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The Hurricane Helene Archive brings together a collection of media contributed by community members, researchers, and historians. Use this page to explore firsthand accounts, images, and documents that offer insight into the storm, its impacts, and recovery efforts.
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Run Off
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HeleneTextA poem inspired by Helene
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Disasters are not divisible
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Ode to an Oak Felled by HeleneTextI wrote this short poem while sitting in the woods near my home and processing the impact of our changed landscape one month after the storm.
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Disaster: He is the Anchor
TextPlease find the attached story, drawn from my journal in the days following the Hurricane. -
Free Table
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A Love Letter to a Drowned Land
TextThis is a love letter which I wrote before returning home to Madison County, after leaving Boone in the immediate aftermath of the Hurricane. This was the original draft and it was later published in Salvation South a week after Hurricane Helene. -
My Story of Hurricane Helene
TextThis is the first-hand account I wrote not long after the flood. Originally it was for the Appalachian voices class I was taking at the time, but now it serves as a personal record of my experience during Hurricane Helene. -
Healing from Helene: Tricycle Magazine
TextThis articles deals with the response from local Buddhist organizations including Southern Dharma. It also touches on the tensions between different faith based organizations in the aftermath. -
Solastalgia
TextThe place I fell in love with when I was younger, and came back to as an adult, was no longer the same. I did not feel "at home" anymore after the break we had from school. -
After the Deluge: Appalachia’s “Climate Haven” Myth Unravels
TextTransplants, retirees, and second-homers thought western North Carolina would be a refuge from the ravages of climate change. Hurricane Helene thought otherwise.