COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — More than a week after flooding from Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina, central Ohioans continue to lend a hand in the area.
One of the people who’s been helping out is Brian Butler. For the last week, he’s been cleaning with others and been with a group getting essentials to those still cut off.
“I just looked at my wife and I said I’m going to throw everything I can, I’ve got a Jeep truck, I’m going to throw everything I can in the back of that to help with what I could possibly face and I’m going to head down,” Butler said.
He and his family live in Powell but western North Carolina is special to him; he grew up taking family trips there and now has a cabin about 30 miles west of Asheville.
“It is a polarizing roller coaster of emotion,” he said.
As soon as he realized how hardd the area was hit, he decided to make the trip down. His property was spared the worst so his focus has been on others.
“When you see what I’ve seen you can’t turn around and go home” he said.