In Asheville, N.C., many residents may be without drinking water for weeks

The faucets ran dry in Alana Ramo’s home last Friday after the storm swept through. She resorted to creek water and rainwater.

“We [were] going around the house labeling buckets as ‘flush only’ or ‘tap water not filtered’ and then ‘filtered water’ or ‘drinkable,’” Ramo says. She and her boyfriend kept different buckets for drinking and washing dishes, for the plants, for the dog, for flushing the toilet, she says, “so that everybody stays safe and doesn't drink contaminated water.” LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson MAJ Ken Landgren Maj (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers Capt Gregory Prickett CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff 1SG (Join to see) SSgt Richard Kensinger SP5 Dennis Loberger PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette SPC Kevin Ford A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney