ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Everybody sheltering at A-B Tech had a story to tell Monday about surviving Hurricane Helene. Three days after a massive storm swamped this landlocked city, the shelter at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, known locally as A-B Tech, was at capacity with 149 people, including many families, facing an uncertain future together. “This was shocking to everybody,” said James Yulon Ferguson, 52, whose trailer in the nearby community of Swannanoa is now underwater. Ferguson said he had received the warning that Helene was headed toward Asheville, but he “didn’t think it was going to be that bad.”At first, he decided to stay put. But then the storm got a whole lot worse.

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Persons: Helene, ”, James Yulon Ferguson, Ferguson, ‘, ’ ” Organizations: Tech, Community College Locations: ASHEVILLE, N.C, Asheville, Swannanoa