The Prepper Broadcasting Network - UPDATE Western NC Helene Recovery w/ Judson Carroll

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

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obviously it's been a rough week here we We are by no means recovered from Hurricane Helene and it will be a year at least before parts of the, well like the main parts of the county, the places people visit like you know whether it's tourism or like if you have to go to the county seat to go to the courthouse or do your banking or something. It'll probably be a year before Newland, North Carolina looks normal. And out in the rural communities where entire families were swept away and killed by the flood. Entire homes went down river. Entire neighborhoods disappeared. You know, covered and buried in mud. It will be years. We'll be finding bodies for years.

So keep us in your prayers, please. Most of Avery County still does not have any power or cell service or running water. And the federal government is making things so much worse. You know, yeah, the National Guard's helped stop the looting and everything, but FEMA's not allowing private citizens to come in and help anymore. And, you know, we've got temperatures going down to the 30s next week people are going to starve to death people are going to freeze thanks to the federal government who was stopping private citizens from coming in and helping the people of Appalachia and you notice when you turn

on the television and listen to one of these like FEMA briefings or somebody in D.C., they don't even know how to pronounce Appalachian. It is Appalachian. It's not Appalachian. Appalachian is actually somewhat of an insult. It's actually an intentional... Pronouncing it that way began as an intentional insult to the people of Appalachia. It's like, you know,

we're the educated Yankees and y'all are poor dumb hillbillies. It is actually Appalachia. You should know that because you're listening to the Southern Appalachian Herbs show. But I'll move on to the plants. You know, you got to focus. I mean, I keep trying to talk with people.

You know, you got some that are still in shock you got some that are experiencing a lot of anxiety and so you know I've been recommending ashwagandha to people you know they are actually allowing us to go to the grocery stores now so you can buy ashwagandha from two of our local grocery stores which is nice and the drugstore in the county seat downtown when i say downtown okay there's one stoplight okay i mean it's it's a town of like i think 4 000 people it you know so but anyway we do have a couple grocery stores and we do have a drug store um valerian of course if you can take valerian some people have an issue with some people have an issue with ashwagandha and it's usually gives them nightmares. But the best thing you can do,

say a prayer, hope for the best and focus, focus on something pleasant, something to distract you. I mean, do the work you got to do, you know, clean up your yard, clean up your road, try to recover from the storm, but find something enjoyable enjoyable a funny movie um i know this sounds stupid but it will really keep you sane uh i mean i play my mandolin every day uh for about an hour um while i'm listening to the news headlines in the morning and play a little guitar before i go to bed at night uh but the main thing, actually, it's kind of funny. You know, I am one of the few around here actually getting a little internet, and I can download videos from YouTube. And it's not something I would normally do,

but they put the full run of the Midnight Special TV series on from 1973, I guess, to the end of the show, which is something like 400 episodes. And yeah, that's basically been keeping me sane. When I need a break, it's the evening, I can't do any more outside. I need to turn my mind off. I'm putting on these old Midnight Special episodes from 1973, and they're fantastic. I mean, the one I watched last night, I mean, check out this lineup. The Bee Gees, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jerry Lee Lewis, all on the same show. I mean, I'm a huge fan of all three. Blanking out on the other guy that was on there,

and that's a shame. He was really good. He was one of the first people to popularize reggae. You may remember his song, I Can See Clearly Now, The Rain Is Gone. He did that one. That's classic. And then he did a Bob Marley song, you know, before anybody knew who Bob Marley was. The night before that, I think it was Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Earl Scruggs. So, I mean, these lineups are like crazy diverse. And I mean, nobody would put a show together like that

anymore you know this is yeah it was still that kind of way when I was a kid you turn on like top 40 radio and it wouldn't be all one genre of music you'd hear some rock you'd hear some country you'd hear some soul music and I always thought that was great as a kid I guess that changed really in the 90s I mean by 2000 everything was so stratified into categories of strict genres that people that listen to one genre of music never hear another genre. And that is such a shame. I mean, I grew up listening to so much Motown and soul music.

