This story out of Lake Lure, North Carolina, which my colleague Brandon Morse briefly mentioned, is infuriating. Now magnify it by 10, and you get an even more potent idea of the people still suffering and the lives lost because of the disconnect between local and federal officials who are tasked (and paid) to help those ravaged by Hurricane Helene and the people who are actually doing the real work.
On Saturday, Jordan Seidhom, an experienced emergency response and search and rescue helicopter pilot, attempted to rescue a couple stranded in the hard-hit area. Shoutout to local Carolina’s QueenCity News for covering these stories. Aside from a handful of legacy media outlets, the rest are nowhere to be found.
When Jordan Seidhom woke up Saturday morning, he saw a Facebook post that tens of thousands of people were commenting on and sharing. A family was stranded on a mountain in…
