seem like you are..
Pushing forward, working on the fly, I'm right on the line on the Tennessee side .
Oh man, I seen a wall of water, a straight line vortex just train wreck and flattened these mountaintops..
It was a literal wall of water I can't say it any other way I was thinking I'm next..
I didn't realize below me, on the lower grounds, was getting absolutely train wrecked, I was trapped in my lil road..
It was 18 hours before we could get the pass cut up and dozered open,
That's when I started seeing the washouts.
I can't explain it any other way, if you can visualize a straight line wind wall of water..
I bumped into fellow veterans along the way, we just went at it.. on the fly we synchronized up and handle business, cleared the objective and move to the next.. I'm proud and honored to have worked with these men of the Highlands.. the circumstances was horrible, however I' met the real men out there handling business in the High Country, we all live here, we all have each other's backs regardless of a job title..
Why?
Because America...🇺🇸
Ps (To the male species that did nothing..
We know who you are too, thanks for nothing)
Nothing further out..
I agree. We had a crew of 6 go up to averey county from the foothills with saws and supplies in a couple trucks. Saw one chinook dropping supplies, but the vast majority of people were just good dudes with equipment and the knowledge to use it. 99% civilians from all over. Hell, we were helping locate missing people with an outfit out of PA! The amount of community support shows that we, in the Appalachian Mountains, never have and never will need the federal government. They've only ever gotten in our way.
@@the_tactical_chimp got more inbound...
@@the_tactical_chimpdo you remember the name of the PA outfit?
@dantauche7917 i do not. The guy i was linked up was named Josh. Thats all i remember, the group we went up with was carolina relief. Once we did all we could for them, we linked up with Josh and helped him locate some folks who hadn't been heard from.
You featured a family friends home in one of the images in the beginning. She has a dog kennel there as her small business. She waded through waist deep water as it flowed down the mountain and creek to save 20 animals. By time she got the last animals out, she couldn’t make it back to her home and had to take refuge in the attic of a barn. Shortly after a mudslide hit the barn she was taking refuge in. Fortunately she survived. And due to her selfless efforts, all the animals survived as well.
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What a bad ass! That’s Americana.
I also posted a comment where I wondered if people are concerned about pets. People without them don't realize that those of us who do would risk our lives to save them. I have dogs and I know for a fact that I would.
@@MyBacktrailI can tell you that pets and farm animals were part of what we were trying to support.
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I can tell you as a civilian aviator, the shear amount of organization in the Facebook helicopter network groups was jaw dropping. Private companies and private individuals coming out to help picking up people in need and dropping off supplies to remote mountain communities. Makes me proud of my industry for stepping up and making such a huge difference.
Thank you so much!
It blew our minds too. Plus the cost to fuel that most of those individuals were footing with their own wallet.
Angels in the sky
You guys were and are the biggest life line these hills, especially in the first days im sure i speak for the mountain folk and just want to say thank you for stepping up to the plate.
People like this make me proud to be an American and give me hope that this version of America still exists...
It for sure does exist. It's just easy to lose sight of it with all of the media telling you otherwise.
This is the Real America.
it's not about being american. It's about being Christian!
Also Americans: We live in dangerous areas, putting our families at risk but its always someone elses fault
@@RoughWalkers You're not an American, I hope.
Excellent overview of what's been happening. I've been to roughly 12-15 points like the Banner Elk airfield over the past two weeks and y'all happened to be based out of the best run operation I've seen. The other ones are all doing great work but the Sentinel folks were crushing it for sure; it turns out that many of the SOF Core Competencies translate well into many different non combat scenarios including disaster relief. A lot of bad things happened in the area initially but a lot of great Americans showed up to course correct it 🇺🇸
Strange how that happens. lol. It seriously, super bummed I missed y’all! Thanks for coming out to help the great folks of the area!!!
Thanks man. Late last night after the upload finished YOUR video popped up on the feed! Watched it and loved it, especially that interview in the plane. Keep up the great work dude.
