What Hurricane Helene left behind in Lake Lure:
Recently, PBS visited Lake Lure and interviewed several people in the Town of Lake Lure, NC. Special thanks to Mayor Carol Pritchett, Commissioners Dave DiOrio and Jim Proctor, Fire Chief Dustin Waycaster, and resident/business owner Ashton Bowles, Lake Lure Pottery for their excellent interviews, which played a key role in the development of this program. Please take a few minutes and watch the video which we hope will help people have a better understanding of what happened in Lake Lure.
Lake Lure was a picturesque town until Hurricane Helene tore through, destroying homes and washing millions of tons of silt and debris into the lake. Here’s what it takes to bring the lake back, starting with clearing the surface and digging out the silt.
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