GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/Gray News) – Those in the path of Hurricane Helene are still reeling from the devastation the storm left behind.
Hundreds of people were killed, roads were washed away, and homes and businesses were destroyed.
Helene destroyed the Double B Plant Farm in Grovetown, Georgia – the plants, offices, parts of the owner’s home and their livelihood.
The Burns family said, like everything else Helene has left behind, the future is very uncertain.
“It took 37 years to get to the point that we’re at, and they won’t be able to do that, and I sure can’t do it by myself,” Double B Plant Farm owner Joe Burns said.
Burns said it’s hard saying goodbye to three generations worth of work and memories.
“I literally have been out here my entire life,” Burns said. “I grew up on this road. I grew up in a trailer right in the middle …