Hurricane Helen Survivor Mona Roper called for the FEMA to be phased out six months after the storm brought landslides and historic floods.
Her call was in response to Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem, revealing how her plan to reshape how disaster relief was handled, involving eliminating the disaster resource agency that many Republicans were slammed last year.
“She sounds promising. It’s great to see the change,” Roper said of Norm “Fox and friends.”
Houses seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 in Chimney Rock Village, North Carolina (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“The Samaritan wallets are great in the community, but FEMA doesn’t. There are still a lot of people who lack FEMA’s support. I lack FEMA to support myself, and that’s just something I think is going to cancel…it’s definitely the right way they should go ahead. I don’t think the system is subject to modification.”
Roper lamented that institutions designed for those who were “deeply in need of help” made them “experience more pain.”
Last year, a massive 4th Category storm hit the Florida coast and broke into the Southeast, hitting states such as Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as Tal Heels.
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Members of community like Roper’s are still recovering in six months.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Open Regarding the agency’s recovery efforts to “Special Report” for Fox News last year, “We’ve been on the ground since Hurricane Helen hit Florida and crossed North Carolina, and all I’m going to say is because someone who hasn’t seen a Fema shirt on FEMA shirt doesn’t mean we’re not in the area.”
The agency has been defending its work in the region.
Roper told co-host Lawrence Jones that money “didn’t flow at speed and in the amount needed.”
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“North Carolina’s damage to the storm is severe. Having a hurricane on the hill is different from being hurt by a hurricane in Florida,” she said.
“I’ve tried for six months to receive the money, our roads and our bridge were washed away. Fema said, ‘You need to fix it. Fix it and send a receipt and we’ll send you money.’ The road bridge is $500,000 to $800,000 to fix it, so it’s not feasible.
She continued: “I’m just a little bit of a loophole…I’m not getting any help.”
Diana Stancy and Maria Lencki of Fox News contributed to the report.
