N.C. Resident Whose Home Got Destroyed by Hurricane Helene: ‘FEMA Has Been No Help’

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EGGERS: “Well, truthfully, you know how you hear, do not forget western North Carolina. In the past couple of weeks, I truly feel like we have been forgotten. The government has still not helped any. FEMA has been no help. Which puts a stop on a lot of our other assistance programs, like we can’t get help from Mountain Ways Grant until FEMA steps in. The bank where we have our current mortgage, they’re saying that they will help us, which we’re fortunate for that, but they won’t help us until after we hear from FEMA. So right now our life is on hold. And as you can tell, our home, it still looks today like it did on September 27th, which is very, very disheartening because we’ve looked for everybody to help clear up our landslide. People don’t have equipment big enough or they’re too busy helping fix the side roads with the state, you know, which is very important. I get that. It’s all in God’s time and it’s his will, not ours.”