Hurricane Helene’s wrath devastated the Asheville, North Carolina, region while wreaking havoc across the Southeastern United States two weeks ago.
The Daily Signal traveled to Western North Carolina in the immediate aftermath of the storm.
While the mainstream media’s coverage focuses exclusively on ravaged metropolitan areas, like the fabled River Arts District in Asheville, The Daily Signal traversed many of the rural communities in Henderson and Rutherford counties to tell the stories of those hardest hit by Helene.
Our journey began last Saturday morning in Big Oak Mobile Park, a trailer park community in Hendersonville, which consists of about 40 homes. Its residents, many of whom are over 55 years old and in declining health, were without power for more than 10 days.
The Daily Signal spoke with Doug Warden, 93, the manager of the trailer park community, who, with the help of his neighbors, used chain saws to cut their way out after dozens of oak trees collapsed on roadways and on people’s homes during the storm.
On Monday, The Daily Signal traveled to Lake Lure, which includes the community of Chimney Rock.
Many of the residents we spoke with lost their homes to landslides and flooding during Hurricane Helene.
The Daily Signal asked people a simple question: “What do you want to say to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris?”
An overwhelming majority said that they are frustrated that the U.S. government is spending billions of dollars abroad instead of helping American citizens first.
Frank Butera, a business owner in Lake Lure, said, “It’s nice that you’re helping the illegal immigrants, but it’s time to help us people that paid taxes all our life.”
