Eloise Blondiau

It's really hard.

That is like the challenge that our government, you know, has to rise to.

But yeah, it's hard to imagine it right now.

In this episode, we really go back to the very beginnings of FEMA, and we find out some really surprising things about the agency and about what it was doing behind closed doors.

Exactly.

Great.

I guess I was just wondering if when you intro, you could say American emergency from on the media.

Yeah.

Okay.

Some on the right pushing conspiracy theories that they're blocking aid and seizing land from people here in North Carolina, and that is not true.

An anti-government militia group known as Veterans on Patrol is claiming Hurricane Helene was caused by government-controlled weather weapons.

The group called Hurricane Helene an act of war.

extreme weather leaving so many across the United States wondering when they'll get a break.

In July alone, there were five 1,000-year flood events.

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