The Day the Mountains Cried

De: Lynda H. Smith

Narrado por: Lynda H Smith

No one expected the devastation Hurricane Helene would cause to the mountains of Western North Carolina.

It was a one-thousand-year event that caused massive flooding and triggered thousands of landslides. More than two hundred thirty souls lost their lives. Countless others are still missing.

This is my story of survival during and after Hurricane Helene in Burnsville, North Carolina. It was a time when there was no power, water, cell phones, or outside communication at all. We were trapped in a seven-mile radius. All the roads to leave were destroyed.

It is the story of a community coming together and helping one another survive in the worst imaginable times. Our beautiful mountains will never be the same, but we will survive.

We will rebuild, Come Hell or High Water.

©2024 Lynda H Smith (P)2025 Lynda H Smith

A definite Must read

If you haven’t read or listened to the audio version of this book you should! A disaster can happen anywhere. This book is one woman’s first hand experience of what happened to her and her family from Burnsville, NC. How her and her husband (in their late 60’s mind you) try to help their disabled neighbor who is oxygen tank dependent. FEMA and our US Givenment let them down. It was volunteers and people like you and me that gave and supported people that needed immediate help.
If you have ever wondered what would happened if you were in a disaster, read this short book. It hits home because this happened in our Appalachian Mountains.
A government dependent nation is not what is needed. People who are kind and good hearted and who also have the common sense to stay prepared is what is needed.
Our government is so messed up. 🙄
Government agents were told to actually skip houses in her area that had any sign of supporting Trump. In a free nation? You are not allowed freedom of speech without being chastised by your own government entities??? Wow 😮
This area is still trying to recover. Yet the USA 🇺🇸 sends millions and billions of dollars 💵 to other countries and helps immigrants more than its own citizens in the southeastern mountains?
If you cannot help your own citizens, cut out the extra aide and help the middle and lower class citizens of your own country.
We have to be able to stand on our own before we can really help others. That’s basic common sense. Right?

The entire thing

I cried throughout this book… I live in Tennessee near the devastation in Newport… I was touched to the core with this rendition of her experiences… I want to meet her