ʻAʻole hiki iā Sheril Pritchett ke puka i waho o kona lumi.
ʻAʻole ia no ka pōʻino mai ka Hurricane Florence. Ua mālama ʻia kona hale noho ma Fayetteville, NC, mai ka ʻino kaulana i hoʻolei i 30 mau ʻīniha o ka ua ma kekahi mau wahi o ka mokuʻāina. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i paʻa ʻia e kāna mau pani pani mua.
Noho ʻo Pritchett i kahi moe e ke kaumaha.
ʻO ia, e like me nā mea he nui ma ke ala o Florence, noho ʻo ia i nā hale kōkua federally. Ua hahai ka 59 makahiki i nā ʻōlelo aʻo e haʻalele, e pani ana i 110 mau mile me kāna kāne i ka hōkele kokoke loa i loaʻa iā lākou. Eono po, $600. ʻAʻole ʻo ia kāna kālā pilikia, akā ʻo kāna waihona no ka hale. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kēia manawa. E ho'i i ka huinahalike.
ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka. mamao loa. ʻO ka neʻe nui ʻana ke ʻano o ke ola no nā kamaʻāina he nui i nā hale haʻahaʻa. Aia ʻo Pritchett ma kona lumi lumi hoʻokahi no hoʻokahi makahiki. ʻO kāna ʻehā kēia mai ka wā i hū ʻia ai i ka makahiki 2008 e pili kokoke i kāna kaikamahine mua, e loaʻa ana nā pilikia olakino.
I kēlā me kēia manawa āna e mālama ai no kona hale ponoʻī, lawe kekahi mea i kāna kālā. A laila hele mai nā pahu, a laila ka neʻe ʻana.
Puke. Wehewehe. E hana hou.
Ua manaʻo mua ʻo Pritchett i ka pio ʻana. ʻO ia ka transience. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana, nā pō i hoʻopau ʻia ma kahi hōkele ʻo Holly Springs, NC. Ua lawe ʻia kahi ʻāpana. Noho ʻo ia i loko kekahi o 3,863 mau hale noho aupuni aia ma ke kahawai o Karolina Akau. I kēia manawa. Ma hope o Florence, ua ʻeha ʻo ia no nā lā inā loaʻa iā ia kahi home ma ka hopena o ia mau mea.
“Ua makaʻu loa iaʻu. ʻAʻole nui kaʻu," wahi āna ma ke kelepona. "Pono wau e hāʻawi i ʻekolu lumi moe o nā mea e neʻe ai i kēia wahi, a ua manaʻo ʻino wau i kēlā. A ʻo kēia wale nō kaʻu i koe. No laila, noʻonoʻo wau, 'Pehea inā nalowale iaʻu?' ”
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Pritchett i ka noʻonoʻo ikaika e koho i kēlā manaʻo. ʻAʻole home ʻole kāna kaikaina ʻōpio mai ka wā i kāʻili ʻia ai ʻo ia e ka Hurricane Harvey mai kahi hale noho aupuni o Houston.
"ʻAʻole ʻo ia he kanaka hoʻokahi," wahi a Pritchett. “Ua pilikia ʻo ia me ke kaumaha, ʻino kona hopohopo. Ke neʻe wale nei ʻo ia mai kahi a i kahi - ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻimi hou i kona wahi ponoʻī. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana nui ʻo ia no kāna mea i loaʻa a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pani wale.
ʻO ia ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa loa'
Ua hana mua nā Hurricane. ʻO Harvey lāua ʻo Florence ka mea hou e hōʻino i nā hale kūpono. Ua hoʻoholo lākou i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o kahi hale i kaupalena ʻia no ka poʻe haʻahaʻa kālā, wahi a Sarah Mickelson, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka lehulehu me ka National Low Income Housing Coalition. Ma hope o Harvey, ua hoʻokuke aku kekahi mau konohiki i nā mea hoʻolimalima e uku i nā hoʻolimalima kiʻekiʻe i ka poʻe i haʻalele ʻia e ka ʻino, wahi āna.