@@dirty-civilian will do
Didnt you all get told to evac. Even though your aware you live in flood zones?
Agghh never your fault fair enough
@@RoughWalkersa hurricane has never went all the way to the Appalachian Mountains while still spinning before burning out into a Tropical Storm in the entire history of tracking Hurricanes. Even Hugo and others that made it far inland never did this Micic damage. And not that it matters, however not a single person from GA/SC to NC were ever told to evacuate you DA. Have a little compassion. I'm from this area and just lost everything. Watch your mouth. Remember, you reap what you sow so just remember that. Red October is here and it's about to spread Globally! Enjoy the show you Po-lack F*cks🤫
As a North Carolina resident thank you for the help.
As a 36 year old Floridian that moved to East Tennessee 4 years ago. I've never seen people helping people as much as I have this past month and that's living in the path of the eye of Charlie and Irma.
Sentinel and Grindstone have been amazing, I'm really happy to see Americans coming together to help their brothers and sisters in their time of need. God bless you all and God give strength to those who are still out there waiting for help.
As someone who was hit by Helene, what made me sad was to see just 2 or 3 days later there were state troopers and cops pulling people over instead of directing traffic in high traffic areas that were closed off, traffic lights that were not working. This was very sad to see. Im sorry if you have time to speed trap people you should have time helping your community.
Good to know that in times of crisis, the police will NOT side with the people.
And this is where people need to understand their authority. Under an emergency situation, NFPA guidelines outline how fire departments and EMS have superseding authority over all police activity. Someone should've been directing them to a useful activity instead of allowing them to cause problems with traffic flow.
I've been in the fire service for a long time but most people don't have any idea how all of this is supposed to work.
We're did you see that? Around asheville I saw quite a lack of LEOs in the first 96 hours or so
had a similar situation happen around me. Buddy got slammed by someone running a downed traffic light and was ticked by the cop waiting in the area! cop said that he was ticketing anyone who wrecked in the area regardless of situation because they shouldn't be out. No cops directing traffic, moving trees, placing signs, nope. Sitting in a parking lot waiting for accidents to then give traffic tickets.
Speed traps are legal extortion and government sanctioned theft. Pirates with a pass
What an amazing moment in American history! I hope that history books recount this forever as a story of patriotism and selflessness for Americans.
Or just humanity in general
I've lost my faith in governments, but my faith in humanity has been completely restored as well as in the spirit in the American people.
In western North Carolina, we went and helped last weekend. Went up 19E towards Minneapolis and Roaring creek. Only named organization we saw along the way, outside of the national guard helicopters and a few national guard vehicles with guys, was Samaritans Purse. They were going to homes that were affected by major flooding, and helping with cleanup and manual labor. Continuing on, roaring creek was heavily hurt by the hurricane. Brought supplies and helped with some labor. Super glad to have people like you and sentinel foundation that are willing to step up and help our community. From the Carolinas, thank you.
Samaritans Purse is legit. Love that organization.
The vet in the red hoodie gave great perspective on what's goin on. Still serving. Thank you!
Just a dude trying to give back some respect for what I’ve been given. The whole experience was truly eye opening.
@@jbscamaro just blows me away that there's no aid. From the sounds of it, it's 95% civilian restoration.
Definitely makes me a little more hopeful for the future of our country.
I think what you helped with is great. The anti-government sentiment is unfounded. The government isn't an expert in the area, doesn't know the roads, doesn't know the people. The 'government' you keep referring to is still people. They need to be brought up to speed and to be able to fit into the puzzle like anyone else unfamiliar with an area. The best way for them to help is to serve the distribution centers that have the local knowledge. Cleetus was in a tiny helicopter and he said the HLZs were tight and stressful and that a blackhawk and chinook would've been unable to serve people he was able to reach based on not only space but other worries about rotor wash and clearance to questionable/compromised utilities. I've been close to a chinook taking off and had to hide behind a car to stay upright- the force is eye-opening. Locals were also a bottleneck as they fought for control (noting that one threatening a helicopter pilot with arrest for helping move people) and some were not experienced enough to deploy a Starlink (which is near-dead-simple). Forgetting that 'government' is people and that everyone doesn't know everything drives division and that's not what's going to help in the wake of disaster. Yes there is red tape, yes there is stupidity, but there's a word for all of this: unprecedented.
