A former Navy Seabee and member of President Donald J. Trump’s Veterans and Military Families for Trump Coalition told RedState that while the effort continues to support Hurricane Helene survivors in western North Carolina, the real concern is the race against winter.
“We’ve got to try to figure out ways to get fuel to these people as it gets colder. They’re running these generators and their heaters and everything in their house, so we’re into the intricacies now of how a cold weather world makes for a much more dangerous situation,” said Chad Caton, who served with the Navy construction battalions and is also a retired firefighter.
The South Carolina resident said their military mindset takes over for him and the other veterans, going into western North Carolina, roughly operating in the terrain surrounding the town of Spruce Pine.
“Yeah, the Navy SeaBees, that’s what…
