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PRPriya Raman·Regional Squads

Western NC: know which of your roads flood first

If you live in the mountains, your evacuation plan is really a road plan. Pull your parcel on the FEMA flood map, then drive your primary and secondary routes in daylight and note every low-water crossing and single-lane bridge. In Helene the difference between households was almost never supplies. It was whether they knew a second way out.

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Rosa Delgado last week

Route A was under water within an hour in September. We only knew Route B because Priya made us drive it in the spring.

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Dana Whitaker last week

Adding: photograph your route landmarks. Signage disappears fast and everything looks different in the dark and rain.

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