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47. The flooding happened quickly, and then the water took a while to recede, but...

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:57 PM

Jan 2025

... hundreds/thousands(?) of rescue workers were not risking their lives trying, mostly vainly, to stop to fire from going on and on and on. WNC got lots of coverage, but California is not getting more than it deserves.

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I'm in South, and we had plenty of coverage of NC floods. Still gettting notices. Admittedly, I'm sorry people in LA Silent Type Jan 2025 #1

Not true re celebrities in SoCal and not fair re attention malaise Jan 2025 #2

wrong. flood coverage went on for weeks. fire affected middle class areas who just happen to have bloated msongs Jan 2025 #3

Wrong blueknight73 Jan 2025 #32

I heard several times on the news that the city that was worst hit was never.. LAS14 Jan 2025 #45

Most were not wealthy or famous tenderfoot Jan 2025 #4

I said celebrities or well above middle class. WarGamer Jan 2025 #11

And you're still wrong tenderfoot Jan 2025 #18

How did I accidentally get on truth social lame54 Jan 2025 #5

Defending the interests of the poor is a Truth Social thing? WarGamer Jan 2025 #10

Telling blatant lies is lame54 Jan 2025 #30

+100! absolutely best response ! stopdiggin Jan 2025 #23

What bullshit. How can you do this while they are digging around for bodies and lives are ruined? thebigidea Jan 2025 #6

I live here... these are affluent areas. WarGamer Jan 2025 #9

You're a rich celebrity, then? OilemFirchen Jan 2025 #15

No but I'm well above Middle Class... by the Grace of God and good luck. WarGamer Jan 2025 #16

Is this self-deprecation, then? OilemFirchen Jan 2025 #19

Altadena was a primary neighborhood for people of color lapfog_1 Jan 2025 #41

same website different page WarGamer Jan 2025 #48

You can clean up water damage from a flood ... Tarzanrock Jan 2025 #7

Agree that fire is more immediately devastating. (FYI) Flood damage is more insideous... allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #14

And the devastation Traildogbob Jan 2025 #40

Am with you. Have been in fierce hurricanes (including Helene). Know how horrible and how allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #49

Good points malaise Jan 2025 #44

Not always Rebl2 Jan 2025 #20

No you cant blueknight73 Jan 2025 #34

Seriously! Traildogbob Jan 2025 #36

No. Lemons UK Jan 2025 #8

Utterly disagree. NewHendoLib Jan 2025 #12

And you're from the NC area as I recall senseandsensibility Jan 2025 #21

Just understand that many of us here in wnc got more than 750 from fema... ExciteBike66 Jan 2025 #13

You almost had me until the last line. FHRRK Jan 2025 #17

Absolutely senseandsensibility Jan 2025 #22

Exactly FHRRK Jan 2025 #35

Maybe you haven't noticed but the fires are still burning Beaverhausen Jan 2025 #24

I can smell it... WarGamer Jan 2025 #25

just plain wrong stopdiggin Jan 2025 #26

This it's just not true, why make up things like this ? JI7 Jan 2025 #27

Media enid602 Jan 2025 #28

That $750 was emergency fast cash. yorkster Jan 2025 #29

Please do your research snowybirdie Jan 2025 #31

This is not the time for division Keepthesoulalive Jan 2025 #33

If was not a two day news story lmao Self Esteem Jan 2025 #37

Unrec ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #38

There's still a collection jar Red Mountain Jan 2025 #39

Yet again with the Everything's About Money, the only possible motivation for all things is money. betsuni Jan 2025 #42

There was a lot of coverage of Western NC devastation moonscape Jan 2025 #43

Don't know what you're talking about Jrsygrl96 Jan 2025 #46

The flooding happened quickly, and then the water took a while to recede, but... LAS14 Jan 2025 #47

"fires are impacting mostly celebrities" rollin74 Jan 2025 #50