{"id":2397524,"date":"2025-01-31T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wildfire-threat-could-burn-helene-hit-north-carolina-communities-off-the-map\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:06:29","slug":"wildfire-threat-could-burn-helene-hit-north-carolina-communities-off-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wildfire-threat-could-burn-helene-hit-north-carolina-communities-off-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire Threat Could Burn Helene-Hit North Carolina Communities Off the Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwildfire-threat-could-burn-helene-hit-north-carolina-communities-off-the-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text\u200b discusses \u2063the aftermath \u2063of recent \u2063disasters in western North Carolina, especially following Hurricane Helene, and the\u200c region&#8217;s close call\u2062 with wildfires. After\u2063 months of federal\u200d neglect from FEMA,residents\u200c managed to\u200d avoid the devastating wildfires that struck Los Angeles. Emergency crews \u2063successfully contained a significant wildfire\u2062 in McDowell County, which had damaged property \u200dand led \u200dto evacuations, tho the challenges were exacerbated by\u200c debris from hurricane \u2063Helene. A second, larger wildfire was still being battled, but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">improved weather\u200d conditions\u200b provided \u2063hope<\/a>.The article criticizes federal \u2062and state officials for their lack of response to the \u200bhurricane&#8217;s aftermath, highlighting the perceived incompetence\u200b and malice of the Biden governance and local Democratic leaders.The text concludes with optimism for future\u2063 federal support under the current \u2063administration, suggesting a need for\u200c governmental accountability and action in\u200b the\u200b wake of disasters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Months of neglect from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathy-griffin-pulls-cringe-publicity-stunt-for-dylan-mulvaney-in-effort-to-stay-relevant\/\" title=\"Kathy Griffin&#039;s attention-seeking stunt for Dylan Mulvaney aims to remain relevant.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-department-hit-with-large-scale-breach-national-security-council-now-involved\/\" title=\"Treasury Department Hit with Large-Scale Breach, National Security Council Now Involved\">federal officials<\/a> threatened<\/a> to combine the worst elements of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-official-who-bypassed-trump-homes-cites-agency-protocol\/\" title=\"FEMA Official Who Bypassed Trump Homes Cites Agency Protocol\">recent major disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, residents in western North Carolina, a region ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September and then largely ignored by former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Federal Emergency Management Agency for months thereafter, appear to have escaped a wildfire threat similar to the one that devastated Los Angeles, California, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/north-carolina-wildfire-hurricane-helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Weather<\/a>, as of Thursday emergency crews had fully contained a large wildfire in McDowell County, North Carolina, east of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harrowing-footage-inside-asheville-walmart-goes-viral-like-apocalypse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asheville<\/a>, the largest city in the region and one that suffered heavy damage from the September hurricane.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nighttime drone footage shows a wildfire glowing in neon orange as it burned on a mountainside near Old Fort, North Carolina, on Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKCL444ojF\">https:\/\/t.co\/lKCL444ojF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YYihXKNFsr\">pic.twitter.com\/YYihXKNFsr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Weather (@foxweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxweather\/status\/1885025191941505462?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>High winds in the area toppled a power line on Wednesday, causing the fire to ignite. As it grew to roughly 220 acres, it damaged a home and triggered an evacuation order. Authorities have since lifted that order.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, according to FOX News Multimedia Reporter Chelsea Torres, the hurricane&rsquo;s devastation made firefighters&rsquo; job much more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">emergency management<\/a> of this county had said that it&rsquo;s a lot of that debris from Helene and the cut-down trees, the dry brush, that&rsquo;s making it challenging for a lot of these firefighters,&rdquo; Torres said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/wildfire-western-nc-fully-contained-prompting-evacuations-old-fort-area\/15851042\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTVD<\/a> in Durham, North Carolina, reported that emergency crews continued to battle a second wildfire, 200 acres in size. As of Thursday evening, crews had contained only 20 percent of that second fire.<\/p>\n<p>The WTVD report, however, included no mention of additional evacuation orders. In fact, the worst appears to have passed since weather conditions improved late Wednesday, per Fox Weather.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncfspublic.firesponse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina Forest Service&rsquo;s<\/a> interactive map showed a 120-acre fire active in McDowell County that was only 20 percent contained. But the map showed no other active fire larger than 75 acres in the entire state.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, the combination of good weather of good work from emergency crews appears to have averted potential disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Still, one cannot help but return to Torres&rsquo; comment regarding &ldquo;debris from Helene.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Western North Carolina, of course, is a heavily wooded area. Some of that debris, therefore, might have lingered in those forests even if federal officials had made an effort to help those residents clear the area and rebuild following Helene.<\/p>\n<p>The fact, remains, however, that federal officials made no such effort. Moreover, Americans learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-fema-worker-reveals-discrimination-trump-supporters-even-worse-first-reported\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEMA<\/a> officials even avoided giving aid to supporters of now-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>None of that comes as a surprise to those of us who have long since recognized the most salient fact of all. In short, incompetence explains only so much. Biden&rsquo;s administration existed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-election-biden-says-quiet-part-loud-reason-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sole purpose<\/a> of harming ordinary American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The same holds true for elected Democrats at the state and municipal levels. After all, the appalling behavior of Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wildfire-victim-catches-gavin-newsom-off-guard-raises-pressure-first-question-staggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> of California and Democratic Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-mayors-stone-faced-response-asked-apologize-residents-triggers-outrage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Bass<\/a> of Los Angeles during the devastating wildfires earlier this month made it nearly impossible to determine whether they acted from incompetence or malice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-stunned-finds-north-carolina-threatens-ultimate-accountability-fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> visited both North Carolina and Los Angeles last week. In The Tar Heel State, he heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-something-north-carolina-biden-administration-never-conceive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horror stories<\/a> from residents abandoned by Biden&rsquo;s FEMA. And in Los Angeles he heard from angry homeowners while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-fed-citizens-go-bass-right-front-trump-cant-even-get-without-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling out Bass<\/a> to her face.<\/p>\n<p>The good news, of course, is that for the next four years no one needs to worry about federal neglect. 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