I am so sorry. I am from Savannah and we felt the impacts of Debby and Helene. I understand the feelings of anxiety from a storm. I cannot believe what happened to Asheville. Stay strong and carry on. This all will pass and you will come out of the other side.
Cara, I am SO glad to see your video and to see that you and Ian are ok! I have been thinking of you both. I tried to join your Facebook group to contact you (haha, I realize how silly that was!) to check to see if you and your apartment made it through ok. I have been watching your videos since 2020 or so, thinking I would move to Asheville. I remain in the Pacific Northwest, but I still enjoy your videos. Asheville is blessed to have you and your skills there to help rebuild. All the best to you both as you recover, and best of luck with the challenge of living with no running water for now. Sending prayers and love to you and the whole region ❤. I have been so impressed by all the citizen rescue and volunteer efforts - what an amazing community. Take good care 🙏💞
I'm so glad neighbors are helping neighbors. Everyone is leading with their hearts to keep the community together. Very heart wrenching and heartwarming. Y'all are setting an example of what people should do after a disaster of this proportion. I wish it was not this to show how to love your neighbor. I guess hurricanes in flat land vs mountains is different? North Carolina can go hundreds of years or a thousand without a flood like this then get two very close together [I hope this will not happen!!]. What a terrible thing to go through.
Prayers and heartbreak for you and everyone there, Cara. This is Roger and Celeste, whom you helped find a wonderful home in Hendersonville. We left there on Monday, after driving around all day on Sunday trying to find a way out (which was south on Hwy 26), and spending 5 hours in line for gasoline. We also were without power, internet or cell service, and water availability seemed threatened. However, our house was undamaged in Laurel Park, but trees and power lines down everywhere. It was a maze finding a way down to Hendersonville. We left for Ohio, where our house was being prepped to sell, so we have a place to stay now, albeit without hardly any furniture! We hope to head back at the end of October. Then it's time to roll up our selves and get to work there. God's love to all in the area.
Hi Cara. My wife and I live in Hendersonville. We were very fortunate in that none of the trees on our property fell. We never lost water, but electricity was out for 12 days in my particular housing tract. Neighbors were amazing helping those of us who were less fortunate using chain saws to cut trees on houses and to open blocked roads. Everyone has been patient. There is a strong sense of community here. I am saddened by the destruction of our jewel Asheville. Chimney Rock Village, too. I am glad to hear you are ok, however, water and electricity there may not come back for a while. It is a disaster of immense proportions, and Western North Carolina may not come back to where it was prior to the storm in my lifetime. It is weird to say that, but probably accurate.
I'm so glad you're safe! Wow, you're one of the lucky few that didn't lose water. I agree with you that there is a great community here. It's heartwarming to see so many people coming together to help each other and rebuild. It's still a good place to call home!
Well, thank God that you guys have come thru OK! This is just remarkable and I have family in Florida who just got walloped, but not like you guys. So, I’m guessing that little café where me, you and Laurie had coffee in the River Arts District is just gone, huh? But, I gotta tell ya, we were planning to spend a month in the area this Feb/March, but now need to figure out if that is feasible. We intend to keep a close eye on the recovery efforts. What sources do you recommend? The Citizen-Times and what else? And peace to you, please, my friend. (Michael Lumish)
We are so grateful to be safe! I'm sorry to hear about your family in FL. It has been a difficult hurricane season. You're right about the cafe. Unfortunately it was flooded badly - not sure which businesses will be rebuilding and coming back. I'm gathering my thoughts on what I want to film over the coming months. I believe I'll film a lot of recovery efforts, and how Asheville is changing / rebuilding, as I know many will be curious about this. Citizen Times is a great way to keep up with this too. Please let me know if you do decide to make it out here in a few months! It will be much different than how you remember it, but it will also be much better than it is today.
I am so sorry. I am from Savannah and we felt the impacts of Debby and Helene. I understand the feelings of anxiety from a storm. I cannot believe what happened to Asheville. Stay strong and carry on. This all will pass and you will come out of the other side.
Cara, I am SO glad to see your video and to see that you and Ian are ok! I have been thinking of you both. I tried to join your Facebook group to contact you (haha, I realize how silly that was!) to check to see if you and your apartment made it through ok. I have been watching your videos since 2020 or so, thinking I would move to Asheville. I remain in the Pacific Northwest, but I still enjoy your videos. Asheville is blessed to have you and your skills there to help rebuild. All the best to you both as you recover, and best of luck with the challenge of living with no running water for now. Sending prayers and love to you and the whole region ❤. I have been so impressed by all the citizen rescue and volunteer efforts - what an amazing community. Take good care 🙏💞
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I'm so glad neighbors are helping neighbors. Everyone is leading with their hearts to keep the community together. Very heart wrenching and heartwarming. Y'all are setting an example of what people should do after a disaster of this proportion. I wish it was not this to show how to love your neighbor. I guess hurricanes in flat land vs mountains is different? North Carolina can go hundreds of years or a thousand without a flood like this then get two very close together [I hope this will not happen!!]. What a terrible thing to go through.
Prayers and heartbreak for you and everyone there, Cara. This is Roger and Celeste, whom you helped find a wonderful home in Hendersonville. We left there on Monday, after driving around all day on Sunday trying to find a way out (which was south on Hwy 26), and spending 5 hours in line for gasoline. We also were without power, internet or cell service, and water availability seemed threatened. However, our house was undamaged in Laurel Park, but trees and power lines down everywhere. It was a maze finding a way down to Hendersonville. We left for Ohio, where our house was being prepped to sell, so we have a place to stay now, albeit without hardly any furniture! We hope to head back at the end of October. Then it's time to roll up our selves and get to work there. God's love to all in the area.
Sending over love from Norway mountains.
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Sending love and support.
Thank you so much.
Hi Cara. My wife and I live in Hendersonville. We were very fortunate in that none of the trees on our property fell. We never lost water, but electricity was out for 12 days in my particular housing tract. Neighbors were amazing helping those of us who were less fortunate using chain saws to cut trees on houses and to open blocked roads. Everyone has been patient. There is a strong sense of community here. I am saddened by the destruction of our jewel Asheville. Chimney Rock Village, too. I am glad to hear you are ok, however, water and electricity there may not come back for a while. It is a disaster of immense proportions, and Western North Carolina may not come back to where it was prior to the storm in my lifetime. It is weird to say that, but probably accurate.
I'm so glad you're safe! Wow, you're one of the lucky few that didn't lose water. I agree with you that there is a great community here. It's heartwarming to see so many people coming together to help each other and rebuild. It's still a good place to call home!
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Well, thank God that you guys have come thru OK!
This is just remarkable and I have family in Florida who just got walloped, but not like you guys.
So, I’m guessing that little café where me, you and Laurie had coffee in the River Arts District is just gone, huh?
But, I gotta tell ya, we were planning to spend a month in the area this Feb/March, but now need to figure out if that is feasible.
We intend to keep a close eye on the recovery efforts.
What sources do you recommend? The Citizen-Times and what else?
And peace to you, please, my friend.
(Michael Lumish)
We are so grateful to be safe! I'm sorry to hear about your family in FL. It has been a difficult hurricane season.
You're right about the cafe. Unfortunately it was flooded badly - not sure which businesses will be rebuilding and coming back.
I'm gathering my thoughts on what I want to film over the coming months. I believe I'll film a lot of recovery efforts, and how Asheville is changing / rebuilding, as I know many will be curious about this. Citizen Times is a great way to keep up with this too.
Please let me know if you do decide to make it out here in a few months! It will be much different than how you remember it, but it will also be much better than it is today.