As we all know, Hurricane Helene utterly devastated Western North Carolina. The flooding was incredible; it was so severe that in places, the geography was irrevocably changed. Mountainsides, houses and roads were swept away. Far too many souls were lost and some are still missing. It’s a reasonable bet to think they’ll never be found now.
People have come in from all over to help and of course Appalachian people have always known how to take care of themselves. It’s been about a month now and while there have been issues as there are with all disasters, the relief efforts have been remarkable.
However, there is still a lot of work to do and winter is coming fast. The human spirit we’ve seen has has been amazing and inspirational, particularly with cold weather beginning to arrive…