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See, the Buncombe County Commissioners seem to have never heard of these laws. They don't remember passing them, and staff cannot find anyone in the City of Asheville to blame for them. The search is continuing for a culprit, both in Raleigh and Washington, DC.
The law in question?
See, water falls downhill.
Yep. For those of you from the county government apparatus, this is a fact. No amount of money, bulldozers, secret meetings, ignoring the people's will, or legislation will change it.
The ironically-named Citizen-Times reports today you received a report from one Jim McElduff, whom the C-T only tangentially identified as a past chairman of the Buncombe County Planning Board, which says in part..

Not to get too weather-geeky but you folks out West are in for a heck of a storm with high winds and heavy snow. We'll be seeing it here mid-state soon as well. From the NWS Forecast (geek link here):

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN AND NORHTERN MOUNTANS
OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A WIND ADVISORY FOR
THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...AND A
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SEE PRODUCT
CAENPWGSP FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A HEAVY SNOW WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR