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Oct 16 2024

Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and West Coastal Florida Check-in


Posted originally on the CTH on October 15, 2024 | Sundance 

UPDATE: We will continue bumping this thread to keep the communication lines available.

As the areas in Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina and the Western gulf coast of Florida continue recovery operations from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, today my thoughts are with those who are still impacted and dealing with the long-term recovery process.

If you have stability and the ability to communicate, I am wondering how you guys are doing.

Working with several ground groups, we have sent toolboxes and resources into the area for the arduous tasks that remain.  There are many who feel overwhelmed; just know our thoughts and deepest prayers remain with you. It will get a little better every day.

Resourceful teams (mostly electrical restoration experts) who learned quickly after they helped the Puerto Rico Mountain areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria are doing amazing work reaching some of the more isolated areas.  These are good friends with a git-r-done approach.

Eastern Tennessee power has mostly returned; however, approximately 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power, just in the Western North Carolina area still lack electricity as of today, according to Poweroutage.us.  Additionally, there are still about 365,000 Floridians without power.

The power restoration in the dense mountain forests of WNC is slow going, some roads and bridges are completely washed away.  According to the Associated Press report, “The crews aren’t doing what they typically do, which is a repair effort. They’re rebuilding from the ground up,” said Kristie Aldridge, vice president of communications at North Carolina Electric Cooperatives {link}.

There are widespread rumors and disparate reports of the overall death toll, at last count was well over 200.  Anecdotal reports from people in the WNC region put the death toll much higher but are difficult to confirm.  We do not want to spread rumors, yet we simultaneously accept this close to the election there is an unfortunate incentive for both federal and state emergency management officials to keep the death toll numbers hidden.

The bottom line is a concern for everyone in the impact areas.  Therefore, ground reports are the most valuable.  How are y’all doing?

Dear God of grace and strength, in the midst of uncertainty, fear and change we turn to You for stability and strength. Please grant us the wisdom and fortitude to navigate the unknown, the courage to face challenges, and the faith to trust Your divine plan.

Heavenly Father, let Your unwavering presence be our anchor in the aftermath of these storms. Grant us the resilience to face the challenges of recovery with grace and hearts filled with purpose.  May we continue to find, patience, stability and fellowship in Your eternal love.

Thank You for guiding us through these uncertain times.  In Jesus blessed and loving name we pray.  ~ Amen.

Oct 15 2024

Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and West Coastal Florida Check-in


Posted originally on the CTH on October 14, 2024 | Sundance 

As the areas in Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina and the Western gulf coast of Florida continue recovery operations from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, today my thoughts are with those who are still impacted and dealing with the long-term recovery process.

If you have stability and the ability to communicate, I am wondering how you guys are doing.

Working with several ground groups, we have sent toolboxes and resources into the area for the arduous tasks that remain.  There are many who feel overwhelmed; just know our thoughts and deepest prayers remain with you. It will get a little better every day.

Resourceful teams (mostly electrical restoration experts) who learned quickly after they helped the Puerto Rico Mountain areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria are doing amazing work reaching some of the more isolated areas.  These are good friends with a git-r-done approach.

Eastern Tennessee power has mostly returned; however, approximately 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power, just in the Western North Carolina area still lack electricity as of today, according to Poweroutage.us.  Additionally, there are still about 365,000 Floridians without power.

The power restoration in the dense mountain forests of WNC is slow going, some roads and bridges are completely washed away.  According to the Associated Press report, “The crews aren’t doing what they typically do, which is a repair effort. They’re rebuilding from the ground up,” said Kristie Aldridge, vice president of communications at North Carolina Electric Cooperatives {link}.

There are widespread rumors and disparate reports of the overall death toll, at last count was well over 200.  Anecdotal reports from people in the WNC region put the death toll much higher but are difficult to confirm.  We do not want to spread rumors, yet we simultaneously accept this close to the election there is an unfortunate incentive for both federal and state emergency management officials to keep the death toll numbers hidden.

The bottom line is a concern for everyone in the impact areas.  Therefore, ground reports are the most valuable.  How are y’all doing?

Dear God of grace and strength, in the midst of uncertainty, fear and change we turn to You for stability and strength. Please grant us the wisdom and fortitude to navigate the unknown, the courage to face challenges, and the faith to trust Your divine plan.

Heavenly Father, let Your unwavering presence be our anchor in the aftermath of these storms. Grant us the resilience to face the challenges of recovery with grace and hearts filled with purpose.  May we continue to find, patience, stability and fellowship in Your eternal love.

Thank You for guiding us through these uncertain times.  In Jesus blessed and loving name we pray.  ~ Amen.

Oct 13 2024

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Free 10-Gal Emergency Fuel Depots


Posted originally on the CTH on October 12, 2024 | Sundance 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has initiated an emergency fuel service in the central and western Florida regions impacted by Hurricane Milton.  Fuel is the lifeblood of all recovery efforts.

