{"id":2351011,"date":"2024-10-04T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-week-after-deadly-hurricane-thousands-of-residents-are-going-thirsty\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:44:41","slug":"one-week-after-deadly-hurricane-thousands-of-residents-are-going-thirsty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-week-after-deadly-hurricane-thousands-of-residents-are-going-thirsty\/","title":{"rendered":"One Week After Deadly Hurricane, Thousands of Residents Are Going Thirsty"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-week-after-deadly-hurricane-thousands-of-residents-are-going-thirsty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2351011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene \u2062in western North Carolina, residents \u2062faced severe shortages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-demands-answers-from-epa-on-unsafe-federal-drinking-water-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ernst demands answers from EPA on unsafe federal drinking water - Washington Examiner\">drinking water due<\/a> to extensive damage to the city&#8217;s water infrastructure. People\u2063 lined up to fill containers from sources of water as officials\u200d warned that repairs could\u2064 take \u2062weeks. With power outages affecting visibility from space and resulting in casualties, the disaster has been described as \u200cone of the deadliest hurricanes since\u200d Katrina. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities reported that hundreds were \u200dstill unaccounted\u200d for, and local officials emphasized the \u200bunprecedented nature of\u2063 the damage to water\u200b utilities. Many residents lived under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-disaster-declaration-for-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Disaster Declaration For Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">boil water advisories<\/a>, while thousands lacked reliable water sources. The affected regions, particularly \u200cwestern North Carolina, struggled with geographical barriers that complicated the recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some restoration efforts to bring back water flow in select neighborhoods, the overall situation remained critical, affecting essential services such as schools and hospitals. Public health risks\u2062 rose as many residents\u2064 rationed water, and the need for\u2064 urgent infrastructure improvements became evident. Federal \u200bassistance, including the distribution of millions of\u200d gallons of water, was crucial in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-and-first-lady-will-travel-to-hawaii-as-soon-as-we-can\/\" title=\"Biden plans to visit Hawaii with the first lady at the earliest opportunity.\">ongoing \u2064recovery efforts<\/a>. The community&#8217;s emotional and physical well-being remained a\u2062 pressing \u2062concern, as the ramifications of \u200bHelene&#8217;s \u2063impact continued to be felt long after\u2062 the storm \u2063had passed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource &mdash; drinking water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/grieving-mother-explains-7-year-old-son-became-hero-just-swept-away-helene-floodwaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flooding<\/a> tore through the city&rsquo;s water system, destroying so much infrastructure that officials said repairs could take weeks. To make do, Anna Ramsey arrived Wednesday with her two children, who each left carrying plastic bags filled with 2 gallons of water.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have no water. We have no power. But I think it&rsquo;s also been humbling,&rdquo; Ramsey said.<\/p>\n<p>Helene&rsquo;s path through the Southeast left a trail of power outages so large the darkness was visible from space. Tens of trillions of gallons of rain fell and more than 200 people were killed, making Helene the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-heard-snap-lost-grandparents-forever-hurricane-helene-astonishing-find-made-debris-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search crews<\/a> must trudge through knee-deep debris to learn whether residents are safe.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>It also damaged water utilities so severely and over such a wide inland area that one federal official said the toll &ldquo;could be considered unprecedented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, about 136,000 people in the Southeast were served by a nonoperational water provider and more than 1.8 million were living under a boil water advisory, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-fire-reveals-will-given-hurricane-helene-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> was especially hard hit. Officials are facing a difficult rebuilding task made harder by the steep, narrow valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains that during a more typical October would attract throngs of fall tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The challenges of the geography are just fewer roads, fewer access points, fewer areas of flat ground to stage resources,&rdquo; said Brian Smith, acting deputy division director for the EPA&rsquo;s water division in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>After days without water, people long for more than just a sponge bath.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would love a shower,&rdquo; said Sue Riles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harrowing-footage-inside-asheville-walmart-goes-viral-like-apocalypse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asheville<\/a>. &ldquo;Running water would be incredible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The raging floodwaters of Helene destroyed crucial parts of Asheville&rsquo;s water system, scouring out the pipes that convey water from a reservoir in the mountains above the town that is the largest of three water supplies for the system. To reach a second reservoir that was knocked offline, a road had to be rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p>Boosted output from the third source restored water flow in some southern Asheville neighborhoods Friday, but without full repairs, schools may not be able to resume in-person classes, hospitals may not restore normal operations, and the city&rsquo;s hotels and restaurants may not fully reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Even water that&rsquo;s unfit to drink is scarce. Drew Reisinger, the elected Buncombe County register of deeds, worries about people in apartments who can&rsquo;t easily haul a bucket of water from a creek to flush their toilet. Officials are advising people to collect nondrinkable water for household needs from a local swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing no one is talking about is the amount of poop that exists in every toilet in Asheville,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re dealing with a public health emergency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a situation that becomes more dangerous the longer it lasts. Even in communities fortunate enough to have running water, hundreds of providers have issued boil water notices, indicating the water could be contaminated. But boiling water for cooking and drinking is time-consuming and small mistakes can cause stomach illness, according to Natalie Exum, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every day that goes by, you could be exposed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deadly-pathogens-kept-illegal-us-lab-test-animals-found-disturbing-genetic-alteration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pathogen<\/a>,&rdquo; Exum said. &ldquo;These basic services that we take for granted in our everyday lives actually do a lot to prevent illness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Travis Edwards&rsquo; faucet worked immediately after the storm. He filled as many containers as he could for himself and his child, but it didn&rsquo;t take long for the flow to weaken, then stop. They rationed water, switching to hand sanitizer and barely putting any on toothbrushes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;(We) didn&rsquo;t realize how dehydrated we were getting,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials have shipped millions of gallons of water to areas where people also might not be able to make phone calls or switch on the lights.