So, here is the electorate map for the state of North Carolina.

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1. Question

I'm in the state above you.

I read blog after blog during Hurricane Helene from those caught in the mayhem. They were bashing FEMA. "We don't need no damn govt help." Or, "The govt helps immigrants but not Americans!!"

Biden and FEMA had requested that Congress provide more funding to disaster relief to prepare for this season, but Johnson sent Congress home and wouldn't reconvene members even after FL got hit again.

Now that we know Trump is defunding FEMA and the NWS/NOAA, and he's turning a deaf ear to red state requests for aid, where does that leave NC politically? Do North Carolinians expect AK, KY and MO to tough it out like they think--in their small minds-- NC did?

And if it's each state for itself, how does that affect property values in areas like Asheville or any other disaster prone area, knowing that federal aid is not coming?

My family personally gave a few $thousand$ in aid that was trucked south after Helene. If those folks down there continue to vote red, then I'm willing to oblige the "every state for itself" adage the next time disaster strikes. Sonetimes you get what you whine about.