Lives lost to Hurricane Helene in Asheville area

 The Asheville Watchdog publishes things of high interest to the population, often just answering questions regarding local political or governmental issues, especially those regarding recovery efforts. It's a great source of information, as well as editorial opinions.

They have been publishing about those lost to the hurricane, and I admit to not reading the stories. There's just so much grief I can absorb and still breathe. But today there was a list of causes of death of all of the 43 who were lost in our county, Buncombe. The other 9 counties affected were not covered, but Buncombe had the most (I think.)

Here are links if you'd like to hear a bit about them. I read for a few minutes, then took a break, but came back and determined I'd like to save this information. It's reality. These were people I would see during my days just living here. And now they are gone.

Asheville Watchdog, The Year in Review. 

There's also a 10 part series of the Lives lost. 

I tend to focus on places when sharing on blogs. That's my lens on the world, if you will. So I've shared many photos of the places that were affected by the storms. But this event will be remembered by each of us for an experience of survival. And the biggest memory I have isn't the storm itself, since I wasn't affected directly, but the coming together of neighbors helping each other. I did experience that, because we all suffered from the sudden cessation of infrastructure in our lives.