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The @NCNationalGuard has been spotted in Marion NC. I am praying they can make it up Marion Mountain to get to these small towns. The reports I am getting are devastating. Walmart is closed. Has been looted. My niece has worked there for years. It has been emptied out. Ingles is under water can’t be looted. There is an area at the parkway on 226 with spotty service. My niece was able to speak to her sister. Samantha heard everyone crying in the background. Lizzie was crying. Spruce Pine is in very rough shape. My mom’s house is not livable but she said they are staying there right now. I will post pictures as soon as I can get them. No electricity or water. They do have a well and a spring on Halltown Rd. Gas for vehicles are an issue. This is going to be a long rescue and recovery process. Many roads are impassable and landslides are a major issue. Mountain people are tough and resilient. They are survivors, preppers.
My mom and her house before this storm. I need to hear her voice.
I saw two big convoys of power company trucks arriving in Rutherfordton last night. It was devasting
As devastating as the storm has been for Rutherford County, those linemen are from the same companies that restored power to most (90 some-odd percent) of Florida within a week's time. The only reason they are here right now and not up in the mountains yet is because the mountains are still flooded and there's work to do here.
We are glad to see them. I got a Duke Energy text a litlle while ago for my section of the county. It said they hope to have power restored for most of us by Friday evening. We are blessed to have nice weather right now and grateful that flooding is not present here as it is in Hendersonville, Chimney Rock, Asheville, etc
Chimney Rock is just straight up gone. Sylva and Black Mountain might have also been destroyed. Lake Lure, too.
Duke doesn't fuck around, and neither does Carolina Power. I saw the latter come through the morning after the storm hit.