The program is for several areas to have tanker trucks that can pump directly to consumers.  Each resident who can go to the fuel distribution center will get 10 gallons of gasoline free, either in their gas cans or into their vehicle gas tank.   Distribution will be made in Port Charlotte, Pinellas, Sarasota and Hillsborough counties, with more on the way.

Additionally, 50 highway patrol vehicles have been assigned escort duty to assist fuel tankers getting quickly to gas stations in the needed areas.  There are a few videos below outlining the emergency distribution:

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Additionally, FEMA has extended the full reimbursement for debris removal to a 90-day window.  This will help municipal areas quickly get their contractors working to remove debris.

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Oct 13 2024

President Trump Proposes Tax Credit for Home Generators


Posted originally on the CTH on October 12, 2024 | Sundance 

President Trump has proposed that homes in critical areas be granted tax credits for the installation of emergency generators.  It is a smart plan given the nature of crisis events that have unfolded in recent years.

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Factually, it would not be difficult to repurpose much of the “Green New Deal” spending legislation to permit such a credit.  There are millions of Americans who could benefit.  Sounds good in both principle and practice.

Made in America generators!  Watch how fast the private sector industries would start scrambling to make USA built generators.

Oct 12 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Gives Milton Recovery Update


Posted originally on the CTH on October 11, 2024 | Sundance 

Appearing in Bradenton, Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis discusses ongoing recovery efforts from the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.  There is plenty of fuel in the supply chain, the issue is that many gas stations may be waiting on power restoration.

Debris cleanup from both Helene and Milton is now being handed back to the municipal regions who are the first responders for debris removal.  For those unfamiliar, generally a hurricane creates 7 years’ worth of debris that needs to be cleared and removed.  FEMA underwrites the first 10 days and reimburses the local authorities for debris removal.

Full state DOT assessments have been completed for state roads and bridges. Power restoration continues. Governor DeSantis walks through the current state of recovery. WATCH:   

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Oct 11 2024

CB One App


Posted originally on Oct 11, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

J.D. Vance brought up the topic of the CB One application during his debate with Tim Walz. The majority of Americans were largely unaware that the federal government has been operating a special app to fast-track asylum status to migrants throughout the world.

The app was first launched in October 2020, designated as a single portal to Customer and Border Protection (CBP). However, in January 2023, the Biden-Harris administration repurposed the app to streamline the process of permitting migrants into the country. “So there’s an application called the CBP One app where you can go on as an illegal migrant, apply for asylum or apply for parole and be granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala Harris open border wand. That is not a person coming in applying for a green card and waiting for 10 years. That is the facilitation of illegal immigration,” Vance said on the debate stage.

Between June 2023 and June 2024, over 170,000 migrants accessed CBP One to quickly enter the United States. Haitians, Mexicans, and Venezuelans have been the primary users of this app. The app saw 1,450 appointments per day in June, a 50% uptick from the month prior. Anyone from any nation can simply sign up, enter America, and receive their free taxpayer-subsidized life.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has not detailed the cost of creating or operating the app, despite questions from politicians like Senator Josh Hawley. “Under your leadership, the Department is marketing a new phone app, called CBP One, that allows unauthorized migrants to reserve a time to cross the border, like making a restaurant reservation. How convenient,” wrote Senator Hawley. He continued, “I imagine there are plenty of Americans who would appreciate this level of service from their government. Your choice to spend untold sums of taxpayer money—you said you had no idea what it cost—on concierge service for illegals is baffling. It is also revealing. It demonstrates your priorities: open borders, no matter the cost to Americans; no matter the jobs lost, the wages lost, the drugs flooding our schools.”

The truth is that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have no budget when it comes to the migrants as they will spend everything and then some to flood America with illegal migrants. Then they turn around and say they’ve run out of funds for their own citizens who have been paying into the system their entire lives. CBP One is like an Open Table reservation app that lets absolutely anyone come to America to leech off our resources.

Oct 11 2024

US Set New Record for Asylum Seekers in 2023


Posted originally on Oct 11, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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The Department of Homeland Security released a report to gauge the number of asylum seekers who entered the US in 2023. On the low side, the department believes 945,370 people from throughout the world managed to infiltrate America in a one-year period, breaking past all previous records.

“Affirmative asylum case filings with USCIS nearly doubled from 241,280 applications in 2022 to 456,750 in 2023, the highest number on record (and covering 636,380 individuals),” the report notes. Venezuelans composed 22% of all applications, followed by Cuba at 17%, and Colombia at 8.3%. Venezuelans in particular flooded into America over 2023, with 173,190 seeking asylum in the last year compared to 15,000 in 2021. Around 2.6% of asylum seekers were unaccompanied children, thousands of whom are unaccounted for today.

