Hurricane Helene Brings Catastrophic Flooding to US South

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Couple films in real time getting stuck in Asheville during the storm and their escape along with a caravan including a wedding couple. Just over 30 min.

Sentences I took: "There's no National Guard. There's no water, there is no cell service. There's no TV, there's no radio. So the only thing you just get on Wi-Fi and there's only a couple places in Asheville that have it. Wi-Fi but no water."

And Asheville is far from Florida:

 

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And they said when the eye came across Asheville that there was 80 - 90 MPH winds which is still hurricane force winds. Those may have just been wind gusts though, but that's still a powerful storm so far inland.

 

[Gwenllian]

According to this lady FEMA has been diverting supplies to migrant shelters:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1842648530436911554

I can't verify it, but there is another video which implicates FEMA, so I wouldn't be surprised if the above is correct. Puerto Rico in 2017 after Hurricane Maria:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1842358615971119293

 

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This inspired me today since I have a 25 bag of red beans from Azure Standard sitting in my kitchen now. I've been listening to Homestead Heart for several years. They lost power for a short time but back to canning those beans. Good points, you don't want to use precious fuel cooking beans in a grid down situation. All that bulk, dried food could be hard to use in such a situation. I'm sure many here know this as I do but I have become burned out with this prepping stuff and I've ignored my beans. I need to find her recipe.

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