This is what Army veteran Darrel Coffey salvaged from his home after Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina: Muddy clothes and shoes. Darrel lives in a veterans' community in Swannanoa and moved to the area over a year and a half ago for a new job. He was at work the day floodwaters took over his neighborhood. “I went to work, and the police called me,” Darrel said. “Thirty minutes after I left, they said the whole area was evacuating. We lost everything — everybody around here did.” Darrel’s clothes were hanging in his bedroom closet. The muddy residue left in his home is an alarming reminder of how high the waters had risen. “If I didn’t go to work Friday, I wouldn’t have a car because everybody else’s cars went down the stream,” Darrel said. After making his way to a local shelter supported by the Red Cross in Asheville, Darrel was grateful to find many of his veteran friends who lived in the same community. He’s been helping them get around and grab things from their...