Hurricane Helene greatly impacted Western Carolina and the people with connections to that area. After the hurricane, there were many videos and posts on social media that showed the disasters that were left behind but also posts related to gofundme’s to help those who have lost everything due to hurricane Helene. While I wasn’t directly affected, I was able to see the devastating impact on Western Carolina through social but I was unaware of the amount of misinformation going around in regards to the help and money that the federal government was able to provide. There were some rumors where the federal government and other federal agencies were only to provide a minimum amount of money and resources, which would not have made much of an impact in comparison to the huge impact that was left behind, when in truth they were able to provide more than what was being negatively posted as a way to divide the citizens and the federal government during very adverse times.
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