Another area hit hard by the weekend storms was Cumberland County.

Officials there say the flooding was the worst that they have ever seen.

Right now, we're still actively doing damage assessments across the county so that we can answer the question.

And it seems like everybody is asking, which is how bad is it?

We don't know other than to say it is bad.

We are making sure that we're prioritizing getting people out and across those creeks.

That has to be the primary objective, especially for those who have dark moments coming up.

It's not just the creeks that have bridges that have been washed away.

A lot of these low water crossings are what we would call dry for.

They now have big boulders in the way.

They've got big logs in the way.

Folks cannot get across those creeks to get out.

So it's the missing bridges.

It's the bus drives and blocks.

Roadways get to getting to a main road.

All of that is taking a lot of our time, and it's a priority right now.

I know I'm not 150 years old or anything, but I'm fortunate to be surrounded by a lot of people who have seen a lot more of this world than I have as far as years are concerned.

I was surrounded this morning by a very experienced team of individuals, and I asked the question, do we do we believe that this one was worse just because it just happened, that recency bias that we often think of, or was it really the worst that we've ever seen it?

And with folks in the room that were double my age and then like they all agreed, this is the worst we've ever seen it and it's not real.

Well, what we need right now is for the people outside of Cumberland County to understand that we still exist, that we are still open for business, that we are still a vacation destination, a fun destination for travel.

The businesses in Cumberland County, that's the restaurants, the lodging, all of the shops here locally, they need the weekend that's coming up in Cumberland County.

It is 4th of July.

It is one of our three biggest weekends of the year.

It's not the single biggest weekend of the year.

There are businesses in this county that if they don't have a successful weekend this weekend, they will feel it in their financials for the entire year.