There has to be some balance in seeing race without seeing only race. Otherwise people run the risk of either being patronizing, or dismissing that racism still exists.

Beautiful day in Butler PA.

Yeah. Helene was pretty much three disasters in one: a 1000-year flooding event for the Carolinas, a SE version of the Columbus Day storm for inland areas, and a devastating storm surge for Florida’s coast.

This is inaccurate. Dozens of people were killed by falling trees in GA/SC (48 deaths in SC alone and nearly all of them from wind) and wind gusts were very high (70mph+) for places as far north as the Greenville, SC area, with 100mph measured in interior GA over 100 miles from landfall.

Neither? I'm saying it's impossible to ignore race when your race affects your life every day. That's the reality and you saying "everyone should just ignore race" is as about as empty as saying "why don't poor people just stop being poor?" Try using some empathy for once.