MARS HILL, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Kate Sorrells, 33, is a singer and vocal coach living in Nashville, Tennessee. Before that, however, she was a Mars Hill native, a graduate of North Buncombe High School and a proud member of the Asheville community.
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, Sorrells didn’t see it coming.
“I was in Nashville when it hit, and I was thinking that I was gonna go home and hunker down, because I thought it was gonna hit Nashville and flood,” Sorrells recalled. “I was like, I’m going to go home, because the mountains are always a safe place to be.”…