Luckily my area was out of the path but we had a boil water notice caused by the rainfall overwhelming water treatment. Local cooperation was great and we even saw local breweries boiling water and distributing it. I can't even imagine what my area would have done if the water was unusable for showering and hand washing or if we lost water service.
Thank you for your channel and videos, but don't fall for the anti-government trap as it is easy but can cause more harm than good. Be anti-stupidity instead.
I have a new love for the sound of helicopters. Thank you from Asheville ❤🙏🏼
Thank you, and outstanding job. IN central Florida, I have been looking for a 'lessons learned' vid. This is by far the best.
Central Florida here! We squeaked by yet another one in our region with Milton and after 35yrs. of living in the Florida Keys I’ve personally been through my fair share. God bless my friends and family in North Carolina and to all the local manpower, rescue teams , church’s and patriots for their heart, soul and American grit. 🙏
Id like to give a shout out to our local HAM radio operators here in WNC, unsung heroes in this story. Its amazing what we did here with very little help from the government and theres a tiny little part of me that appreciates it. It was the most amazing thing ever to ve apart of. Every able bodied man and woman with a chainsaw,atv and tractor showed up, we had 5 small bridges wash out on my road and within a week 3 of them were back. It wasn't thr state or county that did that, just the local farmers and trade workers on my road.
It looks like they are EX USAF CCT or TACP Operatives with ATC training
I want smaller government after watching the amazing work you boys did. God bless thank you for helping.
Anyone else notice the earthquake scale reading during the hurricane and how these bunker busting bombs have been used on the Yemen you have to account for the JDAMs somehow
@@jonathanclark257 ?
Great work guys
Heroes helping others
The good people off the world
“By the Grace of God”
I love to hear it! Keep up the great work
We're strong out here in WNC!
The son and father team is such a God sent. Outstanding!!!!
God has blessed the two of them.❤
What incredible testimony you guys included in this video - thank you for showing that He is in control.
You guys are awesome. Great example of what America should be.
Myself and 3 others are going to be helping first week of november!
same bro, 👍
Awesome dude. Thank you!
@@dirty-civilian wish I could come help you guys. But school has me tied down.
Our church was helping directly, boots on the ground, while FEMA was still "staging" in Greenville SC. 😑 God bless the work yall do, and we'll look into working with this excellent group in the future!
Here with Texans on Mission in the Spindale NC area
for the past week on a chain saw team. Awesome experience and a blessing serving those in need.
Thank you for explaining the behind the scenes stuff going on there. I had no idea. God bless.
What you guys are doing is awesome. We need more Americans like you guys and all the volunteers out there making a difference
I’m from Greeneville Tn. All of our bridges but I think 1 got washed away! No running water no power in some places.A man in our town died saving people! And it brought hundreds of people band together to help. No Uncle Sam in sight! I know have hope for humanity cause of all the ppl that came together to help and the people that donated
We were there at Banner Elk last week,( guys in hi-vis) Sentinel Foundation and E3 foundation and Samaritan Purse nailed it out of the park. Looking forward to coming back soon.
Thank you for all the work you are doing. It is great these videos are showing private individuals helping those in need. God Bless you all.
I have been working at Avery county airport for some time and the people that showed up to work from all over the us is astounding and I personally want to shout out to all the people and all the pilots fixed wing and helicopter their quick response saved countless lives putting supplies up on the mountain i have thank every one of them that i could would’ve been different out come if we would have to wait till we could get to these people by vehicles of any kind American people you rock
Venture surplus is a great company based out of Colorado. Thank you, Jefry, Lucas & the team!
