September 29th, 2024.

Late Friday night, Tennessee House Republican Caucus Chair Jeremy Phazen 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 the devastation of Hurricane Helene was Biden's

fault. 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,

Governor Lee did not.

Instead, in keeping with an April joint resolution from the Republican-dominated Tennessee legislature

calling for 31 days of prayer and fasting to seek God's hand of mercy healing on Tennessee,

Lee proclaimed September 27th, a voluntary day of prayer and fasting.

Lee did not declare a state of emergency until late on September 27th after flash flooding had already created havoc.

President Biden approved it immediately.

The extraordinary damage from Helene in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina,

Tennessee, and Virginia continues to mount.

At least 91 people have died, and search and rescue teams are at work across several states.

More than 2 million people are without power,

and Western North Carolina is isolated

after its roads washed out.

A fire at a chemical facility in Conyers, Georgia, outside Atlanta, forced the evacuation of

17,000 people nearby.

The National Weather Service Office in Greenville Spartanburgburg, South Carolina, wrote to the residents of the

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