ʻAʻole ia he pōʻino ua pau kēia mau hale i nā wahi haʻahaʻa. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina ma ke kahawai a ʻoi aku ka loaʻa, e ʻeha ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, wahi a Mustafa Santiago Ali, he luna EPA mua e alakaʻi nei i nā hana hoʻoponopono kaiapuni no ka Hip Hop Caucus. ʻO nā ʻoihana ʻenehana a me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai, a me nā haumia a pau e hele mai ana me lākou, aia nō i loko o kēia mau ala wai.
"ʻO ia ka ʻāina kūʻai loa a me ka ʻāina makemake ʻole ʻia, a ʻo ka mea maʻamau ʻo ia ka ʻāina weliweli loa," wahi a Ali.
Ua ʻike pono nā kamaʻāina o Lumberton, NC. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Hurricane Matthew i ʻehā o nā kūkulu hale aupuni o ke kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki 2016. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei nā miliona e hoʻoponopono hou iā lākou. Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Lumberton me Florence - ua hōʻino wale ia i 10 o nā ʻāpana 500 i noho ʻia, wahi a Adrian Lowery, ka luna hoʻokele o ka hale hale.
ʻO ka manaʻo nui o Lowery ke ʻano o ka māhele ʻia ʻana o nā kālā hoʻōla pōʻino. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo Lumberton, ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu haʻahaʻa, e hoʻolauna i ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea hoʻoponopono federal e kiʻi i kāna ʻāpana.
"ʻAʻole au makemake e ʻōlelo e haʻalele ʻia mākou, akā aia mākou ma lalo o ka pou totem," wahi a Lowery. "Pono ko mākou poʻe e hakakā no nā mea a pau e hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa."
He hana hou ʻino. ʻO kekahi o nā hale like ʻole i hoʻopōʻino ʻia e Matthew, ua kī hou ʻia e Florence. Ua hakahaka lākou i kēia manawa a pau.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā haneli o ka poʻe ma ke kūlanakauhale i pōkole i nā hale kūpono no ʻelua makahiki. I kēia manawa ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia e lōʻihi no kekahi o lākou. He pilikia ia i ʻike ʻia e nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokuʻāina. Hoʻolālā kūhelu palapala ʻO ka hoʻoholo mua ʻana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ke kālā kōkua lehulehu Federal Emergency Management Agency i ʻike ʻia ua hoʻopau ʻo Matthew i nā hale kūpono ma Robeson County. ʻO ke kalana 67 pakeneka keokeo ole, a me ka Hui Hui Hale o Karolina Akau wahi a He paʻakikī ka 42 pakeneka o nā mea hoʻolimalima i ka uku hale.
ʻO ka waikahe a me nā pōʻino e hoʻohui i ka palekana mau e pili ana i ka ʻilihune. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻimi ʻikepili lehulehu o nā kamaʻāina i kōkua ʻia ma Fayetteville, Lumberton a me Pembroke kokoke. Nui ka poʻe i hoʻokuke ʻia ma hope o ka noho pōkole ʻana, i kekahi manawa no ka nalo ʻana o nā uku e like me $150; he mau palapala kalaima ko kekahi poe kamaaina; a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i neʻe pinepine i nā manawa pōkole.
Ua ʻike mua ʻia kēlā mau mea a pau.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ka 'Oihana o ka Hale a me ka Hoʻomohala kūlanakauhale a me FEMA i kahi anamanaʻo ʻO ka mahina i hala aku nei i hōʻike ʻia he ʻekolu manawa ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe hoʻolimalima ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o $2,000 i ka poʻe nona ka hale no ka haʻalele ʻana.
Helu nui: 104,497
Ma kahi o 10 pakeneka o nā hale noho aupuni o North Carolina aia i loko o ke kahawai i ʻike ʻia, e hōʻailona ana i ka US, e like me i ka Furman Center o ke Kulanui o New York. ʻO ka hui ʻana, 9 pakeneka o nā hale noho aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - 104,497 ka nui - a me 8 pakeneka o nā hale hoʻolimalima pilikino i kākoʻo ʻia e federally - 343,351 mau ʻāpana - aia i loko o ke kahawai 100 a me 500 mau makahiki.
