Good day. It's Thursday, October the 3rd, 2024, and this is the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

David Jones walked his daughter, Elizabeth, down the aisle at her wedding in Johnson City, Tennessee

last Saturday. Here's why their story made headlines. He had to get through the devastation

created by Hurricane Helene to get there. What would have been a two-hour drive from South

Carolina turned into a seven-hour drive, followed by five and a half

hours on foot to cover the remaining 30 miles to the wedding. David had to climb six and seven-foot

tall piles of debris and slog through the mud. Carrying a reflective stake to avoid being hit,

he made it just in time.

At the reception, he presented the reflector to the couple as a gift.

His reason, quote, just for them to remember to be a protector and a good reflection of each other and a reflection of God.

Yesterday, President Biden directed a thousand active duty soldiers

to assist in delivering food, water, and other services to communities impacted by Hurricane

Helene. The confirmed death toll from the storm has climbed to 190 at this writing, making

Helene one of the deadliest and costliest storms to hit the U.S. in the

modern era. Hundreds of people are still reported missing. More than a thousand people are

in shelters in North Carolina, where entire communities were destroyed by fast-moving water.

Asheville had been booming for a decade. Now, residents are wondering how they can rebuild.

Restoring power will be especially challenging since many electrical substations were flooded.

The devastation could be disastrous for the car industry since a North Carolina town,

the world's leading source of high purity quartz for semiconductors was flooded. Long-term health

consequences for survivors will persist for decades. Among the many victims are the first responders

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