Hurricane Helene last week became the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, killing more than 200 people and causing unimaginable devastation across six states after making landfall along the Florida coast.

While people continue to grieve those lost and witness the horrific damage caused by this hurricane, with many parts of the Southeast simply unrecognizable in the hurricane’s aftermath, questions have predictably started to swirl regarding the political response, with a particular focus on where all the money has gone.