ʻOi aku paha ka ʻoi aku o ka hiki ʻana i ke kahe ʻana, no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana e hoʻolilo i nā palapala ʻāina wai i ka wā kahiko. ʻAʻole hōʻike kēlā mau palapala ʻāina i nā hopena o ka wā e hiki mai ana mai ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai a me nā wai mahana, i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā ʻepekema ʻepekema ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Florence, Harvey a me nā ʻino ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻololi ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻino i ka wā ʻo Florence, e kahe ana i 11,000 mau hale hou aʻe ma mua o ka 1970, e like me kahi Ka Ikepili na ka hui noiʻi waiwai ʻole ʻo First Street Foundation. Ua manaʻo ʻia e kōkua ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ke kahe ʻana i nā hale he 51,000 hou i ka makahiki 2050.
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Pritchett i kahi hōʻike e ʻike i ka mea e hana nei. Makemake ʻo ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
“Manaʻo wau e hana hou ana i kēia makahiki aʻe. Ke hana pinepine nei i nā makahiki. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu, akā me he mea lā e pili kokoke ana a kokoke i kēlā me kēia manawa, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia no nā kahe a me nā ʻino. "E neʻe wau no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana hou i ke kaumaha."
Ua noi ʻo Pritchett no ke kōkua FEMA, me ka manaʻo e uku hou ʻia no $600 āna i hoʻolilo ai no ka hōkele. He kali lōʻihi paha ia.
ʻAʻole hana ka nui o nā papahana federal no ka poʻe haʻahaʻa - a ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia e ka hoʻokele Trump, wahi a Mickelson o ka National Low Income Housing Coalition.
ʻAʻole i hoʻāla ʻo Pelekikena Trump i ka papahana kōkua hale pōʻino a FEMA ma hope o Hurricanes Harvey, Irma a me Maria i ka makahiki i hala. Hāʻawi ka papahana i nā kōkua hoʻolimalima pololei a me nā luna hihia no nā kamaʻāina haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i haʻalele ʻia e nā pōʻino. ʻO ka papahana hale hoʻololi o FEMA - ʻo ia hoʻi, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā poʻe ma nā hōkele - aia nā koi i hiki ʻole i ka poʻe ʻilihune o ʻAmelika ke hālāwai, e like me ka waiho ʻana i kahi kāleka hōʻaiʻē.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana no kekahi. ʻOi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo no nā poʻe ʻilihune i ka ʻino, wahi a Mickelson. He kanaono pākēneka o nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia ma Maria i hōʻole ʻia i ke kōkua FEMA, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. He mau mahina ma hope o Harvey, ua ʻae ʻia he 26 pakeneka o ka poʻe i noi no ke kōkua ʻo FEMA a i ʻole Small Business Administration, e like me ka lā Dekemaba 2017. anamanaʻo na ka Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i nā koho paʻakikī. Noho nā mea pōʻino me nā ʻohana? Pālua me nā ʻohana haʻalele? E hoʻi i nā hale noho ʻole? He nui ka poʻe e lele wale ana ma nā alanui a i ʻole ke lele ʻana mai kēlā me kēia wahi.
ʻO ia ka mea i loaʻa iā Adrienne Kennedy. Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Lumberton, ua noho ka 43 makahiki ma kahi kokoke i ka home ma hope o Matthew: ma ke kaʻa o kona kupuna wahine. A laila ma ka hale o kona hoa ʻo Wanda no ʻekolu pule. A laila ma ka hale kūʻai lako i kōkua ai ʻo ia e holo no ke komite hoʻōla pōʻino o ke kalana.
He hōkele no 10 mahina.
Hoʻi i ka hale kūʻai.
A laila, ʻae ʻo ia i ka mea hiki ʻole, haʻalele ʻo ia i kona kūlanakauhale hānau no Fayetteville.
