b'NO TURNING BACKWeathering Hurricane Heleneby Nicole LaVoieI t is difficult to describe surviving an event that will have a home in history one day. On the night of Thursday, September 26, 2024, Western Carolina Rescue Ministries (WCRM) and the surrounding regions were ravaged by wind and waters that could only be compared to Bible stories heard in Sunday school. It is safe, and in many ways reasonable, to say that no one truly knew what destruction would await them on the other side of the night. The devastation was beyond reason, and it was tempting to dwell in a mindset that lived there as well.\x02JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 17'