Where has everyone been? We have been here alone,
This is an amazing community, and we’re just going to need financial and manpower support to literally dig out,
We’ve been going door to door, making sure that we can put eyes on people and see if they’re safe,
We know that this crisis will likely be a sustained crisis because of water system issues,
This is, without a doubt, a widespread and extraordinarily devastating disaster,
No matter where you are in western North Carolina, if you need help, we are working around the clock to reach you,
We know that there are places that are still hard to access,
We can’t remove trees and debris off the power lines until we get the power lines turned off,
The devastation brought by Helene is beyond belief. Communities were wiped off the map,
Just yesterday, a joint Florida State Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission team rescued a mother and her 1-year-old infant,
In fact, communication has been difficult in a number of areas if not impossible,
That’s an astronomical amount of precipitation,
This is a significant spill, and flooding should be expected in the same areas in Georgetown County as experienced in 2015 and 2020, when the utility also conducted major spills,
Boaters beware: We're drawing down the lakes to make room for a wall of water coming from NC,
We’re continuing to tell folks if you don’t have a reason to be in North Carolina, do not travel on the roads of western North Carolina,
Just seeing the little bit of news that we’ve been able to see has been shocking and really sad.”
By the time Helene came into the Carolinas, we already had that rain on top of more rain,
I'm hoping that the churches in this area are going to step up. I hope donations will pour in. I hope that the government will come in with a large financial aid package to help,
The hurricane hitting us was devastating. None of us expected to be hit as bad as we were,
Our infrastructure has been severely damaged or destroyed, and so there's going to be a ton of rebuilding just to get commerce back, just to get where kids can get to school,