Change the music, change the tapes, change perspective, make necessary changes.
More inches of rain and storm in the Southeast is dampening the spirits today. Hurricane Helene ('Hurrhell') came at a rough time in the seasonal cycle and the election cycle. Remember? We were already ground to a pulp in the lead up to voting. And going into winter has made landscaping harder.
Everything is saturated! We learned long ago about living with trees...going near them for any reason, you've got to take a 360° survey of potential damage-action. And always, always have an out. It's slow going around so much weight and water force, hiking or working.
Many trees are broken and you can only hear the splitting. Others are lying on the ground (especially sloped in the mts) as prospective tobaggons or dead weight sleds. Some forestry roads have known rock ledge where you might crouch in a vehicle safely in a slide. The soils are often more loose and shallow than held in by deep roots and "walls". And, of course, our tree friends can snap, and often do per weight above, but can also be like dominos and cause chain reactions.
The roaring waters of floods change footprint. So while repair and recovery work gets put on hold in times of impact and immediate assessment, we can still observe changes and plot for future accommodations to damage.
People trying to survive as professionals are taking heart in the gigantic news that I40 may have some capacity for travel and money-making near the first of March. A Waynesville newspaper had great details about the projects including maybe getting rocks and other base materials closer to the collapses.
Spring will come. In the meantime we be happy for snow places and people havin some winter conditions!
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