About this episode:

A look at the frontlines of the response 13 days after Hurricane Helene hit Tennessee—the state's most devastating natural disaster in history. County commissioners Dr. Robert Acuff and Danny Deal report from the Elizabethton Municipal Airport which has become a staging area for relief supplies. Note: In the podcast, the commissioners request that supplies such as propane heaters and cylinders, and kerosene heaters, containers, and pumps can be sent to the attention of Commissioner Danny Deal at 415 Highway 91, Elizabethton, TN 37643. For updated information and a list of urgent needs, please check the links in the show notes.

Guest:

Dr. Robert Acuff and Danny Deal are both commissioners of Carter County in Elizabethton, TN, on the border with North Carolina.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Show links and related content:

Northeast Tennessee Disaster Relief Center Urgent Needs List—Facebook
TEMA's Hurricane Helene disaster updates
Hurricane Helene Updates—Knoxville News Sentinel

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Bonus - A Report from the Frontlines of Hurricane Helene Devastation in Tennessee