A photo of flooded streets in Asheville after Hurricane Helene.
A photo of flooded streets in Asheville after Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene - Day 18

The Aftermath
Monday, October 14th

It’s been 18 days since the hurricane. Our power was recently restored but we are still without WiFi or water and school is scheduled to be out for no less than a month. We have friends who have lost houses, friends who lost businesses, and friends who lost houses and businesses. We don’t know anyone personally who lost their lives, but we know many people who do. And we question how much of our wider social circles have been accounted for in the wake of Helene. With so much shut down, it’s still hard to know who exactly is missing.

When the storm hit, water poured into our basement through the window frames and a vent in the ceiling. A large tree fell beside our driveway and another splintered our fence in the backyard, but our house was spared. When the rain and wind stopped and we ventured out. There were trees everywhere. On roads. On houses. Over power lines. It looked like a giant had come through and dumped a game of pickup sticks on our neighborhood.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Jennifer Pharr Davis.

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Randonneur, conférencier, auteur
Jennifer Pharr Davis

Jennifer Pharr Davis est une aventurière, conférencière, auteure et entrepreneuse de renommée internationale qui a parcouru plus de 14 000 miles de sentiers sur six continents différents.

En 2011, elle a établi le temps le plus rapide connu sur l'Appalachian Trail en terminant le sentier de 2 185 miles en 46 jours (une moyenne de 47 miles par jour). Elle n'a jamais ralenti depuis.

Jennifer a parcouru 700 miles en étant enceinte, a traversé la Caroline du Nord à pied tout en allaitant son fils nouveau-né, et a fait des randonnées dans les 50 États avec sa fille de deux ans.

Elle est membre du President's Council of Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, a participé au film IMAX Into America's Wild(2020) et a siégé au conseil d'administration de l'Appalachian Trail Conservancy (conservation du sentier des Appalaches).

Jennifer est une véritable force de la nature. Mais ce qui la passionne le plus, c'est de faire découvrir aux gens les possibilités de changement de vie qu'offre la nature.

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