GREEN MOUNTAIN, N.C.—Dave Keister, 57, still lives in a Recreational Vehicle near where his home and motorcycle shop once stood, across the road from the North Toe River in North Carolina.
The mid-September sun glistens on the river, a picture of tranquility as leaves drift down from towering trees on a cool breeze. It flows peacefully today, in stark contrast to the hell and high water it unleashed a year ago.
