Floodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service.
Am in NC but have family right over the state line in TN. Can tell you they got it as bad if not worse in places. Where the Nolichuckey winds through some of the mountain counties there are areas where all the bridges/roads in those counties are completely washed out. The water isn’t receding fast enough either.
We’ve been in continual contact with friends who are completely stranded. No way in to the area and no drinkable water.
The news is not covering it and what they are is making it sound like there are only a handful of deaths when in reality there are probably dozens of people (or more) missing.
Am afraid this is going to just all get brushed aside for some other ‘News blip’ come next week.
Heard it’s as bad as Katrina there. Lots of flooding, mud slides, and destruction. Lots of people looking for family members.
Am in NC but have family right over the state line in TN. Can tell you they got it as bad if not worse in places. Where the Nolichuckey winds through some of the mountain counties there are areas where all the bridges/roads in those counties are completely washed out. The water isn’t receding fast enough either.
We’ve been in continual contact with friends who are completely stranded. No way in to the area and no drinkable water.
The news is not covering it and what they are is making it sound like there are only a handful of deaths when in reality there are probably dozens of people (or more) missing.
Am afraid this is going to just all get brushed aside for some other ‘News blip’ come next week.
It is. There’s a lot of areas completely cut off due to roads being washed out.
As in, white supremacists and cops murdering unarmed black people that are looking for food and shelter? That kind of bad?
God I hope not. I do know people are lining up in very long lines for water and basic supplies.