Some Posit Conspiracy Theory: The Feds Deliberately Screwed Up Helene Relief Efforts in North Carolina

Some on Social Media are positing the theory that the reason aid has been so slow to reach victims of Hurricane Helene, is because the Federal government is incompetent and just doesn't care. After all, goes the theory, these are red counties of red states, meaning Republican not Democrat.

"Bodies are everywhere," says one woman, quoting her Asheville, NC area mom. "People ask for water, but get body bags. But the bodies are left there to rot. People have not received food or water in six days..."

Here are the quotes from eliteaf_wellness:

"This girls mom lives in North Carolina, here’s what they’re being told about Hurricane Helene

- “Chimney Rock has been told that their entire town is federal property now

- There are dead bodies that are lying in the water

- There are dead bodies that are laying under trees and in the debris, and they can't get to their family members

- They can't even go back to their home”

— “The federal government has said that that land and all of those bodies are now federal property. The federal government is not wanting to identify any of the bodies.

They're just wanting to bulldoze over it and not even count how many people this natural disaster, if you wanna call it that, has caused.

— Furthermore, people who are trapped and who are getting shipments of supplies there was a pastor that was going door to door handing out water, and the request changed from water to body bags. They need body bags, and the feds aren't picking up the bodies. They're literally leaving them to rot.”

FEMA Disaster Preparedness Meeting:

"We should focus our efforts on LGBTQIA people… they struggled before the storm"

"FEMA relief is no longer about getting the greatest good for the greatest amount of people…. It's about disaster equity."