This is Lynn Logic – Episode 4: Asheville – Part 2.

I came back to Asheville after Hurricane Helene tore through it—fast, violent, and unforgiving. The kind of destruction you don’t really understand until you’re standing in it. Water lines still marking buildings. Roads patched just enough to show how much was ripped away. Bridges that simply aren’t coming back.

I watched a town absorb the kind of loss that feels apocalyptic. A friend of mine was stranded here with her husband and kids. Her insurance agent couldn’t even comprehend what “stranded” meant—until she sent him a screenshot showing every road around her marked closed. That’s what this was. Total isolation. Total impact.

I grew up in Charlotte. I remember Hurricane Hugo. People still tell those stories like they happened yesterday—because when something like that hits you, it never really leaves. Asheville is living inside that kind of memory now. And still… they’re rebuilding. Not just structures, but each other.

Someone even wrote a song about Helene. Music born straight out of wreckage. Beauty created because people needed comfort. That’s Asheville. That’s community.

I’m sharing this because natural disasters don’t just destroy buildings—they strip everything down to truth. And if you’re close enough to help, you should. I promise you, you have more than those who lost everything.

Thank you for listening.

Chin Up, Tits Out.