A house on Augusta Road in Greenville, owned by Kevin and Hayden Kozak, is still covered with blue tarps one year after sustaining major damage from a massive tree impact due to Hurricane Helene. Pictured on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Mark Susko/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
The kaboom of a transformer blowing jolted Kevin and Hayden Kozak awake the morning of Sept. 27, 2024.
Hayden Kozak, who had fallen asleep on the couch with the family’s new pet cat Nacho, got to the kitchen the same time as her husband. Seeing the worsening storm outside, she rushed to wake the children, herding them downstairs and away from the windows…