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Chronicles Of Olivia is Documenting the Destruction of Hurricane Helene

There are be bodies that will never be found. People are stuck in probate for 3 years unless their loved one's body is found. This prevents the family from getting closure and financial compensation.

There's people that will never be found.

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They'll never be found or they'll wash up on the banks, you know, five years from now.

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And in this area, there was like houses that came from miles away.

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Yeah, 10, 15, 20 miles away.

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Wow.

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So the water is that powerful that it just literally...

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As you get down this river where it feeds into the lake,

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there's an area we call the stew pot.

It's like a log jam,

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and it's just solid houses and logs all the way down to the bottom of the river,

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It's like a log jam,and it's just solid houses and logs all the way down to the bottom of the river,

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all the way across.

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You can't even see the water.

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And you can't even really search that effectively.

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Yes.

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just compressed all the way down.

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You can't get a diver in it.

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You can't get a boat in it.

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Something that people in the media haven't really touched on just because they don't know.

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It's not just about bringing closure,

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but if you don't make a recovery,

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they're stuck in probate court for three years.

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They can't get a life insurance payout.

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There's a lot more to it than just trying to bring their family member

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home and get them closure.

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And they can't move forward financially or any other way until they can get a death certificate.

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So we're just trying to get as much done as we can in the daylight in the next two

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weeks before it gets too cold and before we get a few feet of snow buried in the ground.

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And the dogs are out here in the cold all day too.

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