What next?
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What next?
Description
Article compares the flood from Hurrican Ivan to the flood of 1916. Both floods were caused by two back-to-back hurricanes, and both caused extensive damage to the homes and businesses they covered. Excerpts of Wilma Dykeman's The French Broad are printed here, and she references a 'scarcely documented' flood that covered WNC in 1791. While it's uncertain how closely the 2004 floods compare to the 1916 floods, the amount of buildings in the area, changes in the flood beds, and sharp increases in impermeable surfaces like asphalt, have surely worsened the damage from the flood. Three photos accompany the article. The first two depict the same view in the vicinity of Biltmore Village, with both seeing similar levels of flooding. The first was taken by an unknown photographer in 1916, and the second by John Coutlakis. The third picture is a NOAA Satellite image of Hurricane Frances.
Source
Newspapers.com
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Language
English
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NEWS_195, NEWS_196
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9,11
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Citation
Joy Franklin et al., “What next?,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed January 24, 2026, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/775.