Thread by @M_C_Masters

We are on the mountaintop in Little Switzerland collecting airlifted donations and distributing them to homes that have no power or are inaccessible. The community is self organizing incredibly well

This is the only federal government response I've seen so far. Almost all the pallets we have received are donations coming in from citizens and orgs.
Feds usually don't come this far up into the mountains

This has been the government donation: pallets of electric chainsaws to communities that have no power

There are a lot of homes and communities that still don't have power, cell service, or water. There are teams going out to these communities, and are still finding people who haven't yet made contact since the storm.

Our little project involves receiving airlifted donations and distributing them both to the ATV teams, as well as directly to houses we can access via road.

One big complication is medicine: unlike most goods, we can't just get bulk and distribute, we have to get communications to each family to take stock of what's needed, then find a way to get them sent to us

Generators are the most useful. Each one gets a family back into a stable living situation. We are delivering cans of fuel as well as well, but credit cards usually don't work. As always, cash is king, and while donations are wonderful, we can't withdraw to cash for more fuel.

Lots of people are joking about the government response. Some people are mad, but most are used to it and expected this. We were at a lodge eating and a TV ad for Harris for the working class came on.

The community response has been amazing, immediately working to help each other. Drop sites are popping up everywhere, locals arrive with new reports of families stuck, and we load a truck up and head out right away.