A North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly threatening the lives of FEMA employees who were helping Hurricane Helene victims.
A North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly threatening the lives of Federal Emergency Management Agency workers who wereRutherford County Sheriff's Office said it received a call Saturday about a man with an assault rifle threatening to harm FEMA employees in the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock area. The threat was reportedly made at a gas station in town and relayed to soldiers in the area who then called the sheriff's office to report the threat.
"For the safety of our dedicated staff and the disaster survivors we are helping, FEMA has made some operational adjustments," the spokesperson said. "Disaster Recovery Centers will continue to be open as scheduled, survivors continue to register for assistance, and we continue to help the people of North Carolina with their recovery."
"This is a huge distraction to the state and federal government when they're trying to respond to this, and they don't have time to be responding all these ridiculous falsehoods. So that's just a waste of their time and energy and resources. Longer term, this is really troubling because it makes people have second thoughts about getting involved in disaster recovery," said Adair.
"We try to film videos of what's going on so people can see what's happening, because I do think a part of this is people have to see what's going on," said Rudow."What I really have seen more than that is folks being really, really kind each other. People helping, people pitching in. I know there have been some very isolated incidents of these types of threats, but the much more overarching narrative we've seen is people pitching in and helping," said Rudow.
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