California took on the most affirmative sylum seekers at 23%, followed by Texas (12%), and Virginia (10%). These three states alone saw a 37% uptick in migrants since 2022. As for those granted asylum defensively, California took in 28% on them, followed by New York (27%), and Maryland (4.4%).

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About 79% of applicants illegally crossed into America before applying for asylum. They were provided that option under the Biden-Harris open border policy. The CHNV program launched by Biden-Harris in January 2023 helped to streamline these crossings, as did the CBP One app. Around 88% of migrants who applied for Lawful Permanent Residence have been approved. Now these figures are simply those who applied. Border patrol agents reported over 7 million encounters with migrants at the southern border.

Kamala Harris recently confirmed to the American public that she would not have done a single thing differently during her time in the White House, which we can only hope will be limited. She has no intention of curbing the flow migrants or protecting our borders. A vote for Harris is a vote for the deliberate invasion of America.

Oct 11 2024

More Mustard Seeds


Posted originally on the CTH onOctober 10, 2024 | Sundance

Faith is THE valuable thing.

Fellowship is the fuel.

Refill frequently.

As the CTH mission returns focus to important election matters, it becomes exceptionally necessary to share the message of thankfulness and focus on the priceless gift of fellowship.  Thank you for all your prayers and support.

No effort of man can separate us from our spiritual core, unless we give that effort permission. We do not.

No crisis or temporary dislocation can defeat the sense of value and common purpose found in fellowship.  Whether it is a hug, a handshake or a word messaged or spoken with genuine care.  We are a great, kind and loving people of a great, kind and loving nation.  There is much to be thankful for, especially you.

While many eyes see chaos that has enveloped some critical areas of our assembly, I see mustard seeds everywhere.  I see growing unity, increased determination, visible support and a blend of kindness that exists in unfamiliar places; indeed, places many do not want us to identify.

Perhaps like me, you are not always the best messenger for unity. In fact, having had our virtues weaponized against us, the only thing that might remain is cynicism for anything touching the sphere of politics.  However, I do have faith; buckets and buckets of it, just not in people.

We are currently living the reality of a “fundamental change” program, yet trying to get people to remember who made the fundamental change promise is akin to getting a vaccinated person to review myocarditis data.  But there is hope; lots and lots of it.  WATCH:

Oct 11 2024

A Focused Ron DeSantis Just Eviscerated Kamala Harris


Posted originally on the CTH on October 10, 2024 | Sundance 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was asked about a political narrative that media attempted to stir up because he ‘supposedly’ did not take a phone call from Kamala Harris.  Apparently, Harris campaign mgr/operative Brian Fallon thought he could garner some political points by asking his media allies to push the story.

Appearing on CNBC, Ron DeSantis was asked about the issue.  In the mic-drop reply, DeSantis destroys Kamala’s effort.  WATCH:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1844357719731601518

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Oct 11 2024

Initial Assessment – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Gives Briefing on Hurricane Milton Impact


Posted originally on the CTH on October 10, 2024 | Sundance 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks to the state and media in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton that crossed Florida overnight.

“The worst-case scenario did not unfold” … “Milton began falling apart at the coast.”

Governor Ron DeSantis delivers a strong warning about post-hurricane recovery.  Stay away from powerlines, use ladders and generators safely, be careful with chainsaws, avoid bacteria that always follows in dirty standing water.  The downstream river flow remains a concern for rising water.

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Try to stay within your immediate neighborhood for the first 36-48 hours. Keep the roadways and main arteries clear for recovery workers, power companies and fuel trucks.

Remember, when it is safe to drive, every single intersection must be treated like a four-way stop…. and YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

Even the major intersections.

You’ll need to override your brain tendency to use memory in transit. You’ll need to pay close attention and watch for those who aren’t paying close attention.

Travel sparingly, it’s just safer.

Stage one recovery focuses on major arteries… then secondary… then neighborhood etc. It’s a process.

For the first 36-48 hours, please try to stay close to home, in your neighborhood. Another reason to stay close to home is the sketchy people who can sometimes surface, looters etc.

Staying close to home and having contact with your neighbors is just reasonable and safer.

If you are on the road and there’s a convoy of utility trucks on the road, pull over. Treat power trucks and tanker trucks like ambulances and emergency vehicles. Pull over, give them a clear road and let them pass.

Many of these smaller crews will be sleeping in cots, or in their trucks while they are working never-ending shifts. Some will be staging at evacuation shelters, likely schools and such. The need to shelter people and recovery crews might also delay the re-opening of schools.

The convenience stores with gas pumps are part of the priority network. Those will get power before other locales without power. Fuel outlets are a priority. Fuel is the lifeblood of recovery.

Hospitals, first responders, emergency facilities, fuel outlets, then comes commercial and residential.