they are there on the ground, National Guard was going door to door in my friends town yesterday in NC giving out food and water rations and doing welfare checks. don't believe the social media propaganda. Sure another storm would be bad, but there have been years where FL and NC have had multiple storms in one season
We spoke to my aunt in North Port/Punta Gorde and it wasn't as bad as Clearwater/Tampa. An enormous amount sand was washed inland and this would just be devastating.