Jeff gets his water back and Rizzo’s water pipes explode in his bathroom…What a crazy mid-week show we are having…Despite it all we are seeing the water make its way all around the county no matter what the color is…We were trying to figure out what hue of brown the water was. A caller posed and interesting question about if it is OK to begin using his guilty pleasure…His bidet…Former President Jimmy Carter who recently turned 100 years old his giving folks a chance to become a junior ranger…Those skills might have come in handy these past few weeks…Kevin Costner made a song about hurricane relief and Rizzo was not a fan…That and so much more as we navigate the recovery of Helene in week 3.

The water or wooder is returning more and more each day!! As we kicked off Tuesday, we talked about the video of hydrants open downtown! More businesses are beginning open or prepare to open and it is a welcoming sight…We discussed Jeff wanting badly to get a haircut and if he should go silver fox…The overwhelming consensus is that he silver foxes this party up…We listened to a woman who was making an attempt to come donate her time in NC with the recovery, but she flexed her muscle of a Frontier airlines flight…We are learning that there is a “seacret” Long John Silver’s society…We keep the positive vibes and the H20 train chugging along on this Tuesday edition of The Rizzo & Jeff Show!!

WE HAVE H20!! Water has begun flowing again in Asheville and we are slowly starting to see certain towns being able to flush their toilets…We had some listeners take umbrage with us over our dislike for Long John Silvers…Surprisingly it is a hit in this town…Gil called with excitement about his water returning and let us know he is going to take a bath with his collection of rubber ducks…It seems the hot costume this year for Halloween is Sponge Bob SquarePants…Why are there holes cut out of the costumes? Life is slowly getting back to normal…Remember BOIL THAT WATER!!

As we close out week 2 after Helene's destruction, we are feeling that Asheville and surrounding areas are starting feel things are beginning to slowly look up. After yesterday's great update about the water, we are hearing from more and more people that have their water being turned on. Rizzo was able to meet the CEO of McDonalds who was helping hand out food at the McRig. Jeff finally got his clothes washed downtown at The Laundry Relief Zone...We spoke to Matt Pozda who is the CEO of Call Dad...They are doing amazing work in the community...Rizzo was handed the diabetic baton from Wilford Brimley...We head into the weekend with optimism...WNC STRONG!!

Today on the Thursday 10/10 edition of The Rizzo & Jeff Show, the optimism was pouring in. More and more calls came through about water and power coming back on! Rizzo was able to get his insulin thanks to some amazing folks from Tallahassee, FL! We talked about the plans to open schools in the coming weeks…And as the show wound down, we got a major update about a main connection of the water system being connected. It might be baby steps, but we are getting there Asheville!!

Rizzo & Jeff 10-09 "A GLIMMER OF HOPE, HELPING, EMOTIONS ARE RAW, A LUAGH & WATER COMING SOON"? 

On this Wednesday 10/9 edition of The Rizzo & Jeff Show we keep hope alive as we recover from Helene! We talked about the potential positive repair of the water system...We also chatted the possibility of schools and restaurants opening! We heard amazing stories from locals in remote communities helping each other get through this disaster. There were some feelings of optimism today!

On this Tuesday 10/8 edition of the show, we opened the phone lines again to everyone in the area lending assistance and info, as we are far from out of the woods with the Helene aftermath. We played audio of Dr. Phil who was in the area and even discussed foods we’d never thought we’d eat until this all happened.

Rizzo and Jeff Join the BIGGEST SHOW in the USA Elvis Duran for 12 minutes while we talk about the devistation brought by Hurricane Helene. 700 Stations ALL OVER AMERICA more listeners than ANY RADIO SHOW IN USA!!! 12 minutes, we had to do pretty well! 

Thanks Elvis!~

Monday the palpable frustratrion BEGINS to set in as we WAIT for a sense of normalcy to return... IT WILL BE A WHILE!!! 

WE ARE HANGING TOUGH!

Here is part one of our Friday edition of us talking to the community after it has been decimated by Hurricane Helene. We are connecting families and helping people find basic needs like water, food, gas and ATM’s. Today we talked to a woman who was almost swept away by the raging waters, and we connected an 80 yr. old woman who was stranded with water and help. Part 2 of 2