{"id":68382,"date":"2024-09-30T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=68382"},"modified":"2024-09-30T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:31:50","slug":"show-a-little-faith-in-a-weary-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2024\/09\/30\/show-a-little-faith-in-a-weary-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Show a little faith in a weary town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Horrifying, heart-breaking scenes from North Carolina and across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This devastation isn\u2019t only in low-lying coastal areas, but in places like Asheville \u2014 a mountain town hundreds of miles from the coast. More than 100 people are dead and many more are still missing, cut off from transportation and communication by flooded, washed-away roads, power outages, and cell-tower failures. Millions of people\u2019s lives will never be the same:<\/a><\/p>\n

The full picture of devastation is emerging from Hurricane Helene\u2019s disastrous and deadly path through Western North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Homes, businesses, roads, infrastructure, cell towers, and anything else in Helene\u2019s path were washed away or severely damaged by raging flood waters and strong winds. For so many of the nearly 1 million residents in Western North Carolina\u2019s beautiful mountains, the recovery process has barely begun.<\/p>\n

Neighbors are trying to help one another and relief programs, both national and local, are mobilizing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019m an avid reader of the independent reporting from North Carolina-based The Assembly<\/em><\/a>. The outlet produces mostly long-form pieces, but they\u2019re covering this breaking news story too and you may want to follow their coverage. Here\u2019s some of it:<\/p>\n