Helene Recovery & Info

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Centerpiece said:
Just got power back, around 7pm this evening.
Went out around 6am last Friday. 7.5 days.
I’ve gotten used to cold showers. They’re a relief when the house gets too hot and muggy.
Now it feels cold in the house, since the AC has been on a couple of hours.
Mom is missing in Arden. No word from her since Sunday afternoon.
She was alive and well then. I’m thinking her phone isn’t charged and she still is without power. 88 years old but still spry.
I called the 211 number, they’re issuing a welfare check and should get word to me in 72 hours.
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Since Sunday? God bless you, but get in the car and go check on your mom. Arden is accessible.
 
Centerpiece said:
Just got power back, around 7pm this evening.
Went out around 6am last Friday. 7.5 days.
I’ve gotten used to cold showers. They’re a relief when the house gets too hot and muggy.
Now it feels cold in the house, since the AC has been on a couple of hours.
Mom is missing in Arden. No word from her since Sunday afternoon.
She was alive and well then. I’m thinking her phone isn’t charged and she still is without power. 88 years old but still spry.
I called the 211 number, they’re issuing a welfare check and should get word to me in 72 hours.
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I went through that last Fri-Sat when I hadn't heard from my family. It sucks. Does she belong to a church? Have neighbors? Anyone at all in the town that you can reach out to? Plenty of people willing to help out with a welfare check these days if you'll let them.
 
Scientific Mapp said:
Since Sunday? God bless you, but get in the car and go check on your mom. Arden is accessible.
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That’s the next step. Headed there today, but was hoping 211 would get there a couple of days ago when I couldn’t head that way. My thoughts are positive and she’s simply without a charged phone. On Sunday, She said her house was unaffected by the storm and that she was fine herself. I called her on Monday and Tuesday but phone rolled straight to voice mail - a sure sign of: dead phone or no cell signal. So I called 211 on Wednesday hoping they have boots on the ground there and do a welfare check quickly, and let me know.
 
Centerpiece said:
That’s the next step. Headed there today, but was hoping 211 would get there a couple of days ago when I couldn’t head that way. My thoughts are positive and she’s simply without a charged phone. On Sunday, She said her house was unaffected by the storm and that she was fine herself. I called her on Monday and Tuesday but phone rolled straight to voice mail - a sure sign of: dead phone or no cell signal. So I called 211 on Wednesday hoping they have boots on the ground there and do a welfare check quickly, and let me know.
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Good luck!
 
MOD NOTE Oct 5 — REBRANDING THIS AS HELENE RECOVERY THREAD SINCE IT HAS EVOLVED THAT WAY AND HAVE STARTED A NEW GENERAL WEATHER THREAD.

nycfan

Off-Topic Thread 'The Weather Thread'

The original Weather Thread has evolved into a Helene info and recovery thread, so thought it made the most sense to rebrand that one as Helene specific and start a new general Weather Thread.

THERE IS ASLO A SEPARATE THREAD FOR POLITICS OF HELENE. PLEASE DISCUSS POLITICAL RHETORIC AND CONSPIRACIES THERE.

nycfan

Politics Thread 'Helene & Milton - Political fallout, Disinformation and Lies & now Threats'

So much destruction to work through over the coming months it’s insane, but my husband raised an interesting question about whether elections will be able to be properly run?

There is also the issue of how what will be a long and complicated response will impact people’s voting choices.

Again, don’t want to be insensitive to the monumental rebuilding task faced in the mountains. I know from having pipes burst during a hard freeze up there a couple of years ago how hard it was then to find contractors to handle clean-up because so many were impacted. We did as much of our own mitigation...
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“… Beyond the forests, the conservancy also urged hikers to postpone their trips through a southern stretch between Georgia and Rockfish Gap, Va. That’s more than 800 miles of the trail.

“People will say they’re not officially closed, and that’s true,” Ms. Marra said of the network of trails. But the storm has made parts of the path “precarious and dangerous,” according to Janet Hensley, who follows and helps hikers from a van every year and is known to many of them as Miss Janet.

“On the trail, you may spend half of a day getting through a cluster of trees blocking the path,” Ms. Hensley said of the damage.

For any damage to the trail, there is greater concern about the nearby communities. Ms. Marra cited Damascus, Va.; Hot Springs, N.C., and Erwin, Tenn., as among the hardest-hit places near the trail. …”
 
Centerpiece said:
That’s the next step. Headed there today, but was hoping 211 would get there a couple of days ago when I couldn’t head that way. My thoughts are positive and she’s simply without a charged phone. On Sunday, She said her house was unaffected by the storm and that she was fine herself. I called her on Monday and Tuesday but phone rolled straight to voice mail - a sure sign of: dead phone or no cell signal. So I called 211 on Wednesday hoping they have boots on the ground there and do a welfare check quickly, and let me know.
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You know what you are doing. You have a plan. You trust your mother. You have control of the situation and are handling it better than most people in general and me in particular. Your mother raised you right.
 
nycfan said:
For any damage to the trail, there is greater concern about the nearby communities. Ms. Marra cited Damascus, Va.; Hot Springs, N.C., and Erwin, Tenn., as among the hardest-hit places near the trail. …”
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Been curious about Hot Springs. Have soaked in the tubs many a time over the years. I'm figuring they've been washed way down the river in the floods.
 
grimes70 said:
Been curious about Hot Springs. Have soaked in the tubs many a time over the years. I'm figuring they've been washed way down the river in the floods.
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Hot Springs got it every bit as bad as you would expect given the geography and proximity to the French Broad. That town has been on my mind all week. People up there are awesome and they appreciate what a semi-hidden gem their town and county is.
 
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“Family Assistance Center Summary Oct. 4

1,819 volunteers — managed by a team of hundreds of volunteers — through the Family Assistance Center at the Buncombe Co. Register of Deeds deployed to check on 12,993 high priority households with 5,000+ care packages distributed. 10,140 of our neighbors confirmed safe and sound by volunteers, and via email and text, as of Friday, October 4, 2024. More volunteers needed to assist in welfare checks, distribution of food, water, and supplies, and flushing toilets. Volunteers, please report from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at 205 College St., Asheville, NC 28801. Donations of food, water, toiletries, baby formula, dog food, etc. can be dropped off, as well.

Today’s Good News

The last home of the day on a volunteer team's list was a severely mentally incapacitated resident near the V.A. hospital. They were able to call his relieved and appreciative sister in Charlotte and relay the good news — he was okay, healthy, and had plenty of food.

Volunteers took a signed and notarized request on official letterhead from the Buncombe Co. Register of Deeds to Home Depot to request free supplies. The limit was $500. Upon seeing the letter, Home Depot managers said, "Take whatever you want." They were able to fill an entire U-Haul truck with approximately $10,000 in goods.

The Flush Brigade, comprised of six trucks and 75 volunteers, helped flush 1,964 toilets in nine Asheville communities. #flushingawesome”
 
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