After Hurricane Helene: When Rivers Move and Property Lines Change

Two years after Hurricane Helene, the headlines have moved on.

Western North Carolina is still dealing with what Helene left behind.

And some of the consequences are things most of us would never consider until they happen to our own property.

What happens when the river moves?

What happens when the tree, rock, stream or other landmark people have relied on to understand a property boundary is gone? What happens when land itself has been washed away—and a family that has lived there for generations is trying to figure out what they own, what they can rebuild and how they stay?

In this special episode of Real Talk with Leigh Brown, I sit down with my friend and One Community Real Estate partner Starr Franklin to talk about what we saw after Hurricane Helene and what Western North Carolina is still dealing with two years later.

We talk about

The chaos of those first days Churches and volunteers becoming relief hubsBuilding temporary shelter so people could stay on their land Rivers changing course and property markers disappearing The surveying and real estate questions that followed Families who are still working to get home

Resources mentioned

https://www.patriotrelief.org/ https://www.onecommunity.realestate/ A Million Miracles: Life After Hurricane Helene by Stephanie Johnson | Paperback

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