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I bet the damage up there is unbelievable.

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Still no power at home or water. Camping in the house is interesting.

I've seen firsthand the government helping and firsthand the government stepping on there own feet. This is definitely a unique situation and sometimes there are too many chiefs in one area. We had an incident like that here in Haywood county but it was resolved pretty quick. With the whole thing with FEMA you just have to stay informed and on top of them. But yes the locals and the civilians are doing one hell of a job around WNC. For the most part people are banding together and being a community. It is a thing of beauty! We will survive and rebuild and be stronger for this! This will NOT break us.

So dang sad..I'm afraid this will only go up as more and more communities get communication and open back up.

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This storm and the whole event was a catastrophe. Never have I or anyone else experienced anything like this in our lives. The flood, the wind, and yes even tornados in the area all created a perfect environment for the worst natural disaster we've seen in the modern area. It will take years to get back to normal. We all saw record river crest on the Pigion and the French broad. The state and federal government is here but there are communities that are completely cut off from everyone. This is still a very serious situation and will be for weeks. No water, no school, no power and limited cell service still in areas.

Finally getting a bit more cell service today. Good Lord at WNC. Just devastated. So freaking sad.

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Finally getting able to check in. Hope everyone is OK. This is absolutely horrible. Had to come to Waynesville for Internet service.

Trees down everywhere! Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Emergency crews cannot even get up to Cruso, Bethel, Lake Logan area. Canton is completely cutoff from all main roads. Lake Logan dam is fixing to go. Just absolutely devastating and sad.

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This flooding is worse than 3 years ago and in 2004. Good Lord!

It's a freaking war zone in Haywood! Absolutely devastating.

Looks like she is turning ever so slightly now but yeah way off track.

Several communities here in Haywood are being ordered to evacuate because there is flash flooding going on currently and we've just started to get info the bad stuff.

Things are getting narly know in a hurry. Big gusts coming through now. There are all kinds of downed power lines through Haywood.

There's a roar with this wind driven rain now... Very eerie.

It's just dumping out there currently. This is not a good situation we are in. A lot of rivers are out of there banks already.

Damn alarm again! I was ready this time.

The weather here is really deteriorating out there. Torrential rains and high winds.

Wind gusts starting to ramp up across the southern portion of the area. With Helene currently situated over south-central Georgia, the wind field associated with Helene will allow for strong wind gusts to overspread all of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia over the next few hours as the system lifts north, closer to the area. The combination of strong wind gusts and very saturated soils from previous and ongoing heavy rainfall, widespread downed trees and numerous power outages are expected through this morning. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk