(As an aside, I hadn't gotten into this thread table of contents in quite awhile, and I found it "junked up" (sorry if that offends any of the thread creators) with things that I don't believe were ever intended to go into this section. This was fundamentally a non-PM non-investing section; now I see a bunch of unrelated topics.)
We are seeing little coverage except on Fox Weather of the devastating effects of Helene on the NC / TN mountains. Entire towns have been literally swept away and the death toll is truly unknown because people are isolated with no phone or internet, and literally no way except by helicopter for many of them to be gotten to.
We were just at Black Mountain, Chimney Rock, and Ashville 7 weeks ago. Chimney Rock is wiped away, now a large debris pile at the top of Lake Lure.