Communities used to recover from disasters themselves, not wait for government
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This change from when a disaster happens, you the community recovers. As as switch to when a disaster happens, everybody looks to the government, waits for the government.
Episode 196: Red Neck Airforce (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:10:56 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Watching the Hurricane Helene response in western North Carolina, Dave notes a change within his lifetime: disaster recovery used to be community-led, and now everyone waits for the government, which (as with Katrina) often can't respond well from the top down.
Not in the audio. Hurricane Helene is identified from the episode's date and context (western North Carolina, Asheville), not named in this turn.