I kēia manawa aia ʻo ia ma kahi hale haʻuki ma laila. Ke kōkua nei ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻilihune e ʻimi i ko lākou wahi ma ka papahele. He 75 kapuai kuea ko lakou pakahi. Hoʻokaʻawale ka lipine ma ka honua i nā wahi. ʻAʻohe moena moe. Ua "hoʻokumu ʻia lākou ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Kennedy. Huli nā lono a puni ka hale haʻuki e pili ana i ka wā e hoʻi ai nā mea a pau i ka home. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike. Pono nā luna o Lumberton e nānā i ka pōʻino a me ka pohō.
"Ma kahi a mākou e noho nei ka hapa nui o nā hale noho aupuni. I ka wā mua, ke manaʻo nei au ʻo ka hoʻolālā no kahi e kū ai nā hale aupuni i kēia manawa - ʻo ia ke kahawai, ala wai, kahi kahawai - ua hoʻolālā nā mea hoʻolālā o kēia kaiāulu," wahi a Kennedy, ʻaʻole ia e noho i nā hale aupuni akā. nona ka home Lumberton kahiko i noho ma hope pono o ia mau ʻāpana. “ʻAʻole i loli ke kulekele. ʻAʻole hoʻi ka topography. "
Hehonua a me ka manao ino
ʻAʻole ia he coincidence. Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Downtown Lumberton ma ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe a puni. Ma hope o ke Kaua Kivila, ua kūkulu ʻia nā hale no nā ʻohana ʻeleʻele ma ka hema o nā palena o ke kūlanakauhale, ma ka muliwai ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa i ʻike ʻia i ka wai kahe. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, nā kuʻikahi paʻa a me ka "redlining" i hana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kaiāulu. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Lumberton i kēlā mau kaiāulu ʻeleʻele.
He mea maʻamau kēlā mau ʻano hoʻomohala ma ka Hema ma hope o ke Kaua Kivila, e like me ka 2006 like na Jeff Ueland lāua ʻo Barney Warf, ʻelua mau polopeka ʻāina. Ua hōʻike kā lākou noiʻi ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale Hema 146 i ka hoʻokalakupua o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele i ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa.
ʻO kēlā hale aupuni i pau i loko o ke kahawai he mea hoʻonui ia o kēlā mau kulekele, wahi a Andrew Kahrl, ka mea kākau moʻolelo a me ke kaukaʻi o nā haʻawina ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika ma ke Kulanui o Virginia. ʻAʻole makemake nā kamaʻāina keʻokeʻo waiwai i nā hale aupuni ma ko lākou kaiāulu. ʻAʻole hoʻi i ka ʻoihana waiwai, ka mea i hopohopo e hoʻohaʻahaʻa kēlā mau hale i nā waiwai home.
No laila, hoʻohana lākou i ka mana politika.
"I ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā hale aupuni, e hana ana ia i kahi ala e hoʻoikaika ai i ka hale a me ka hoʻokaʻawale papa," wahi a Kahrl. "Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kēlā ʻano ʻōnaehana ... a laila hiki ʻoe i kahi i loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hale aupuni ma ke kahawai."
Ua hopohopo ʻo Rev. Mac Legerton o Pembroke i ke ʻano o ia mea no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e paʻakikī ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka poʻe waiwai a me ka ʻilihune, ka keʻokeʻo a me ka keʻokeʻo.
"ʻO ke ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana ma nā wahi metropolitan ʻo ia i nā kaiāulu keʻokeʻo e neʻe nui lākou i ke kūkulu ʻākau i kahi kiʻekiʻe a me nā kaiāulu o ke kaona e hoʻohui hou ʻia," wahi a Legerton, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokele o ka Center for Community Action. “Ua hana ʻia ma Lumberton. Ua neʻe ka poʻe waiwai i waho o ke kūlanakauhale a i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻopau ke alakaʻi ʻo Trump i kahi kulekele i hiki ke kōkua i ke alahaka ʻana i kekahi o ia mahele ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hale lehulehu. 'O ka "federal flood risk management standard" e pono ke kūkulu hou 'ia i ka ikaika ma hope o ka 'ino. Ua pili paha ia i nā hale federal e like me nā mea i holo ʻia e HUD.
