Interview with Priscilla Dunn

This story was submitted on October 14, 2025 by Ginger Eggert

Title: Interview with Priscilla Dunn
Description: Priscilla Dunn, a Hickory, NC local and Appalachian State University Alumni had a unique Hurricane Helene story. Her son in law had an emergency surgery in Knoxville. She was coming back to Hickory from Knoxville to assist her daughter. The rivers were raging beside the roads. Then, she got stuck in a landslide on Black Mountain. She turned around to go back to Knoxville, and the Swannanoa River was 10 ft over the interstate. Pricilla stayed the night in Asheville because the police and firemen were overworked. She drove to Spartanburg the next day and then went through Charlotte to get home. She had driven the wrong way on the interstate, drove over power lines, tree branches, and swerved around them. But she also created a community for her own needs and for the needs of others.
Spatial Coverage: Multiple Interstates
Date: September 26, 2024
Creator: Pictures and Videos from Priscilla Dunn