A) FEMA didn’t update the flood zone maps for decades so the people who purchased their properties didn’t know they bought land in a flood zone. FEMA didn’t do their job.- Maria in the Morning interview 10-15-2024
B) Duke Power opened the dam that caused the water that created mudslides which then caused the roadways to fail and rivers to flood.
C) The River monitors were broken and had been broken and were reported by homeowners in the area near Chimney Rock.
D) No evacuation was given until after Duke Power opened the dam after the mudslides began.
E) Video testimony exists of victims who didn’t receive evacuation notices until the mudslide events were in progress.
F) FEMA Spokesman on Fox interview 10-14-2024 said that the Governor has to request FEMA. Governor RoyCooper was partying in New York and did not call in FEMA Search and Rescue causing many people who could have been rescued to lose their lives.
G) Many of the Representatives in North Carolina were convieniantly out of state or town including the Mayor of Chimney Rock. – Video testimony exists.