Personal Helene Update : Sept. 30

This was AFTER our neighbors cut us out with chainsaws. It would be 3 months before we'd find a tree service to remove the debris.

And here is View Drive. It hasn't been touched. And the large bottom line would still be on the ground in January. Eventually, I would cut one of those yellow ties to keep on my miniature shelf.

And THIS is why I haven't been able to see Shana. I wouldn't even attempt to go over the Mountain for months, and the longer way was blocked due to bridge being out on 11, right by Jomes gap.

In fact, the linemen who would eventually work on our road were from Canada and only spoke French! I know because I tried to thank them!

The linemen are getting closer!

The Mountain State Fairgrounds became a DOT home base.

The Short Story of Hurricane Helene :

On the night of September 26 , 2024 Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina as a true representation of global warming and climate change. Asheville, Lake Lure & Chimney Rock were completely destroyed while all surrounding areas, including ours, were ravaged, and Helene would fight with Katrina as as deadliest Hurricane in modern US history with 238 officially dead, and probably many more deceased homeless. Water is the true killer of any hurricane, and we had both wind AND water. Our diciduous trees were not designed for this wind, and many of them came down, ruining countless homes. The biggest problem was the water reservoir and watershed located just north of Asheville. We had many days of rain, pre-storm. This had already filled the reservoir. Helene made it overflow and the resulting flood flowed into the valleys destroying everything in its path. This flood converged in Chimney Rock destroying the entire town and ended at Lake Lure which became a literal graveyard of homes, debris, ... and bodies. We would spend 1 week without power and 2.5 weeks without phone and internet. Our entire yard would be littered with fallen trees, our driveway blocked (our chainsaw owning neighbors would free us), and our outbuilding (a hopeful stables for my future goats) was destroyed, but our home was untouched!