Residents of a tiny North Carolina town that was almost totally destroyed by Hurricane Helene fending for themselves after FEMA told them that a “road closed” sign is an insurmountable obstacle for the agency to navigate.
“You can drive it by car for sure, it’s not that bad, you just have to drive around the ‘road closed sign’.
They weren’t allowed,” local Chelsea Atkins, 38, told The Post.
“FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house then called me back to say they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign.
Residents told The Post that they don’t need FEMA now — and at this point, they don’t even want the disaster relief agency to come.
Left to fend for themselves, Bat Cave residents banded together — opening the roads and starting the arduous work of cleanup and recovery.
Atkins said FEMA called her to arrange an inspection of her house on the Broad River rendered uninhabitable by the storm, but that they never showed up because the road was closed — the very same road The Post successfully traversed on its way to Bat Cave.
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