to come to the aid of people who have had such devastation hit them? One hopes it will wake more people up to the need for government and the ways it serves the greater good. One hopes, but sadly, one does not hold one's breath.

They are fighting for survival.

Referring to the rest of the nation seeing the news reports.

Thank you for the clarification.

a little pissed about removing 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility. Just maybe.

So, you have heard from him, yes? (I've read that the cell towers are out.)

I never feared the weather in Asheville. I moved from Asheville to Florida (where we expect hurricanes) about 6 years ago.

The U-haul place in Asheville where I rented my exodus truck is at the bottom of a hill. I saw a picture. It's under at least 8ft of water. Trucks are turned on their sides.

It will take years for Ashville to recover. And then the next storm will come.

And, of course, it's not just Asheville but all of western NC and Tenn.

A bridge near her is out and most of the roads were closed due to landslides. She has no power and spotty internet/cell service. The club near her has a generator but will run out of propane tonight or tomorrow. They cleared the roads so that single lanes can get through. It took her 4 hours to go 20 miles but she is now in a part of North Carolina with fairly open roads and power. She has a second home that has power that she is headed to. It was nice to talk to her.

It's going to be a long road for so many people there and in the other states impacted.

today that road has a huge chunk missing. It looks like the earth opened up and swallowed a huge chunk of that road. Her SIL is a state trooper, who lives in Kernersville, has been assigned to Asheville for a week, apparently because of looting and other criminal crap.