<\/p>\n<p>Power has been restored to about 62 percent of homes and businesses and 8,000 crews are out working to restore power in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-agents-voice-fears-over-end-of-title-42-next-month\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Agents Voice Fears Over End of Title 42 Next Month\">hardest-hit parts<\/a> of North Carolina, federal officials said Thursday. In 10 counties, about half of the cell sites are still down.<\/p>\n<p>The first step for some utilities is simply figuring out how bad the damage is, a job that might require EPA expertise in extreme cases. Ruptured water pipes are a huge problem. They often run beneath roads, many of which were crumpled and twisted by floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pretty much anytime you see a major road damaged, there&rsquo;s a very good chance that there&rsquo;s a pipe in there that&rsquo;s also gotten damaged,&rdquo; said Mark White, drinking water global practice leader at the engineering firm CDM Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, repairs start at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cops-raid-sewage-treatment-plant-discover-worker-allegedly-bottling-drink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treatment plant<\/a> and move outward, with fixes in nearby big pipes done first, according to the EPA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over time, you&rsquo;ll gradually get water to more and more people,&rdquo; White said.<\/p>\n<p>Many people are still missing, and water repair employees don&rsquo;t typically work around search and rescue operations. It takes a toll, according to Kevin Morley, manager of federal relations with the American Water Works Association.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s emotional support that is really important for all the people involved. You&rsquo;re seeing people&rsquo;s lives just wiped out,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Even private well owners aren&rsquo;t immune. Pumps on private wells may have lost power and overtopping floodwaters can contaminate them.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s often a &ldquo;blind faith&rdquo; assumption that drinking water won&rsquo;t fail. In this case, the technology was insufficient, according to Craig Colten. Before retiring to Asheville, he was a professor in Louisiana focused on resilience to extreme weather. He hopes Helene will prompt politicians to spend more to ensure infrastructure withstands destructive storms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Flooding severely damaged the city\u2019s water system, leading officials to estimate that repairs could take weeks. Anna Ramsey arrived on Wednesday with her two children, each carrying plastic bags filled with 2 gallons of water. \u201cWe have no water. We have no power. But I think it\u2019s also been humbling,\u201d Ramsey remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Helene&#8217;s path through the Southeast left widespread power outages visible from space. The storm resulted in tens of trillions of gallons of rain and over 200 fatalities, making it the deadliest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland since Katrina in 2005. Hundreds remain unaccounted for as search crews navigate knee-deep debris to check on residents&#8217; safety.<\/p>\n<p>The damage to water utilities was so extensive across such a large inland area that one federal official described it as potentially unprecedented. As of Thursday, approximately 136,000 people in the Southeast were served by nonoperational water providers while more than 1.8 million were under boil-water advisories according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Western North Carolina faced particularly severe impacts; officials are grappling with rebuilding challenges exacerbated by the steep and narrow valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would typically attract many fall tourists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe geographical challenges mean fewer roads and access points,\u201d said Brian Smith from EPA\u2019s Southeast Water Division. After days without running water, residents yearn for more than just sponge baths; Sue Riles expressed her desire for a shower: \u201cRunning water would be incredible.\u201d The floodwaters destroyed critical components of Asheville&#8217;s water system by washing away pipes connecting reservoirs located in nearby mountains\u2014the largest source among three supplies for the city.<\/p>\n<p>To restore access to another reservoir that was taken offline due to damage, road reconstruction was necessary. Increased output from a third source allowed some neighborhoods in southern Asheville to regain access on Friday; however, without complete repairs schools may struggle to resume classes fully and hospitals might not return operations back to normal while hotels and restaurants face delays reopening.<\/p>\n<p>Even non-potable drinking sources are limited; Drew Reisinger raised concerns about apartment dwellers unable to transport buckets from creeks for toilet flushing needs while officials suggested collecting non-drinkable household needs from local swimming pools: \u201cOne thing no one is talking about is how much waste exists in every toilet here,\u201d he stated regarding public health risks posed by this situation.<\/p>\n<p>The longer these conditions persist without resolution increases danger levels even further\u2014hundreds still face boil-water notices indicating potential contamination even where running water is available which can lead easily lead stomach illnesses if boiling isn\u2019t done correctly according Natalie Exum at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Public Health: \u201cEvery day you could be exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis Edwards experienced immediate faucet functionality post-storm but soon found flow diminished then ceased altogether forcing him into rationing measures alongside his child using hand sanitizer instead brushing teeth regularly noting they didn\u2019t realize dehydration setting until too late! Federal authorities dispatched millions gallons emergency supplies into areas lacking communication or electricity restoration efforts underway restoring power now reaching around sixty-two percent homes\/businesses affected while eight thousand crews work hardest hit regions reported Thursday!<\/p>\n<p>In ten counties nearly half cell sites remain down complicating recovery efforts further requiring utilities assess damages often needing EPA expertise extreme cases ruptured pipes beneath damaged roads present significant obstacles repair processes begin treatment plants moving outward fixing larger nearby pipelines first gradually restoring service wider populations over time explained Mark White engineering firm CDM Smith manager Kevin Morley emphasized emotional support vital during these trying times witnessing lives devastated floods! Even private well owners face issues pumps losing power or contamination floodwaters overtopping them creating additional concerns resilience infrastructure against future storms highlighted Craig Colten former professor Louisiana advocating increased funding ensure systems withstand destructive weather events!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2351012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ec92ccdef7e247c18bc74a6a1d9e741f-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42075,16197,42391],"class_list":["post-2351011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-disaster-relief","tag-hurricane","tag-water-crisis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ec92ccdef7e247c18bc74a6a1d9e741f-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}