WOW!!! Why did "they" flood NC??

I always fact check these guys. The lithium plant is in Gaston, NC which is way more east than the massive floods, but he's VERY right about the Spruce Pines area. And even MSNBS new just posted an article about it! Yikes!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/this-tiny-north-carolina-mining-town-is-crucial-to-the-semiconductor-industry-helene-just-wrecked-it/ar-AA1ryr4X