This map shows how long it took for each county affected by Helene to get back to 95% of the homes and customers back to having power. In some cases, it was months before everyone had power again.  This storm took 176 lives directly and another 71 indirectly. The total of 247 contained the trend of mega-disasters that seems to have begun since 2010. 

At about 10am I tweeted this photo of these golfers continuing to play while a thunderstorm was in progress. Here is the tweet: I said to Kathleen, "Why would you risk your life like that?" Unfortunately, a few hours later and to the east of Wichita, the worst happened. The entire story is here . I just don't get it. What a tragedy.