Hey folks Scott here we've been getting a lot of emails from you who know that I live in North Carolina

wondering about how I'm doing the first thing I want to say is thank you so much for your concern

it's heartwarming and I really appreciate it the city I live in is well east of any

significant damage from Hurricane Helene so I am doing just fine. However, as of

this moment, over 140 people in six states have died as a result of Helene and many hundreds

are still missing in North Carolina alone.

Power and cellular service are slowly and sporadically being returned to Western North Carolina as that happens

hopefully some of the missing will turn up. Many water treatment plants were

damaged beyond repair in the Asheville area so drinking water is one of the biggest

issues for Asheville.

Also washed out in blocked roads or hampering rescue efforts. The damage from

Helene is widespread as you know but if you have friends or loved ones in the

Asheville area I would strongly recommend visiting the R slash Asheville

subreddit. There are new mega threads being posted there daily with tons of useful information.

Just go to Reddit,

R E-D-I-T.com slash the letter R and then slash Ashbill,

ASH-E, V-I-L-E. Some of you will no doubt be familiar with our dear friend Micah Hanks, who has been on the show many times.

He is the co-founder, creator, and editor-in-chief of the Debrief dot org, as well as a prolific podcaster with the Mike Hank

show and others. More importantly though he's a good friend and he lives just

outside of Asheville. While I was unable to reach him for the first 24 hours he did eventually make contact with me to say he was okay

although he is facing some adverse conditions but for those that know him or are concerned I can say that I've heard from him twice now and both times he seemed well.

I know there was a landslide near him, but he implied that he was hanging in there.

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