When Hickory Nut Gorge was doused with an onslaught of rain over Memorial Day weekend, Gerton resident Alan MacNair said it was hard not to think about Hurricane Helene.
Rainwater overwhelmed the ditches and culverts near his home on Bearwallow Mountain Road that weekend, washing out part of the gravel road and making it impassable for about four days. The flash flood came nowhere close to the devastation of Helene, which brought widespread destruction to the roads, utilities and properties in the area. Still, MacNair said it felt like a setback.
“I was surprised to see the road washed out again, even though they did get it repaired fast,” MacNair told BPR, adding that it was “frustrating to see all the work that they had done but still that didn’t quite fix the problem.”…