Hurricane Helene - Day 18

The Aftermath
Monday, October 14th

It’s been 18 days since the hurricane. Our power was recently restored but we are still without WiFi or water and school is scheduled to be out for no less than a month. We have friends who have lost houses, friends who lost businesses, and friends who lost houses and businesses. We don’t know anyone personally who lost their lives, but we know many people who do. And we question how much of our wider social circles have been accounted for in the wake of Helene. With so much shut down, it’s still hard to know who exactly is missing.

When the storm hit, water poured into our basement through the window frames and a vent in the ceiling. A large tree fell beside our driveway and another splintered our fence in the backyard, but our house was spared. When the rain and wind stopped and we ventured out. There were trees everywhere. On roads. On houses. Over power lines. It looked like a giant had come through and dumped a game of pickup sticks on our neighborhood.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Jennifer Pharr Davis.

Hiker, Spika, Mwandishi

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Jennifer Pharr Davis ni adventurer anayetambuliwa kimataifa, msemaji, mwandishi, na mjasiriamali ambaye amepanda zaidi ya maili 14,000 za njia kwenye mabara sita tofauti.

Mnamo 2011 aliweka wakati unaojulikana kwa kasi zaidi kwenye Njia ya Appalachian kwa kumaliza njia ya miguu ya maili 2,185 kwa siku 46 (wastani wa maili 47 kwa siku). Na tangu wakati huo hajapungua.

Jennifer amebeba mimba ya maili 700, alitembea katika jimbo la North Carolina wakati akimnyonyesha mtoto wake mchanga, na akapanda katika majimbo yote 50 na binti yake wa miaka miwili.

Yeye ni mwanachama wa Baraza la Rais la Michezo, Fitness na Lishe, alionyeshwa katika filamu ya 2020 IMAX Into America's Wild, na aliwahi kwenye bodi ya Hifadhi ya Njia ya Appalachian.

Jennifer ni nguvu ya asili. Lakini kinachomsisimua zaidi ni kuwatambulisha watu kwenye fursa za kubadilisha maisha ambazo asili hutoa.

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