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Cajun Navy Uses Drone Drops In Hurricane Helene Relief
Published 1 month ago
This footage, sent in to and provided by the United Cajun Navy in response to their efforts, shows the volunteer organization using a drone to drop supplies to otherwise difficult-to-reach survivors of Hurricane Helene. Formed most notably after Hurricane Katrina, the Cajun Navy is a group of boat owners and volunteers who began immediately self-mobilizing in the wake of disastrous storms and rescuing people, without waiting on help from FEMA or other authorities- like Cajuns do. It's my personal experience that a Cajun might call you a couillon for not having one, but they'll give you the shirt off their back. Over time and across disasters, the Cajun Navy has consistently gotten bigger and more organized, and now they deploy across the US. As a Gulf Coast guy, they have a huge amount of my respect. If you'd like to get involved, donate, or even request help, contact the Cajun Navy hereor call (504)517-NAVY (6289). The thing about the proliferation of drones in combat is that, in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict alone, you can very easily see videos of a drone ruining someone's day for every single day of the year. Footage of drones being used to help people is decidedly more rare, and we can do a little worse than starting a Monday with a reminder that killing each other on this ball of dirt hurtling through space isn't all we do.