Two FEMA agents went bear hunting, but just before reaching camp they saw a sign "Bear Left”, so they turned around and went home

FEMA abandons devastated NC town residents because they aren’t allowed to drive around ‘road closed’ sign: ‘Nobody’s been bringing in supplies except civilians’

BAT CAVE, North Carolina — Residents of a tiny North Carolina town that was almost totally destroyed by Hurricane Helene fending for themselves after FEMA told them that a “road closed” sign is an insurmountable obstacle for the agency to navigate.

“FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house then called me back to say they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign. They weren’t allowed,” local Chelsea Atkins, 38, told The Post.

“You can drive it by car for sure, it’s not that bad, you just have to drive around the ‘road closed sign’. I explained that to them. They said they couldn’t,” she said, recounting her maddening exchange with the embattled federal agency.

Left to fend for themselves, Bat Cave residents banded together — opening the roads and starting the arduous work of cleanup and recovery. Residents told The Post that they don’t need FEMA now — and at this point, they don’t even want the disaster relief agency to come.

Here’s hoping the Bat Cave residents can show the same gumption to go around the sign in the other direction and make it to the polls in time.