But:

"In fact, while Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina all declared emergencies and requested and received federal approval of those declarations before the hurricane hit, [Tennessee] Governor Lee did not."

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Heather Cox Richardson reports that late Friday, Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison posted a statement online that President Biden had "finally" approved emergency funding for Tennessee after Helene hit. He made it seem that Biden had delayed approving emergency funding.

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September 29, 2024

Late Friday night, Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison posted “President Biden has finally approved [Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s] state of emergency request,” making it sound as if the delay in federal support for the state during…

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@ai6yr Another fallout and an uncovering of lack of business continuity planning - Ingles pharmacies have all their prescription processing systems in #asheville so NO ONE can fill a Rx with them right now. We missed one when checking before the storm.

Pharmacist said if something is important and you can’t get hold of the provider, to go to an urgent care place and get them to write a new Rx.

Other systems like Walgreen’s and CVS can’t help.

Even when you plan, things go awry.

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