A relative of my wife's lives in Charlotte, North Carolina

 He was trying to rescue a relative in Boone, North Carolina which is up in the mountains if you look at a map. He said it took him 5 hours to drive the last 20 miles to Boone from Charlotte to help his relative because of washed out roads. This gives you some idea of how bad it still is when people are trying to help each other survive right now there still one week later after Hurricane Helene.