We’re happy to report that the Equilibar team is fully back at work this week following Hurricane Helene.
While Helene wreaked havoc across the Western North Carolina mountains, we feel extremely lucky that all of our team members and their families are safe and our facilities had only minor issues. Once we could return to the building, our team hit the ground running and tackled the backlog of inquiries and shipments. We thank you for your patience during this time.
A disaster of this magnitude tends to make people appreciate what they have and we’ve found this to be very true. We are happier than ever to have meaningful work to do in partnership with our customers.
Since our headquarters is near the Asheville Airport, we’ve been gladdened and inspired to see the many US military aircraft coming and going all day long, performing rescues and bringing vital supplies. We also pass hundreds of utility trucks doing repair work, some from as far away as Canada.
On a more personal note, we appreciate the supplies sent to us by our Richards Industrials partners in Cincinnati. Across the country, churches and businesses and groups and government entities are all pulling together to assist us, and we are immensely grateful.
Because Equilibar’s work focuses on fluid control, many aspects of the hurricane have been fascinating to follow. The problem of providing clean drinking water under difficult circumstances is one we have been involved with through our customers’ water purification applications. In the past, we may have tended to think of that work as something that happened far away, but now it is right here. Toxic waste destruction, extreme weather research, and flexible alternative energy sources are just a few other examples of our customers’ work intersecting with the issues at hand.
We continue to think of the thousands of people in Western North Carolina who have lost jobs and homes and loved ones. We realize that life will never be the same for them and we are committed to doing what we can.
Thank you for reading and please feel free to contact us about your fluid control challenge. We are eager to find new ways to use our technology to make a positive impact on lives across the world.