My mom took time off work and helped load civilian planes for the relief effort out of Charlotte NC. Dad just got back after him and his F3 buddies went to clear trees, I'll be flying out of CO in the next 2 weeks to offer my support through a local church hopefully with my dad and our friends. This is what community means, no matter your race, religion or creed. Thank you for sharing DC.
I appreciate you coming to my area to help, always been a fan of the channel.
From the free state of Florida good job guys god bless all
Excellent video and effort. Donating your ad revenue is truly putting your money and message where your mouth is and is refreshing. I will be praying for everyone impacted by this disaster, and especially those who have taken so much personal risk in good faith to lend a helping hand. This video has caused me to reflect deeply on my life choices and how community comes from good works. I will be reaching out to Grindstone Ministries to be an asset to my local and national community. Thank you for helping push me to be a better person.
Wow they ran this just like we do in Wildland Fire Camps. I love how logistically they made this simple being a very complex situation.
Was able to finish watching the whole video. The pride in my america and my fellowv vets and people had me in tears with pride
Ran into you guys at Banner Elk as you we’re leaving. (82nd guys) Good to see people with the social media presence and influence as you guys have actually out doing things to help and not just making videos about it.
You guys are awesome. It was a pleasure running into you. Thank you guys for pitching in as well!
This is by far your most important video. Thank you.
One of your cooler videos for sure guys. We were working at the Skyline Resort helping with the relief and then went to Livonia Crest to get some of the country sider's the things they need and clear way back to their water source, and i really appreciate you guys shedding light on how to run an operation like this should things go awry i any area of the country. As an NC native this is heartwarming to hear you guys are doing your part too.
❤❤ Happy to see several special groups helping along with locals. Much respect n thank you for serving our country❤❤
AWESOME INFORMATION!!! Best detailed report on the Helene Relief effort in North Carolina!
_”God, bless the men & women who are there to help! Bless those who experienced the horror & devastation. Bring solace to their lives. Peace & Love be with you… Amen”_
Man this video is powerful. It makes me a bit emotional to see how everyone came together to help out their fellow Americans. Very powerful and refreshing to see something so genuine and good. Thank you guys. I watch every video you guys put up, but this one was extra cool.
This video is amazing on explaining how Unified Command works.
Good to see all the help coming to that area, I have family in Tennessee right now that was out of power for a week and a half, and used to be about a 3.5hr drive from me in Ga and now due to all the roads that have been damaged google maps is still estimating about a 7-8hr drive, the damage to infrastructure and personal property has been tremendous and it's great to see all the neighboring states collectively come together to assist in rescue and recovery of the area, thanks for shedding light on what Sentinel is doing, it seems they are doing a good job
Best video I have seen in a long time.
Thank you, guys! Yes, this problem will not soon resolve itself. It will take years and we all need to stay connected to and committed to helping these people.❤
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But we'll forget soon.
I know you may not have ever considered this or perhaps you have and is why you do what you do. But i think it's safe to say on behalf of many out here that what y'all are doing is a service to humanity, even the goofy videos, they are still packed with great information. You are filling a niche pocket and merging the "professional" realm and it's information to the "laymans" need and want for this information. Practical application of this much needed intelligence/knowledge to achieve a more "resilliant" and sustainable lifestyle for men and women who want to be *Capable and *Dangerous, in order to be truly Loving in an ever more unloving world, is truly what is needed. It is truly appreciated and I want y'all to know you have encouraged not only me but I imagine a lot of others out there to up thier game in many realms of our life. Keep em coming boys. Peace and Clarity to you all. 🤙
Thanks for the kind words, we appreciate it!
I’m saying a prayer for y’all. It’s a great thing y’all are doing. God bless🙏
I'm a Western North Carolina native. Thank you and God Bless you and all that have responded here. We're stronger than the storm! WE THE PEOPLE are making things happen here! God bless and Stay Strong! Stay safe and healthy & Check 6!
I am actually planning on saving up for a couple years to get an old piper cherokee or cesna 172 to learn to fly, go on vacations, rent it out to pay its payments, and BIG GOAL is to respond to disasters like this. I first looked into SAR with helos, but they cost millions. A good used piper is 75k. I just think being able to run resources out to these disaster areas would be a good thing to be involved in.
