US 70 in swannanoa. So many scenes like this. All of this road destruction is going to make recovery sooooooo much harder. Think about how hard it is going to be to move groceries, gas, building materials around. This is really really bad.
The scale of destruction, location and resources are going to take so much time and honestly a herculean effort to get these places just "habitable" for locals.
The engineering alone to backfill all these roads and highways that sit on mountain sides is making my brain hurt. Then you add utilities to the mix and it's not something you just draw up and implement. (Safety etc )
I guess we are relatively simple living on flat land. Have to imagine living on hill/mountain sides adds levels of engineering complexity that won't get solved quickly.