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Aleville, North Carolina – We have all went through emergency situations in which adrenaline takes over affairs; We consume the maximum credit cards, do what to do today, and worry about the consequences later.
In the west of North Carolina, four months later The terrible destruction left by Hurricane HelenLater now.
This city, with a population of 95,000 people, is located in the shades of Smoky Mountains, and is beautiful in the form of postcards, yet it appears that the physical scars and work sets are inherent in each corner of red brick and comfortable cafes.
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The good news is that most places, at least in the city center, are open. At Jack in The Woods Restaurant and Port Friday evening, a large crowd, some of them from outside the city, gathered to watch a comic show for Kill Tony, another sign of the return of normal life.
Ashlail residents are struggling to return to their normal lives and help each other to manage their affairs.
I was told that the restaurant was closed for two months, then I managed to obtain a water pump and opened with a limited list until the water was finally returned.
But when I asked the waitress, which is the classic type that seems to know everyone and everything about the city, if things are normal, I looked at me almost shocked
She said, “No, certainly no.”
I asked her and a few locals, including a man in his 1940s working in a local school area, about the amount of time they still spend every day either to do something related to a hurricane or think about it. Four months later, they both gave almost the same answer: “Almost the day.”
Reinstitting signs are present in each corner in Achletel.
In a stunning confession, the waitress told me that the day when I returned electricity to her was sweet and bitter.
She said, “It was clear clear.” “But we were meeting together in this amazing way and as soon as I could watch the TV, I just wanted to stay at home.”
As much as the damage that occurred in Atefil, As for the surrounding rural areas, it is much worseFor this reason, Mark Lukenbil and a few friends who live in a rally discovered a unique way to help: install mailboxes. In a desperate attempt to help local communities in Affiri Province, Mark told the wife of the priest there that they really need heavy equipment.
Mark told me: “All I have is a friend, hands, and some outskirts.”
Then something happened. The priest's wife remembered an elderly woman who had no mobile phone, and she was terrified because her mailbox had disappeared. I relied on it for social security checks and bills.
This may not be logical for residents of urban areas, but in the rural areas of America your mailbox can be half a mile from home on an earthen road. Mail mourners cannot leave the parcel on the side of the road.
So they built a mailbox for women.
Mark and his friend now went to Avery's boycott to install mailboxes 10 times, because it was something to do and they had the power and ability to do. They even have Website now.
The self -denial of the neighbors who help their neighbors is clear here, as well as the spirit of placing others in the first place.
Many people have lost their cars, and used cars have become rare. Most of the parked cars in the streets of Atell show clear designs for water damage.
He was one of the local musicians to whom she spoke to him typical. When I asked him if he had suffered a strong strike, he said: “No, we were often fine. I mean, we had no two -month electricity, my car, and my girlfriend's car was damaged, but there was nothing dangerous.”
In Atefil, this qualifies to say, “We were often fine.” He believes himself lucky.
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I asked if the insurance allowed them to replace cars. He said they were lucky (again) to get one to participate.
He said: “The insurance is driven, but there are no cars, and I cannot find anything decent at less than $ 10,000,” he said.
Not long after, his girlfriend arrived, and they exchanged the keys, and said that if the work is late, he would get an Uber.
Hurricane Helen destroyed more than 138,000 vehicles, and a large part of them in the western state of North Carolina. While wandering around the city, even cars that survived showed damage caused by water in the lower half of it, and the state's public prosecutor's office warned of fraud that involves the sale of cars severely affected by water.
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Compared to the loss of lives or the destruction of the house, access to a car or mailbox may seem simple, but it accumulates quickly, and it represents a low priority for the state government and the federal government that is still immersed in destruction. .
With President Trump's visit on Friday, and the promise to provide more aid, there is room for more optimism in North Carolina. But the real power here, which will enable the good people in Atell and its surrounding to overcome this, is themselves, and how they are interested in each other.
There is nothing more beautiful than that, and perhaps there is nothing more American.
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