WNC local here. Best way to help is to get in contact with any of the churches in the area and ask who needs help and what supplies are needed.
I would highly recommend to any civilian to go take the ICS (incident command system) courses online. They're free. It was implemented by CalFire back in the 60s or 70s and are the standard for incident response across the US. Fire departments live by ICS every call.
That's really good advice.
Thank you guys for helping out here. I work EMS in western nc and volunteered some of of my extra time to help with relief efforts. The things you guys and people like you did is making the real difference and then in turn, bringing it all to light for the world to see. Keep it up
Hey guys thanks for giving us a solid Intel brief . Planning on deploy next week. Thanks for all your efforts out there.
My wife and I had come down to Swannanoa, NC from Connecticut with our side by side to help get supplies to people in the mountains for around 7 days. The devastation was immense but the community in that area is so resilient. I've never seen so many people come together to help each other. Aside from the just the local community, I had met people who had come from all over the state of NC, the country and even some lineman from Canada who had come to volunteer their time and expertise. Truly outstanding people and community. We hope to get back down there mid November to do more of what we can to help. Thank you guys for lending aid as well!
I know Grindstone ministries spoke highly of sentinel group and worked w them. I donated to Grindstone so glad to hear of another good group
Gives you a good feeling about the American spirit and our ability to shrug off a masive attack, rescue, and rebuild our communities. As long as the government stays out of the way!
Wrangle Star has stated the Same.
You guys are the Good guy's
What I've seen from the civilian population during the after effects of the hurricanes puts any government to shame.
Our church in western, PA raised $14,000 to be disturbed to those effected down south primarily going through Samaritans purse. We also sent a "recon" team to North Carolina consisting of church elders and volunteers. They were able to make contact with several local churches and distribute their entire load of donations directly to these churches and their devastated congregations. In addition, they were able to do meaningful work during their 3 days there, cleaning up trees and debris from people's property damaged by the floods. were soon planning to return to continue lending a hand.
Dang, great cinematography gentlemen.
30 years ago an operation like this would have been impossible. Americans are becoming more capable in general due to modern communications, the internet and general exposure to the world through the internet. Most people who know what a 'go bag' is will have 10x the knowledge in what to do during a disaster than their equivalent in the 90's. People are changing and for the better.
The bright side of a people distrusting/hating their government. Once they lose faith in it, they will begin to organize to fill the void and help maintain society.
It's been 22 days since the storm, and I went to help a lady today in the Minneapolis community. She has no power, but she was able to walk over a mile up the mountain to fix her own spring. The stream behind her property removed a few hundred feet of her property, and is only a few inches of rain from taking more, but there is no way she can afford to hire a contractor with an excavator(even if you can find one) to fix what was taken.
I say this because she lives less than a mile from a major highway. What once was a 2 lane paved rd is now a single lane trail that you have to dodge power lines and trees. And by local standards, she is doing fine. She has water and has a wood stove. It is hard to explain how bad this really is. As a local, I want to thank each and every one who has helped in any way. We will rebuild, but this would have broken the community had it not been for the generosity of all of you.
In upstate South Carolina we were hit hard before the eye rolled into NC. I was proud to see small landscaping businesses stepping up to clear large oak trees from the roads and power lines long before Duke Energy. Duke Energy was calling in contractors from Canada and ‘staging’ at Haywood Mall meanwhile private citizens and entities were doing a lot of the cleanup. It took a week for Duke Energy just to restore the power here. $2K of stored food loss that had to be replaced since we can’t afford a generator to run refrigerators or freezers. Future planning is to buy one but that will be a while. At least the power is on, hurricane season ‘seems’ to be over, and we are well. WNC definitely got the worst with the mudslides and flooding. My prayers go out to the families effected there. If I was rich, I would quit work and go help. But alas, my own family needs me to keep providing. Godspeed to Grindstone, Sentinel, and others who are sacrificing so much.
