Like, these are all good people that are all trying to help, but frankly these little Robinsons running around everywhere are doing charity while the Guard & FEMA are doing large-scale disaster response.

An md500 youtu.be/nQAPEBKhMS8?...

Taking Our Helicopter Into North Carolina's Disaster

YouTube video by Cleetus McFarland

Also those particular ones are dangerous as hell. In gusty conditions where it tips, the rotor can hit the support post and break off. One crashed last year near me that way.

I’m okay with private operators participating, they can be a piece of the whole jigsaw puzzle. But they don’t replace other pieces, and they certainly can’t be allowed to get in the way