‘West Virginia Boys’ move a literal mountain to build a road so Helene victims can finally return home: ‘Nothing short of miraculous’

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-27 12:50:41 | Updated at 2024-10-27 15:29:05 2 hours ago

‘West Virginia Boys’ move a literal mountain to build a road so Helene victims can finally return home: ‘Nothing short of miraculous’
NY Post ^ | 10/27/24 | Olivia Land

Posted on 10/27/2024 5:45:15 AM PDT by Libloather

CHIMNEY ROCK, West Virginia — Blue-collar workers prevailed over bureaucracy in Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina by rebuilding a highway at breakneck speed on their own terms – allowing residents to finally return home.

Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock washed away by Helene.

Chimney Rock residents who fled the hurricane one month ago will now be able to return home for the first time within a few days, months earlier than they expected.

“The river swallowed the road, so I haven’t been home since the hurricane,” Robin Phillips, 49, told The Post.

“The West Virginia boys have moved the mountains. All of the roads were just gone, until now. It’s nothing short of miraculous.

“I haven’t been to my house since the flood but I know very soon I’ll be able to. Without their help, who knows, it would be months before I could access our house.”

**SNIP**

The miners, who were all volunteering their time, were too sheepish about building a highway without legal permission to speak on the RECORD.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), North Carolina Department of Transportation and the local Sheriff’s office all visited the site but turned a blind eye to the unsanctioned build.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food; Weather
KEYWORDS: helene; miracle; mountain; wv

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“The Army Corps of Engineers took a look and said they’d send some surveyors and engineers, the same thing the DOT said pretty much. I told them you might as well not waste your time because the West Virginia guys will have this road built before you finish your paperwork,” Lewis continued.

Git 'er done.

1 posted on 10/27/2024 5:45:15 AM PDT by Libloather

To: Libloather

They'll eventually be charged with something.

2 posted on 10/27/2024 5:48:50 AM PDT by johniegrad

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