If you can afford $2k in food you can afford a generator. $600 for the 2000 watt inverter generator from Harbor Freight.
I'm in absolute awe at how all of you as civilians have come together to handle this horrific catastrophe. I've sent money the initial first days after researching to find the best place and will continue every month I get paid. There are multiple great places to donate to now, so it's difficult to choose just one at this point. I wish I could be there physically to help, but the best I can do is donate for now. God bless you all for all the hard work. 🙏 ❤
This. This is what America is supposed to be 🇺🇸✊🏼
I'm a WNC native, when things get bad we pull together and do what is necessary. Living where we do means that being resilient is paramount. Thank you everyone who helped us in our time of need. WNCstrong.
I am so VERY PROUD OF YOU MEN !!! You are taking care of all of us physically, mentally & spiritually!! The country is watch with pride and admiration! Our men are awesome. I also include the women who help organize, fly, gather the kids to school, etc! I hope this shows the world why we’re proud to be American.
Love and muscle are God given traits and I thank you for giving & using those abilities!!! Love to you!!!! 😊❤😊
Love to see Americans come together! 🇺🇸
God bless all of those who have experienced loss. 🙏
I never thought about how blessed we are here on the NC coast because when the roads wash away in a hurricane, we can still have easy access by boat.
I met you guys out there! This is a great video and very useful information. Bravo
Thank you so much for boots on the ground. I love the spontaneous organization and total willingness of the people. Question: Have you heard talk about deliver of build on site mountain community centers powered by solar generator complete need for internet, phones, community meeting, doctor/nurse visit, food, supplies, potty, shower, washing machines. I saw a few designs that were light weight walls, floor and roof suited for air delivery. 100% water proof 40’ x 60’ attachable buildings with walls that are filled with water. Mr. Musk has these designs and they look nice. This design is meant for the 101 meeting needs for mountain communities.
Great idea
Idk if they've seen this comment.. seriously, most important one I've come across. If you've time, you should copy/paste it in a personal DM or contact msg to them. It's truly valuable information and needs to be front and center in attention. 😉✌️
“Stay at home moms are intel gods.” Dude. So true. I stayed busy for a week chainsawing people out of areas just on intel my wife sourced every evening. (Marietta, SC here)
I always said my grandma would have made one hell of an intel operative. She knows everything about what's going on around our area.
We had new neighbors move in and within a day she's got all their names, what dogs they have, where they came from, where they work, what they like to do, etc.
She just rides around town on her golf cart and she scopes everything out.
Really amazing video. A future model government should be simply funding organizations like Sentinel and give them some nation guard members to help them out.
I recall some liberal new channel (forgot which one) criticizing private rescue efforts saying something along the lines of "Oh sure, you deliver water to people in need, but then they are going to need clear underwear the next day! You guys are not going to provide it, go home and let the government do their job." It was really irratating because a) people are continue going to need clean water coming in until their wells or public water systems are running again and B) your video is demonstrating civilian rescue groups are covering an even wider range of needs than FEMA ever could.
Some people are simply such miserable, selfish shits that anyone doing anything REMOTELY selfless, compassionate - they've got to knock it down however in order to try and justify their complete and willing uselessness to their fellow man.
I can't imagine how sad and dead inside people like that have allowed themselves to become .. but hey, who knows, maybe they work for the government themselves and are (hopefully), deep down, disgusted with the repeated heartbreaking.. sickening responses time and time again to tragedy. Especially here in the land of the brave and free... It's a spirit killer for sure. Just hope those types can see the value they have and even more so, a place of power (though I'm sure they feel defeated or unheard rly) .. and yk, even if no one wants to listen.. the entire point of the position is to exercise your authority. But FOR us. Not against. We are you. Those people their 'superiors' wouldn't let through and condemned to death..? Yeah, why .. for Any reason.. money, status, blahblah...even 'higher ideals'.. would you ever build any type of future anything on that type of foundation?
Just building on sand imo 😞.
