North Carolina officials issue warning after Helene-battered community suffers setback

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North Carolina officials issue warning after Helene-battered community suffers setback

By
Emily Hallas
December 31, 2024 3:15 pm
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Western North Carolina suffered another setback after Hurricane Helene battered the region and left many residents dead in September.

Over the weekend, minor flooding and rain destroyed roughly 20 makeshift roads and bridges erected as temporary solutions in Boone and Newland after Helene wiped out whole infrastructural systems, according to relief group WNC Strong’s comments to a local news outlet.

As temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in the region, nearly 700 families are still living outside in tents in the hard-hit area. Benjamin Vanhok said nobody has helped the 15 families his organization has identified that are “completely displaced.”

“It’s not over,” the WNC Strong representative said. “It’s only going get worse before it gets better.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/3273315/north-carolina-warning-helene-battered-community-setback/

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North Carolina officials issue warning after Helene-battered community suffers setback

By
Emily Hallas
December 31, 2024 3:15 pm
.

Western North Carolina suffered another setback after Hurricane Helene battered the region and left many residents dead in September.

Over the weekend, minor flooding and rain destroyed roughly 20 makeshift roads and bridges erected as temporary solutions in Boone and Newland after Helene wiped out whole infrastructural systems, according to relief group WNC Strong’s comments to a local news outlet.

As temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in the region, nearly 700 families are still living outside in tents in the hard-hit area. Benjamin Vanhok said nobody has helped the 15 families his organization has identified that are “completely displaced.”

“It’s not over,” the WNC Strong representative said. “It’s only going get worse before it gets better.”

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/3273315/north-carolina-warning-helene-battered-community-setback/

I pray for those affected by Helene all them time...I don't think my small donations even make a dent.  What is so disheartening is those that have millions or billions have done very little to help. There are many organizations trying to help -- but it's one or two families at a time given meager roofs over their heads.  No one should be living in a tent in winter conditions.  I don't have the answers.  My heart aches for these people.

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I pray for those affected by Helene all them time...I don't think my small donations even make a dent.  What is so disheartening is those that have millions or billions have done very little to help. There are many organizations trying to help -- but it's one or two families at a time given meager roofs over their heads.  No one should be living in a tent in winter conditions.  I don't have the answers.  My heart aches for these people.

The trick to living in tents is to have a liner forming a dead air space between the outer shell and the living space. Even native tipis used this, and the heat retained by that shape kept the place warm despite the cold outside with just a small fire. Boy Scouts here used to have a winter camp out, even in subzero temperatures.  (I know, not the same as living in it every day.)