In the developing flood zone narrative of government-run assistance versus hillbilly self-reliance and neighborliness, social media is showing us some really quite pleasant signs of a third model: cooperation and mutual respect. Watch this video on I-still-call-it-Twitter:
More, please.
Report from the ground suggests those TNG helicopters got there quite late in the game:
https://x.com/thepresterkhan/status/1842377731746545686
But not because of the soldiers who actually do the work.
Currently working on an article about this, but the amount of amazing coordination between regular people is amazing and reminds us again that the most powerful force on the planet is human cooperation.
https://x.com/gbiffle/status/1841562904123826381
"If your family is near this pin, they got my attention with a mirror flashing against the sun they are okay and we’ve dropped off supplies"