The winds had picked up during daylight, but after the sun went down, the waters pushed into the community.
Hurricane Helene passed more than 100 miles away, on a northward path that had it run into Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane. As of Friday evening, more than 40 people were dead in Florida and other states hit by the storm.
There were no deaths reported locally, but plenty of damage in its wake…