The destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought out all the characteristics of Rural Americans. Their courage, generosity, and intrepidness have really shone on everyone who has been affected. Here are some of their stories.
These kids’ parents are raising them to be responsible adults. Bravo!
This was posted by Allen Mashburn:
This gentleman hiked 11 miles to check on his parents— read his story of what all he saw.
—- My parents are ok but completely trapped. Yesterday, I hiked up to check on them. Brain spew coming; I’m still processing it all and was just locked in on go-mode yesterday. Still not having heard from my parents in 48 hours, I was drowning in worry. My parents live in an absolute gem of the NC mountains — the Little Switzerland, Spruce Pine, Burnsville area — halfway between Asheville and Boone. Under normal circumstances, it’s pleasantly very isolated. Little did I know that up there, Helene has demolished roads, homes and utility networks. **This area is completely cut off from resources in every direction.** I tried multiple routes to drive up but had to settle on parking in Marion at the base of a closed road (Hwys 221/226) and hiking 11 miles and 2,200 feet to find my parents thankfully ok but surrounded by devastation. I have never been so relieved to see anyone ok. Crews weren’t even close yesterday. I can’t tell you how many failing roads and deep mudslides I had to cross, how many fallen trees I had to take off my backpack for and navigate through. While hiking up 226A, I met multiple people trapped by devastation in both directions of the highway. In this part of the mountains with steep terrain rolling off the Blue Ridge Parkway, not only did water rise, it RAGED to tear up roads, earth and homes. Then, the winds (I’m certain tornados in some places) have brought down up to half the tree canopy. I’m still processing it all. I’ve never seen anything like it. Power is a couple weeks out. I cannot fathom how long it will take DOT to repair the curvy roads that hug steep mountainsides with the most amazing views. Most of all, I want my parents to have the same basic needs they always provided me — food, water, shelter (house is mostly ok) and the ability to explore! But they can’t even leave their home right now. The steep part of their gravel road has braided channels only 18″ wide but up to 5′ deep from rushing water. It’s just a waiting game now. If you are or you have family in the mountains, I feel for you. Know that crews are chipping away.
Here’s an example of the forces at work here. You do need to play this.
If my readers wish to donate money to local charities to help with all the many dire needs of the populations in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia, they should absolutely NOT DONATE TO THE RED CROSS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! The Red Cross is totally corrupt, and pays their officers huge salaries while providing little help to stricken communities. Here’s who to donate to instead.
Samaritan’s Purse is run by Franklin Graham, the son of famous evangelist Billy Graham. They are truly doing the Lord’s work. See what else they are doing:
This should give you a good idea of what the People are doing to help the hurricane victims. Just in case you were thinking of voting for Kamala Harris for President next month, you might want to know what they have been doing since the hurricane hit. Kamala Harris has been on the West Coast, raising funds for her campaign.
And the current President? Biden is, again, on vacation on a Delaware beach. When asked about the stricken survivors, he thought the question pertained to the impending labor strike by the longshore unions (which will shut down the East and Gulf Coasts in a few hours), and he LIED about talking to both sides. There is literally NO ONE running our country at the moment. Is this the American you knew a few years ago? Well, it isn’t mine. It is now absolutely imperative to:
Calling-all-RushBabes 
Not being a rural person, it’s readily apparent even to me that rural America has values of helping one another in an emergency. It appears our federal govt does not reflect those values. It looks like it’s past time to vote to change your government.