The floods came and we were not ready. Miles from the ocean, flanked by mountainous sentinels, we never thought to build an ark. The skies darkened and the deluge commenced. Rapturous winds splintered ancient oaks and rent open the heavens. Barbarous gusts cleaved power lines, fractured telephone poles, brought a power grid to its knees.
After Hurricane Helene: How Asheville rose from the floodwaters stronger than ever originally appeared in KevinMD.com.