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Fil-Am couple’s food truck business hit hard by 'Helene'

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a Filipino couple who just started a food truck business lost it to the storm.

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<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cXwqIOEhbDs?&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>A red food truck, now stuck in muddy debris in Asheville, North Carolina, was Filipino-American Paul and Julia Pike’s source of livelihood. &quot;It&#x27;s difficult to process,&quot; said the Fil-Am couple. &quot;We probably would say we are still at that stage where we&#x27;re processing if this is even real. Because that kind of scenario, you only see that in movies.”The catastrophic flash flooding wiped out roadways and homes and killed more than 175 people across Florida, and Georgia, as well as in Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas. It has claimed at least 40 lives, including children, just from Buncombe County, North Carolina, where the Pikes live.  “We&#x27;re in Charlotte just to get a shower from our cousin because Asheville right now is,&quot; the Pikes couple shared. &quot;We have no water. Everyone&#x27;s fighting over gasoline and groceries.&quot;&quot;The phone service is really bad. So, we have to drive out of Asheville to get those conveniences. Honestly, the way we would describe it is we’re completely out of touch with the world.”  The Filipino couple, who migrated from Pasig just two years ago, was just starting to live out their dream.  “It took a lot of effort from both of our families for us to be at this point of actually having that truck. Opening that for only seven months and having this happen is heartbreaking for the entire family whose income solely relies on that truck,&quot; they said.Search and rescue efforts continue in their area. Officials say hundreds are still missing or unaccounted for.  President Joe Biden, who visited devastated states this week, ordered the deployment of up to 1,000 active-duty troops to help with aid efforts.  Meanwhile, residents and neighbors are doing their best to help each other out.  “Now it makes me cry thinking about the Asheville community. They have helped tremendously our family to establish our business,&quot; the couple said. &quot;We owe it to them, even if we&#x27;re greatly hit by Helena as well.&quot;Officials have said restoring devastated communities, towns, and infrastructure, will take years and likely cost billions of dollars.  For the Pikes, it’s about rebuilding their dream, one barbecue plate at a time.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a Filipino couple who just started a food truck business lost it to the storm.

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Published Oct 05, 2024 09:52 PM PHT

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