The Storm Came and Changed Everything
It doesn’t feel like even a month has gone by since Hurricane Helene devastated my community.
The morning after Hurricane Helene tore through Augusta, Georgia, I stepped outside into what could have been a scene from a disaster movie—only this was real life. Reality hit hard, and we received the strongest winds of the the entire hurricane.
Fences lay shredded, power lines tangled with fallen trees, and chaos ruled the streets. My phone buzzed with frantic messages: friends spoke of trees crashing into their homes, flooding consuming neighborhoods, and the unthinkable discovery of lifeless bodies. This was no ordinary storm—this was devastation on an unimaginable scale.
Do you know what was even scarier? Almost nobody knew of the devastation that Helene caused at first. No damage was done to our house, but some neighbors and those who live by our neighborhood were not so fortunate. There was no electricity, and it was the end of summer with high levels of humidity.
What did my son and I do? We left to my parents’ house in the Atlanta area as they were not impacted by the storm.
That was when I noticed the limited national media coverage of the hurricane and the abysmal response from the federal government.
(READ: I Experienced Hurricane Helene’s Wrath. Where Are The Media And The Government?) - Daily Wire
More media coverage can lead to raising public awareness, galvanizing support, and even a bring a better response. This coverage on this storm CANNOT disappear. It needs so much more. Gratefully, local media is doing well, but national media is not.
I also covered Trump’s visit to the area, which is crazy because he was acting a lot more presidential than our current commander in chief, Joe Biden.
There were stories that were not being heard, including a pilot who was threatened with arrest in North Carolina for flying in to help with rescue missions, looting, people driving miles for groceries and gas (and in long lines), people suffering in the heat, and so much more.
The people of this region are compassionate and resilient. It hurts to see that so many people have died even in our region, and it has been frightening driving around.
And my husband came home early from deployment because of the storm, and he was already busy helping the community get through a crisis.
