http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/10/04/elon-musk-gets-a-call-from-pete-buttigieg-after-repeatedly-calling-out-this-admins-bs-n2401788
Earlier this week, while many private citizens and organizations were trying to deliver assistance to victims of storm damage in North Carolina and elsewhere, the Transportation Department, headed up by Pete Buttigieg, warned non-government personnel against flying anything they said would interfere with emergency response operations:
U.S. Department of Transportation (@USDOT) ~ 🚨 Drone pilots: Do not fly your drone near or around rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene.
Interfering with emergency response operations impacts search and rescue operations on the ground. For more information on temporary flight restrictions follow: @FAADroneZone
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1841565072360968304
Elon Musk is among those trying to help deliver assistance, and he posted about the problems they're experiencing:
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) ~ SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and
@FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!
They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.
@FEMA wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1842284913279586447
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) ~ Just received this text 20 mins ago. The level of belligerent government incompetence is staggering!!
However, Buttigieg responded to Musk this way:
Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) ~ No one is shutting down the airspace and FAA doesn’t block legitimate rescue and recovery flights. If you’re encountering a problem give me a call.
1:32 PM · Oct 4, 2024
Perhaps the Secretary of Transportation was hoping it would end there.
But it didn't:
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) ~ There are hundreds of reports of FEMA/FAA blocking flights. This literally just happened. I will follow you. Please DM me the number to call.
2:32 PM · Oct 4, 2024
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) ~ Still waiting … the helicopter is trying to land to deliver critical supplies. What’s the number to call?
2:48 PM · Oct 4, 2024
At some point, Musk was given a number and hopefully this can be quickly resolved:
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) ~ Thanks for the call. Hopefully, we can resolve this soon.
3:29 PM · Oct 4, 2024
Yeah, hopefully. But we're not holding our breath.
Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) ~ Pete Buttigieg needs a new job.
How many members of the Biden-Harris Cabinet, if any, are actually qualified for the jobs they have?
Based Electrician (@RyanHugeBrain) ~ Pete only calls Elon after he gets publicly shamed on X. Disgraceful. 🤨
There are many reasons the Biden administration (and Democratic Party) don't like Elon Musk, and this is yet another example. Musk solves problems, and Big Government creates them, then "solves" them with supposed solutions that only create even more problems which allows them to throw around even more money. The cycle then repeats.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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