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Esheville, North Carolina – We all experienced emergencies in which adrenaline takes over; We maximize credit cards, do what we need to do at the moment and worry about the consequences later.
In the Western North Carolina, four months after The horrible devastation of the hurricane helenLater now.
This city out of 95,000 is a Pretty post map, but physical scars and working crews seem to be hiding near each corner of red bricks and cozy cafes.
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Good news is that most places are at least in the city center open. A significant crowd was assembled at the Restaurant and the Jack in Woods, some of the city to see the performance of “Kill Tony Comedy Show”, another sign of the refund.
Ashville people try to return to normal and help each other get past.
I was told that the restaurant was closed for two months, then managed to get a water pump and opened with a limited menu until the water turned on.
But when I asked the bartender, one of the classic species that seems to know everyone and all about the city
“No, absolutely no,” she said.
I asked her and several other locals, including a man in the forties, who works in the local school district, how much time they still spend either to do something related to the hurricane or thinking about the hurricane. Four months later, both gave about the same answer: “Almost all day.”
The signs of recovery are at each angle in Ashville.
When the bartender was shocking, he told me that she was bitter on the day when she returned electricity.
“Obviously, it was better,” she said. “But we were all going together, and as soon as I could watch TV, I just wanted to stay home.”
As bad as the damage in Esheville, In the surrounding rural areas it is much worseTherefore, Mark Lakinbil and several friends who live in a religious way to help: install mailboxes. Desperately, helping the local communities in the Everi district, Mark told the pastor’s wife that they really needed heavy equipment.
“Everything I had was a friend, hands and a couple of shovels,” Mark told me.
Then something happened. The pastor’s wife remembered an elderly woman without a mobile phone who was horrified because her mailbox was gone. It depended on this for receiving the checks and social security accounts.
It may not make sense for urban residents, but in rural America your mailbox may be half a miles on a dirt road from home. Postal carriers can’t just leave the parcels next to the road.
So they built a woman’s mailbox.
Mark and his friend were in Ever County to install mailboxes 10 times because it was a thing to do so they have the strength and ability to do. They even have site Now.
It is clear here that the dedication of the neighbors who help neighbors, as the spirit put others.
Many people lost their cars, and used cars. Most cars parked on Ashville streets show the design of water damage.
One local musician I talked to was typical. When I asked if he was hit hard, he said: “No, we were mostly okay. I mean we didn’t have power for two months and my car and my girl’s car were common but Nothing sharply. “
In Ashville, this is qualified for “we are mostly ok”. He considers himself lucky.
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I asked if they allowed them to replace the machine. He said he was lucky (again) to share.
“Insurance paid,” he said, “but just no cars, I can’t find anything decent less than $ 10,000.”
Soon his girl arrived, they exchanged keys, and he said that if the work went too late, he would get Uber.
More than 138,000 vehicles were destroyed by Hurricane Helen, a good piece of them in the Western North Carolina. Walking around the city, even machines that have survived show water damage at their lower half, and the Prosecutor General’s Office warns about the sales of poorly damaged cars.
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Compared to the loss of life, or the destruction of the home, access to the car or inbox may seem small potatoes, but they are quickly consisting and they are a low priority for the state and the federal government, which is still inundated.
On the visit of President Trump on Friday and the promise of greater help, North Carolina has the opportunity to gain additional optimism. But the real power here is that he will eventually get good people in Ashville and around it, it is how they care about each other.
There is very little that is more beautiful than that, and perhaps nothing more American.
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