Civilian helicopter pilots have been the unsung heroes in helping to find survivors and deliver supplies after Hurricane Helene. In fact, for a while, they were ordered to get out of the airspace, even though the government wasn’t providing airlifted support yet. That controversy has been resolved, but a new one has taken its place.
I was talking to a helicopter pilot the other day who was regaling stories about piloting helos in combat. Indeed, Don Bentley, who has taken over writing the Vince Flynn spy thriller novels, was an Apache Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. He was sent to find the survivors of Operation Redwings. Marcus Luttrell, you’ll recall, was the “Lone Survivor” of that op.
With the help of an Iowa Air National Guard Chinook helicopter, we successfully evacuated 34 elderly residents from Burnsville this evening. It was an absolute honor to assist these fellow Americans in their time of greatest need. A huge thank you to our first responders and… pic.twitter.com/m8YI5Nqfgs
— Pat Harrigan (@PatHarriganNC) October 2, 2024
I was talking to a helicopter pilot the other day who was regaling stories about piloting helos in combat. Indeed, Don Bentley, who has taken over writing the Vince Flynn spy thriller novels, was an Apache Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. He was sent to find the survivors of Operation Redwings. Marcus Luttrell, you’ll recall, was the “Lone Survivor” of that op.
Helo pilots do more than just deliver “steel on target” as Bentley puts it in his first “Mitch Rapp” novel, “Capture or Kill.” They do more than deliver troops to a landing zone (LZ). These pilots can do all kinds of things; they control crowds and scare away bad guys. They can do this with rotor wash. They use it to do just that in one of the Flynn books, as a matter of fact. See the Adult in the Room Podcast conversation with Bentley below.
But you don’t do that to friendlies.
So when I saw images from the aftermath of the North Carolina victims of Hurricane Helena, I was shocked.
An unmarked Blackhawk helo hovered over a site where North Carolina relief workers were gathering life-saving supplies and bathed the site in rotor wash. Supplies went flying. Tents and popups, set up to protect the relief supplies from the elements, flew into the air like some homes went up in the storm. Reportedly, one person had to get medical attention after this display.
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Why One Survival Food Company Shines Above the Rest
Let’s be real. “Prepper Food” or “Survival Food” is generally awful. The vast majority of companies that push their cans, bags, or buckets desperately hope that their customers never try them and stick them in the closet or pantry instead. Why? Because if the first time they try them is after the crap hits the fan, they’ll be too shaken to call and complain about the quality.
It’s true. Most long-term storage food is made with the cheapest possible ingredients with limited taste and even less nutritional value. This is why they tout calories so much. Sure, they provide calories but does anyone really want to go into the apocalypse with food their family can’t stand?
This is what prompted the Llewellyns to launch Heaven’s Harvest. They bought survival food from multiple companies and determined they couldn’t imagine being stuck in an extended emergency with such low-quality food. They quickly discovered that freeze drying food for long-term storage doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor, consistency, or nutrition.
Their ingredients are all-American. In fact, they’re locally sourced and all-natural! This allows their products to be the highest quality on the market, so good that their customers often break open a bag in a pinch to eat because they want to, not just because they have to due to an emergency.
At Heaven’s Harvest, their only focus is amazing food. They don’t sell bugout bags, solar chargers, or multitools. They have one mission – feeding Americans in times of crisis.
What they DO offer is the ability for people to thrive in times of greatest need. On top of long-term storage food, they offer seeds to help Americans for the truly long-term. They want them to grow their own food if possible which is why they offer only Heirloom, Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, Open-Pollinated seeds so their customers can build permanent food security on their own property.
No it’s no accident. But I doubt there’s any coordinated conspiracy. I’d say it’s more a matter of a bunch of barney fife’s in law enforcement, fire departments, national guard, and so on, who aren’t flipping right in the head, have an axe to grind, way too much arrogance, and a major problem if they’re not in complete and total control of everything and everybody. So they’re going to undermine civilian, private efforts, every chance they get. Around here, we have some civilian atheists and pagans doing the same thing, bellyaching about the fact that food and supplies are being distributed by the churches. Of course, if they have a problem with God, they’re going to have a problem with that also, and would prefer it be done by the government.
“Barney fifes”??? This is North Carolina which has the Research Triangle Park. The relief services come from companies that have sweetheart deals with FEMA and the government agencies who promoted them give kickbacks to both. That is why local help was pushed aside. It is money making enterprise at the cost of lives
Bingo
Since when does an unmarked helo in black with no transponder operating become a NCNG helo, this was a fed helo, possibly a fed agency like CIA/FBI/ATF or maybe another fed agency helo.
You are absolutely correct, The Guard doesn’t fly helicopters without identifying marks. At least they shouldn’t be. More likely Blackrock or CIA.
Another aspect to the harsh rules that are now IMMEDIATELY exposed upon the public when disaster strikes any American community;
The enforcement of draconian dictates of NO right of passage, travel and even speech that frantic citizens face during those times. Civil order IS needed of course, but if there is No federal aid, personnel or supplies at the disaster site, why, as in Western North Carolina right after Helene, do some egotistical fedgov officials IMMEDIATELY attempt to stop regular citizens from going in to help?!!!
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