ʻAʻole naʻe i haʻalele ke kulekele. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Trump i nā lā ma mua o ka hahau ʻana o Harvey iā Texas. Ua ʻōlelo ka Hale Paʻa ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei e hana ana ia ma kahi kūlana pani, akā ʻaʻohe mea i puka mai.
'Ua hau wale au'
He mea paʻakikī ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole. E ʻike ʻo Barbara Brown.
Ua ʻike ʻo Brown i ke kahe ʻana o ka makani ʻino mai nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua - ma ke ʻano he mea ola o Hurricane Matthew a he komisina no ka Hale Hoʻokele o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lumberton.
Ma mua o Matthew, noho ʻo Brown ma kekahi o nā papahana hale haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Weaver Court, he hui o nā hale papa hoʻokahi ma lalo o hoʻokahi mile mai ka muliwai Lumber. Ua komo ʻo ia i ke komisina hale i nā makahiki 11 mua a hāʻawi i ka leo i nā kamaʻāina haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke kūlanakauhale. He mau hoalauna lākou.
A laila, ma ʻOkakopa 8, 2016, ua hoʻopiha ʻo Matthew i kona hale me ka wai ma mua o 4 kapuaʻi. "Ke neʻe nei kēlā wai e like me ka nahesa, ʻo nā mea a pau e neʻe wale ana a paʻi," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Brown. "No laila ua pule au, ua noi au i ke Akua e hoʻopakele iaʻu. Ua pule au no ka makaʻu i ka wai.
Ua ola ʻo ia. Akā ʻaʻole i hana kekahi o kāna mau mea.
Ma hope o ʻehiku mahina ma kahi Comfort Inn ma Durham, ua neʻe ʻo Brown i Lumberton. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi keʻena hou ma ke kaona, ma kahi kaiāulu hale lehulehu i kapa ʻia ʻo Eastwood Terrace. Noho ka wahi hou ma kahi kiʻekiʻe a manaʻo ʻia he ʻāina ʻē aʻe mai ka muliwai ʻo Lumber.
Hōʻalo ʻo Brown i ka hele ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Lumberton no ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo ana ʻo ia iā Matthew. "Ke hele au ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, pono wau e haʻalele i laila ma mua o ka pōʻeleʻele no ka mea ʻo kaʻu mea e ʻike ai ʻo ka piʻi hou mai o ka wai."
I ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o Florence i ke kahakai ʻo Carolina ma mua o kēia mahina, ua holo ʻo Brown a me kāna kāne male i Nash County, kahi i kali ai lākou i ʻehā mau lā ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka huakaʻi 130-mile i ka home. Ma ke ala, ua ʻike ʻo Brown i kahi makaʻu maʻamau.
"Me he mea lā ua hele au i kahi trance a i ʻole kekahi mea. Ua hauʻoli wale wau, "wahi āna. "ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau i hoʻopiha i kēia mea, ua waiho iaʻu me ka hopohopo, ua waiho iaʻu me ke kaumaha. A ke kaumaha nei au mai ka mea hope loa.
ʻO kēlā mau ʻano manaʻo e mākaukau ai ʻo Pritchett e neʻe - inā hiki iā ia ke puka i waho o kona lumi moe.
Ua ʻae ʻo Pritchett ua paʻa ʻo ia e kekahi ʻano ʻeha i hala. Ua loaʻa nā haʻawina hōʻikeʻia ʻO nā ʻino pōʻino e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia olakino noʻonoʻo, ka maʻi post-traumatic stress a me nā hopena olakino maikaʻi aʻe i waena o ka poʻe haʻahaʻa.
No laila ma hea ʻo ia e hele ai?
"ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu," wahi a Pritchett. "ʻAʻole ia e kokoke ana i ka muliwai."
Hoʻoponopono: Ua kuhikuhi hewa ʻia kekahi mana mua o ka moʻolelo i nā mea hoʻolimalima hale hale aupuni i kipaku ʻia ma hope o ka Hurricane Harvey.
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