Before and after

 

Saturday morning, Jan 31, snowing still after the first 8 hours or so. It stopped in another 7 hours. But there was no visual evidence of the ridge on the other side of the valley!

Sunday morning, the mountain on the other side of the valley is visible, and sun has come out again! It was only 7 F degrees however.

And then it started to melt, of course. By Tuesday it got above 40 in the afternoon.

Before: A neighbor across the holler seems to have not cleaned out his chimney, but the billows of smoke did finally die back. I worried that the whole house might go up.

After.

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Bridge seen in the distance in the lower shot is the Blue Ridge Parkway. Skyline Inn in Little Switzerland has been in operation since the 1940s. See my blog post which included older photos. 

June 2024, some of the foundations of lower buildings

June 2024 the hotel continues operation, but the floods and landslides of Hurricane Helene closed it at the end of September 24. The hotel is open again now.

View of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Little Switzerland NC. Sharing with Skywatch Friday

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Bridge in Swannanoa NC - the second shot from floods of Hurricane Helene

Downtown Swannanoa...the pillars are on the Short Sleeves Coffee Shop today. The next building behind it was once a bank.

The Short Sleeves building also served as a gas station at one time. This location and was not damaged by the floods from Hurricane Helene.

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The Flat Iron Building in Asheville NC

Flat Iron Building in center, Nov, 2023

Flat Iron Building (on r) and Wall Street, Asheville NC Jan 31, 2026

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Sharing with Sepia Saturday

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Saturday Jan 31, 2026

Jan 31, 2026 The Mustang Sallie's Krew of the Gasparilla Parade, Tampa FL. Cold and windy in the 40s F. My son was on safety crew in bright yellow vest in front of the building on the float. Hillsborough Bay looks frigid in the background of Bayshore Blvd.