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Hurricane Helene washes away Rainbow Bridge - Catherine - 10-13-2024
Near Lake Lure in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, someone built a Rainbow Bridge in 2022. People came from all over to remember their pets. They often left the collars and a message. In two years hundreds of collars were left at the bridge. Now it is all gone, washed away by a hurricane that did so much damage. People are deeply effected by the loss. It is a bit like losing your pet again when you lose the place you went to remember them.
https://www.newsweek.com/pet-owners-devastated-after-rainbow-bridge-washes-away-during-hurricane-helene-1965852
It may not seem important when you think about all the things that have been lost, but our pets are important to us and this loss will effect people deeply.
If some of the collars can be found it would help. Hopefully the bridge will be rebuilt. Maybe people can go back and leave a new collar and message.
If it can't be built in the same place, perhaps a new place can be found.
Maybe we need Rainbow Bridges in many places so people have a place to visit when they need to grieve and remember.
It is worth thinking about.