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Originally Posted by
David Roberts
Mark the helicopter payload math is more like the following-
Civilian Robinson R44, Bell Jet Ranger, or MD500 payload- 500-800 lbs
Black Hawk-3,000 lbs internal or 9,000 lbs external
Chinook-24,000 lbs
I don't know how much a quarter pounder weights fully dressed out but it seems to me that 24,000 lbs of hamburgers will feed more people than 800 lbs of hamburgers.
The Blackhawk and the Chinook can deliver external sling loads to an LZ much small than the light helicopters can use for landing.
You seem to have missed my point. What helicopters has FEMA been using to evac/feed these people?
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10 Shocking Stories the Media Buried Today
#10 -
@glennbeck
exposes how useless FEMA is in Asheville, NC.
First, he discovered that the FEMA crew was stationed OFF the main road, making them hard to find.
Next, FEMA admitted, "We got here yesterday," a full week late.
Then, a FEMA crew member told Beck that they have a “great” app, but nobody has internet in the area.
Beck asked how victims are supposed to find FEMA's location, and they replied, “That would be the news media’s job.” The thing is, nobody has functioning TVs.
Then FEMA urged residents to listen to the radio in their cars for updates, the same cars that were washed away from the flood.
One crew member told Beck, “We actually go door to door.” Beck then asked, “When will that start?” The crew member replied, “That’s way above my head. Do you want to talk to my crew lead?”
Finally, the crew leader comes in and admits to Beck, “We don’t necessarily go door to door.”
THIS is what failure looks like.
Earlier today,
@ElonMusk
said, “FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!”
Musk posted this after a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina wrote to him, “The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping.”
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SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and
@FEMA
is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!
They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.
@FEMA
wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …