It's been 2 weeks since Hurricane #Helene hit the southern Appalachians, devasting communities across this multi-state region. Areas along the #BlueRidge escarpment -- one of the oldest in the world -- were particularly hard hit. Hundreds of lives lost, thousands of people still unaccounted for. Whole families swept away in mudslides.

All in a place many outsiders claimed, until 2 weeks ago, was a #ClimateHaven, relatively immune from the impacts of human-caused #ClimateChange.