A social media user claims that Hurricane Helene’s victims stand to lose their shelter — and their children — after the storm. Helene hit western North Carolina on Sept. 27, causing record flooding in the state’s mountainous areas.

North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims are struggling and feeling forgotten as winter approaches. Temperatures are dropping, and many hurricane survivors are living in tents or trailers without insulation.

It was the regionality and subject matter but also the steel underneath the quiet tale that called it to mind when I spoke to Jennifer Greene, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association recently,