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A very industrial-looking silver steel bridge spans a new creek flow in Sesquicentennial State Park in South Carolina. These trees were heavily damaged ten years ago, and now, the verdant pine forest is recovering still, yet again we have a beautiful terrain. River cane has returned, and a promising blue sky covers far behind the trees. This is what we now call the FEMA Bridge, all who frequent the Park. For it represents a bond between the people and a Government Agency which once care for all in need. This is a photograph of when things work, when needs are met and the people of a Nation are visited by relief and repair after such devastation. Here is what for a few years, through a number of tropical storms and hurricanes between January 2015 to January 2021 that through flood and fire, hurricane, tornado and cyclone, deluge of snow, an incredibly large swath of landscape in Sesquicentennial State Park, just outside of Columbia, South Carolina was altered forever. But we all knew that relief would come. In State Parks we are seeing fires and floods decimate the timber, the lands, even the waterways. In 2015 Sesqui was a disaster zone. South Carolina has had flooding now for ten long years, with prolonged seasons of record setting flooding many times. This is climate change, and FEMA was always there to help individuals, communities, counties and states recoup. Until now. Western North Carolina is still reeling from Hurricane Helene, encumbered by lack of bridges and road repair which never came. Even when our Nation had FEMA fully operational, it often was the precursor, as in the case of Sesquicentennial, a tremendous outpouring of funds and volunteers, workers from other states and even some countries who sent help in as a welcome tide of support. When will it return to us?
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM