Hurricane Helene thread - Not a football thread but y’all be safe *keep politics, conspiracy theories, and and tinderbox squabbles out of this*

[LinvilleGorge]

I'm headed back to Linville. Gonna try to find an aid station along the way to bring as much as I can but oddly every church I've driven by is doing nothing for their community.

A lot of folks still stuck in their houses with no way out and a lot of flooded homes at least needing the saturated sheetrock ripped out. I have my dad coming with his contractor's van with a lot more tools.

[GEM]

I sat in my truck and watched 31 inches of rain fall in Busick NC. Hiked out to Marion Saturday. Highway 80 is just wiped off the map with mud slides. I think I was one of the first outsider through this area. Unbelievable damage,houses gone, people were still missing, people in house hurt. But these people were offering water food to me. I about cried seeing it all. I have felt guilty all week. My little cabin is ok and feel very fortunate. We dropped a lot of stuff to Speedway for delivery. 

[jayboogieman]

 

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[Anybodyhome]

Was in Durham yesterday talking with some folks, native NC folks, and they have absolutely no clue just how remote some areas of western NC are. We may never know the real toll on human life this storm took for months, if at all.

As a former resident of Asheville, it's difficult to look at some of the damage without thinking of the smaller communities not located in the population center. Edneyville, Gerton, Fairview. Some of those smaller communities are only accessed by small roads to begin with.

Eric Rudolph eluded the FBI for 5 years living in the woods of Western NC, if that gives you any idea.

[OHYO]

2 hours ago, GEM said:

I sat in my truck and watched 31 inches of rain fall in Busick NC. Hiked out to Marion Saturday. Highway 80 is just wiped off the map with mud slides. I think I was one of the first outsider through this area. Unbelievable damage,houses gone, people were still missing, people in house hurt. But these people were offering water food to me. I about cried seeing it all. I have felt guilty all week. My little cabin is ok and feel very fortunate. We dropped a lot of stuff to Speedway for delivery. 

Love Busick. People up S Toe are survivors, you’re in good hands. Stay safe!

Edited 24 minutes ago by OHYO

[OHYO]

If you’re looking to help and need direction on what and where to go Biltmore Baptist in Asheville has a coordinated plan.