Helene:

 It is truly heart warming to see the volunteers step up to help the victims of Helene in our state.  Local businesses are contributing as are the citizens. The stories are starting to surface of the heart break and heart warming stories and heroism that occurred..  

We were in a disaster when we lived in Colorado and we saw the generous nature of so many people. It was the third largest wildfire in Colorado history and we were evacuated for 15 days. The news covered it for a couple weeks and then moved on to other stories. It took many months/years to recover from the fire and those helping were no longer there. Same with this destruction, it will take a long time to recover and these people will need help and prayers for a long time. The immediate flood of help will leave and they will be left with  a lot to do. Keep that in mind as time goes on.