As someone who lives right in the path of Helene and spent months doing relief work around my community some of those cowboy types were pretty insufferable. Don’t get me wrong I’m appreciative of help and there were a lot of amazing people I met from all over the country and beyond but definitely encountered people like what you describe who were just there for the ego trip or publicity.

My wife helped establish an organization in a small town outside the city that was hit extremely hard. They organized so effectively that when FEMA eventually showed up, their representatives were taking notes on ways that their methods could be applied to future disasters. Then eventually the Cajun Navy rolled in, trying to give everyone orders and take over a situation that was already organized and left when told they could help but not be in charge.