ASHEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – The portrait of recovery is far from complete in Western North Carolina. In some ways, one year after Helene feels like a day to Ursula Gullow of Asheville.

“Every time it rains, everyone is nervous who has experienced this,” Gullow told Queen City News. “There’s a lot of anxiety still.”

Saturday, September 27, marks one year since Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina.

A series of paintings gives Gullow stark reminders of how she felt during the region’s darkest days.

“11:40 a.m.,” she says, putting a time stamp on a piece while we did this story.

We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but Ursula can usually count on a daily ritual. She has either painted or drawn herself almost every day for 13 years.

“It has just become a thing I do w

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