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When we concluded the last Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project in 2019 for victims of Florence and Michael on our North Carolina coast, I never dreamed I’d see the need for one for victims in my own county. But here we are, just weeks after Helene devastated our beloved Western North Carolina mountains. Our county was hard hit in the eastern part, with Bat Cave and Gerton totally destroyed, and major damage throughout the county. Just south of there, in Rutherford county, Chimney Rock and Lake Lure were devastated. North of us, Asheville has restored water service for most of ...

The last 10 days have been a challenge, but it was not as severe for us compared to many others. There are still power outages, and water problems for many, but we have power again, and the internet came back last night. With our generator, and our neighbors, we have weathered the disaster pretty well. Thank you to everyone who left a comment with messages of support on my last two posts, I have read and appreciate each and every one. Thank you to all who donated to our local recovery effort, too! We have many roads and hundreds of ...

Settle in for a long post, I have much to tell you all. If it is too much to read, just skip down to the last two paragraphs. Hurricane Helene hit our area with devastating force starting Thursday night and continuing well into Friday, causing massive damage, flooding and power outages all over Western North Carolina, and five more states. Thankfully, our home was spared severe damage. We only have some damage to a gutter and a bent fence section, along with a huge amount of debris to clean up. About a dozen trees are down in our forest, but ...