Husband, wife business owners describe how they’re rebuilding their livelihood after Helene [Video]

IN OUR STATE AND THE RUSHING FLOODWATERS SWEPT AWAY HOMES AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE MOUNTAINS. CHRIS PETERSON MADE THE TRIP WEST TO OLD FORT AND SPOKE WITH TWO BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE NOW HAVING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. THE WHALEYS OPENED THIS BREWERY IN DOWNTOWN OLD FORT AFTER YEARS OF FARMING. IT MAY BE MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN REOPEN, BUT THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES LUCKY. CHRIS WHALEY BROKE DOWN AS HE TALKED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION IN AN OLD FORT AND THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WHALEY AND HIS WIFE, JESSICA, OWN WHALEY FARM BREWERY IN DOWNTOWN OLD FORT. IT SITS ON THE BANKS OF MILL CREEK, WHICH FLOODED WHEN TROPICAL STORM HELENE CAME THROUGH. I MEAN, IT’S PRETTY MUCH TOTALLY DEVASTATED, BUT THE WALLS ARE UP, SO THAT’S GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE WE’LL WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SEE. THE MORE WE DIG AND THE MORE WE WE SORT OF …