It’s Worse Than You Know…
Here, Patara from Appalachia’s Homestead travels through Tennessee and North Carolina to show first-hand the devastation from Hurricane Helene. Both states were hit hard, but the devastation in North Carolina was particularly brutal. Patara describes it as “worse than you know.”
Much of this report centers around the mountain community of Marshall, to the northwest of Asheville. Not shown, but said to be as wrecked, were communities to the east of Asheville, including Swannanoa and Black Mountain.
Disregard the federal government’s proclamation that 213 Americans lost their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The actual death toll will extend into the thousands.
That’s the word from Bear Independent — a prepper on the scene in western North Carolina. He discusses the horrors he has witnessed in that devastated region, where he’s been providing relief through his work with Grindstone Ministries. Here, he is interviewed by Billy Bond in a PIMPcast, the PIMP standing for Permaculture Is My Passion.
Bear says “entire valleys are filled with bodies” buried beneath mounds of silt and debris. He says the federal government routinely lies to hide the scope of the disaster, and now they’re spreading even bigger lies to cover up their mishandling of the carnage. “The federal government,” he says, “is actively working against recovery.”


