Our Changing Climate: When the Storms Hit Home
By Marge | Published 2025-10-16T16:31:45.668+00:00
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It’s official: the global climate crisis is no longer a distant problem for polar bears and future generations. It's here, and it's making itself violently known in places like our ancient Appalachian mountains and the remote Alaskan coastline.
The storms we're seeing now are not your grandparents' storms—they are faster, wetter, and more devastating.Let’s connect the dots between two seemingly unrelated events—one right here in the Southeast, and one up in the Far North—to see the face of the ongoing crisis.1. When the Mountains Roared: Tropical Storm Helene in WNCFor anyone who lives here, late September 2024 will forever be defined by one thing: water. Tropical Storm Helene unleashed a biblical-scale deluge that was frankly terrifyi