Don't forget the people of western North Carolina.
Chris Griffin lost nearly everything a month ago when Hurricane Helene came through and destroyed his and his mother's entire property.
'I lost my house, my garage, all my vehicles,' he said. 'We just barely got out.'
Griffin thought he'd lost his dog, too, who was in the house when water destroyed its foundation and carried it down river. By some miracle, his dog returned to their property the next day.
In addition to Chris's possessions, his father's grave on his property was also lost. The gravestone was overturned and the casket washed out with the flood.
For two weeks, his father's casket stayed above ground.
The storm also unearthed his father's grave. His father's casket floated downstream and remained above ground for about two weeks before Griffin and his sons reburied it. They were also able to flip his headstone, which was dislodged during the storm, back in its upright position. Griffin's father had been buried about two years.
'We had to fill it back in, and we got the headstone,' Griffin said, adding that seeing the damage to his father's grave was 'pretty disturbing.'
Imagine losing everything you own and then having to bury your father again.
Griffin lived on his property in a small tent for several weeks after Helene.
For weeks, Griffin was sleeping in a tent on his property while he worked to clear debris and clean up damage to his property. Recently, local volunteers donated and delivered a yurt, a camper and a shed-like building for Griffin and his family — including his mother, sister and his sister's children — to live in while he tries to clear debris from his property and get situated before temperatures, which have already dropped to the 30s at night, get even colder as winter approaches the mountains.
He said a group from Alabama helped him 'dig out the creek' on his property, and electricians came and set up a generator.
There are thousands of people just like Chris who are suffering in the Carolinas and surrounding areas. Don't forget them.
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