Swannanoa community devastated by flood damage after Helene

Swannanoa, N.C. residents and emergency personnel walked down US-70 on Sunday, Sept. 29, looking at the devastation to the community caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. #news
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[@mary-ue4ir]

Up in the mountain right above Swannanoa and Beetree church is an old 1980's EPA Superfund site that was Chemtronics, a Haliburton chemical warfare factory from the Vietnam era. There are huge pits of liquid chemical waste capped off up there.

[@elizabradley4797]

OMG what we don't know 😮

[@rabidsamfan]

My mom lived there about the time my sisters were born. She always spoke of it fondly.

[@janeicegilmore98]

Omg praying god help theses people

[@andrew.hamsterdad]

Unprecedented destruction

[@AZsunflower]

Sound like a close community. So sorry for this devastation. Stick together. There will be more help on the way.

[@katz8694]

So sad ! What about animals?

[@andrewmccaskill2704]

Worry about the people first, once they are safe and secured then worry about animals.

[@pamalabeamish3887]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@FrancineSmith-n5r]

Dang 🙏🙏🏾

[@elizabradley4797]

We need you Elon HELP $ 🏡🫶🏻💪🏾💪🏿💪💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿

[@BigDogRidgeback]

If you need water your pipes in your home may have water as well as your hot water tank. Go in your basement or to the lowest faucet in your home. Get a container. Your hot water tank also has water in it. There is a bottom drain valve you can acess water from. Rain water can also be caught with scarfs.

[@fasx56]

It will take the Experts some time to add all the damage up and compare that to other Historic Floods. I am sure that this Hurricane and the wide spread damage across several states will go down as one of the worst in US History. It will take years to rebuild all the roads, bridges not even counting the thousands of Homes and all the other structures that make up a Town or City that got destroyed. There are not enough Contractors to even begin to help people rebuild. The process of an Insurance Claim and the long road to re- build will tie people up for several years. There are hardly words to describe the totality of this destruction.

[@christopherfisher7824]

If u are local get out there and help. Take initiative go and help them. In the military no one goes without help. Now if you are local go and help them.

[@Phlowermom]

This looks like the Boxing Day tsunami or Katrina!

[@DoctorCarrieHall]

My cousin's live their. No one can contact anyone to see if everyone is okay. Praying 🙏 for everyone.

[@michaelpiwcewicz1412]

??????

[@victorjohnson7512]

Sadly the death count keeps rising.

[@JoanionieMarks]

Good morning to you guys am soo sorry for over there god will make sure you get some help

[@andrew.hamsterdad]

Martial Law situation National Guard FEMA SITUATION

[@Glowsaphinebaker]

It’s not bib😅, it’s man made and it’s climate change . You can make fun of it u til it comes knocking big and hard on your front door… we don’t need just prayers yo7 need real solutions on how to survive a changing planet

[@Roger-np3wi]

True words. Humans are destroying nature, massively changing the climate and what do people do after such a catastrophe? They pray.
193 deaths have just been reported in Nepal due to days of heavy rain and the resulting landslides. Climate change affects all regions of the world and what helps the least are prayers.

[@cherylbastow1379]

​@@Roger-np3wistop

[@jeepguy4499]

Desantis didn’t even put on his cute boots 😢

[@Zzus321]

This is in North Carolina

[@SpenderDebby-x6n]

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[@АлександрРусаков-в4с]

Martin Jessica Davis Sarah Wilson Shirley

[@johnalver]

All of a sudden they're religious

[@jay-7379]

What that’s impossible. Trump said these people would be ok 😮 Keep riding the red wave Florida 😂👌

[@-Primer-]

Don't expect help from Resident XiDen and KommieLa "Bl0w-J0b-Betty"Harris. They are too busy laundering money through Ukraine.