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North Carolina Ashville – We have all experienced an urgent situation of adrenaline occupying a dominant position. We swipe the credit card, do what we must do at the moment, and then worry about the consequences.
Four months later, in the western part of North Carolina The terrible destruction caused by Hurricane HelenWill now be now.
This city with a population of 95,000 is hidden under the shadow of Dayan Mountain, which is beautiful as a postcard, but the physical scars and staff seem to lurk every corner of the red brick and comfortable cafe.
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The good news is most places, at least in the city center, which is open. On Friday night, a lot of people gathered in the “Jack in the Woods” restaurant and bar. Some of them came from other places to watch the performance of “Kill Tony” comedy show, which was another sign of restoring normal.
Ashville people are working hard to restore their normal life and help each other through difficulties.
Someone told me that the restaurant was closed for two months, and then managed to get a pump, and opened it with a limited menu until the water finally opened.
But when I asked the typical bartender, she seemed to understand everyone and everything in the town. If everything was normal, she almost looked at me in shock
“No, absolutely,” she said.
I asked her and some other locals, including a 40 -year -old man working in the local school district, how much time they spent every day do things related to hurricanes or thinking about hurricanes. Four months later, the two gave almost the same answer: “Almost a day.”
Every corner of Ashville is full of signs of reconstruction.
The wine insurance was shockingly acknowledged that she told me that the day she returned to power was mixed.
“Obviously better,” she said. “But we all gathered together in this amazing way. Once I can watch TV, I want to stay at home.”
Although Ashville’s loss is very serious The surrounding rural areas are even worseThat’s why Mark Lugol and some friends living in Relie discovered a unique way of help: install the mailbox. Mark urgently hopes to help the local community of Iveri County. The wife of a local pastor told Mark that they really need heavy equipment.
“I have only a friend, my hands and a few shovels,” Mark told me.
Then something happened. The priest’s wife remembers an old woman without a mobile phone, and she was scared because the mailbox disappeared. She relies on it to get social security checks and bills.
This may be meaningless for urban residents, but in rural areas in the United States, your mailbox may be on the road halfway from home. The postman must not just leave the package on the side of the road.
So they built a mailbox for women.
Mark and his friends have now went to Iveri County to install 10 mailboxes because this is what they need to do with power and ability. They even have one website Now.
The selfless spirit of neighbors and neighbors, with the spirit of others as the first, reflects the fullest here.
Many people lose their cars, but used cars are scarce. Most cars parked on the streets of Ashville show obvious marks of water stains.
A local musician I interviewed is a typical example. When I asked him if he was severely damaged, he said, “No, we are basically good. I mean that we have no electricity for two months. My car and my girlfriend’s car have been destroyed, but There is nothing serious “”
In Ashville, this is equivalent to “we are basically good.” He thinks he is lucky.
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I asked the insurance whether they allowed them to change the car. He said that they (again) were lucky to get a sharing.
“The insurance paid,” he said, “but there is no car, I can’t find anything below 10,000 US dollars.”
Soon after, his girlfriend came and they exchanged the key. He said that if he was working too late, he would take a taxi.
More than 138,000 cars were destroyed by hurricane Helen, and a large part of them were located in western North Carolina. When walking in the town, even the lower half of the surviving car appeared in water stains.
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Compared with the death of life or the destruction of the house, it seems that the car or mailbox seems to be a piece of cake, but they add up quickly, and for the states and federal government that is still underwritten, they are not prioritized. Essence
With the visit of President Trump on Friday and promised to provide more assistance, North Carolina has more optimistic space. But the real power here will eventually allow the good people in Ashville and its surrounding areas to spend difficulties, and how they care about each other.
Nothing is more beautiful than this, maybe nothing is more American than this.
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