That was my mom's favorite thing, Motown and soul music, plus Southern Rock, a lot of Allman Brothers, Janis Joplin. She was a huge Janis Joplin fan. Plus, you know, country music, jazz, rock. I mean, there was tons of rock on. And, I mean, the older kids were really into punk rock. So I grew up with a huge love of punk rock. And after that, it was the New Wave music of the 80s. You that it was the um oh what do they call new wave music

the 80s you know like the music from the breakfast club that's phenomenal music there was you know a little bit of disco there was a a lot of um gosh bluegrass uh little sometimes there'd be like some teana music on i mean beach music that's huge in north on. I mean, beach music. That's huge in North Carolina. Beach music was born in the Carolinas. So, I mean, you know, shagging at the beach. That's what people love to do around here. You know, not really in the mountains, but that's a rural coastal thing. You know, anyway, I miss that mix of music.

And these midnight special shows are fun. So if you're looking for a distraction, I'm just saying it's really important for your mental health. If you're not resting your mind, you're going to burn out. And if you're getting anxious and every time it rains, you start having a panic attack or something, that's not going to help anybody. So my advice, if you're in one of these affected areas or something like this comes down the road always remember put on a funny movie grab a Marx Brothers movie listen to some music find some if it's just for 15 minutes distract your mind and give yourself a mental rest and there are herbs like I said ashwagandha valerian skullcapflower, so many herbs that can help kind of relax you and deal with the situation because, you know, I mean, we're really kind of sitting here thinking nobody's coming to

help us. If we don't do it on our own, we're all going to die because, I mean, like I said, it's going to the 30s this week and, you know, people don't have heat. People don't have electricity. People don't even have running water. And, you know, at least the main roads are open now so we can get to the grocery store. But if you're down a back mountain road, you're probably getting close to starving at this point. And nobody's helping us. I mean, woo-hoo. Biden says we can have $750 direct

deposit into your bank account. Oh, that's great, isn't it? What if your bank's closed, the ATMs are off, you can't withdraw the money and your phone doesn't work because there's no cell coverage. How does that help somebody down a mountain road? Now it's going to help. It's going to help a lot of people. And eventually, I mean, you know, immediate help. Immediate help was all these private citizens flying in and doing airdrops of groceries and bottled water. And for some reason, FEMA and the National Guard are not allowing private citizens to do that in many areas. Now, in some areas, they probably are. areas. Now, in some areas, they probably are. Our horrible, jackass Senator Tom Tillis,

I mean, who is nothing but a pure sellout from day one. I mean, I actually called his office one time as a constituent asking, saying, could you please ask the Senator to vote this way on a certain legislation? And the person who answered the phone cussed me out. I mean, I was polite. You know me, I'm polite, right? Started cussing me out. I mean, I was polite. You know me. I'm polite, right? Started cussing me out. This is our U.S. Senator. Well, he's over there in Asheville just praising FEMA.

Oh, they're doing a great job. Yeah, they're not. And I hope, I don't care. I mean, he's a Republican. He's worse than any Democrat we've ever had in that office. He's worse than, I don't care if he's a flag-waving Marxist. I'd take a flag-waving Marxist who was honest and actually cared about his constituents over Tom Tillis any day. He's been a sellout from day one.

He was essentially installed by the Chamber of Commerce and the National Republican Party. And he does not care at all about the people of North Carolina. And I'm telling you, he is the sorriest piece of crap sitting in Washington, D.C. And, yeah, I'm serious. I called just, could you please ask the senator to vote this way? And the person started cussing me out. I said, wait a minute. I'm a taxpayer.

I'm a voter. He works for me. And he said, no, it doesn't work that way. He doesn't work for you. And I'm like, no, I'm a resident of North Carolina. He's my senator. I don't care. And I don't work for you either. And starts chewing me out. That's the person sticking up for FEMA so yeah anyway now let's get on to the herbs I mean that let me tell you when Jesse Helms was in that seat I could call up Senator Helms and he would do anything anything he was a friend of my grandfather's he knew my family name. Boom, taken care of. When there were, what was her name, Kay Hagan, she was responsive. She was a Democrat. Gosh, blue. So many people have filled the two Senate seats here in North Carolina. I can't remember. You know, they say they took somebody's seat. You know, it's interchangeable. No.

Tom Tillis does not represent the people of North Carolina. He represents the Chamber of Commerce and interests in Washington, D.C. Military-industrial complex, big money. Yeah. I mean, his whole goal of being in that office

is to flood the country with illegal immigrants to work basically slave labor jobs for big corporations. He's a total 100% sellout. I'd rather have a dog in that office than Tom Tillis. I have much more respect for dogs, as you know. Now let's get into herbs. What if I told you you could own land for $200 down and highly affordable monthly payments? Yourcheapland.com is your answer to bug out land,

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