This was the Pigeon after the hurricane, near my house. I'm doing fine, but there has of course been horrendous damage and loss of life through much of the area.
I'm ok. My place is on a hill & came through the storm well. I got power back fairly quickly. I only got phone service last night, and still don't have internet (I'm out of the Asheville area at the moment). So much damage and loss of life. This was the view from my house looking across my street.
I'm outside Asheville, and on a hill, so I expect to be ok, water-wise. But there's a little river nearby, the Pigeon, which is predicted to reach 19 feet, and 10 feet is "flood stage."
Flooding is anticipated in my area in the coming 24 hours, but thus far, my next door neighbor seems to be enjoying the rain.
clearly fitting is the etymology/ former usage of the word "translation": *removal of a saint's body or relics to a new place*
I'm on a little hillside, so should be good, apart from some water in the basement. But I saw just now that they're calling for the nearby river — in walking distance, but on the other side of a big hill — to crest at 19 feet. "Flood stage" for that river is 10 feet.