Wish our men would get good and pissed (for the right reasons) .. wouldn't take many to stand up and shit turn around fast. Weak leaders w no morals or sense of dedication to the community, environment etc.. just breeds this type of cowardice, ignorance, negligence. But lol if you ask them it's a 'survival of the fittest' 🙄. No, that's what you call being an exceptional moron, skilled only in disappointment.
Lmao sorry for rant ! 😂 Thank you for helping these people however you could. This storm was insane and it is awesome to see that American Spirit who the world thought dead and gone... Come roaring to life within seconds. And on no small event but some unreal shit. Stay strong, keep heart ! ❤
Thanks for what y'all are doing! God bless y'all.
Thought I might have seen you gents out there. Got a lot of supplies up from Greenville, SC. I saw national guard guys but they were just all sitting around their trucks talking, someone for sure didn’t let them get involved
Although the fed has it issues, remember they are comprised of people just like you and me, who given the opportunity would gladly help. Not to mention the wealth of knowledge and expertise they can bring. Its the suits and their deep-pocket backed bureaucracy, not those in uniforms doing what they think is a service to their country. Just semantics but I'd hate to generalize and discredit those who have made a willing sacrifice.
Great work, glad you guys were able to help. My best friend lives in Ashville and I know he appreciates all the help no matter where it come from.
$770 per household, in a 1-time payment. That’s a the most we’ve seen from FEMA. Everything else has been volunteers. Some people have even spotted LEOs pulling people over as they’re trying to flee the flooded areas.
You are all awesome ❤❤❤ I will forward this to the public
If the Feds can't be there immediately, they should be paying for volunteer first reaponders. Bless you all that helped.
Guys, in all seriousness, this is one of the BEST videos I have watched on UA-cam! Of course that might be from my background as local Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Ham radio operator in East Tennessee! I'm a retired old guy now but this unit is SO IMPRESSIVE! whoever said , we don't really need the federal government was right ! It is VASTLY oversized. Thank you for posting this!
We came down for a week from Wisconsin and it was so eye opening. Thank you guys for everything you are doing!
I liked ur channel before, now i like u guys even more,,, this Apache pilot salutes u!
Great podcast and God Bless
Keep the faith
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Twas there too, just different spot. Was hoping y'all were out there too. Good to see. Keep it up gents.
Im so glad to be here on the ground helping rebuild the roads and the devastation is wild. The churches are taken care of us driver that have come down to help rebuild the roads.
Im a 19yo texan, And I really want to go volunteer for cleanups. Ive always had a drive to help people in need and I think this might be the time for me.
❤ I just have to tell you I'm sitting here crying like a baby as I watch your video. I'm just so filled with extreme gratitude to you guys and all that you've done and all that you're doing and all the men and women who are with you in this. My entire family lives in Western North Carolina and that's where I come from and though I'm not there myself right now... that's where I graduated from high school- where I got married & had my baby- that's where I raised my daughter a good part of her life and she raised her daughters and now my great-granddaughter is there too ...and the only brother I have living is still there. You are just awesome guys ...what can I say.. and I'm so grateful to the good Lord for your your wisdom -your willingness and your expertise and your jumping right into the fray and doing so very much good work! If I was there I would hug you both. I'm sure I'm old enough to be your mother if not grandmother....Lol ..but I just want you to know that I am so very very grateful- as is every single person whom you are helping and every loved one of the ones whom you are helping. God bless you! I pray His richest blessings upon you- His protection upon you and that He would Prosper you in every way shape and form. ❤😊🤗🥰😇😊😉
45 seconds in and I'm impressed
Excellent tutorial for Disaster Relief
I love you guys
Great reporting
Thank you ❤❤❤
Excellent overview, thanks for this video and thank you for helping out. 👍💪🙌
Heard from Jeremiah who helped lead at the County Airport in Avery County. He made the observation that in the Storm, Norm, Perform process, FEMA is always on PERFORM, when they shouldn't be, causing disruption and issues. It's the grassroots folks who excel at the first 2. Thanks for helping us out in NC fellas.
Real Americans. Thank you for this video.