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As physical environments continue to destabilise as we approach the permanent breaching of +1.5°C we need urgent conversations about #adaptation and #resilience in *many* places.
Good to see an earnest conversation about this taking place in #Asheville post Helene.
#ClimateCrisis citizen-times.com/story/news/2…
How Helene highlights the need for climate resilience in Asheville
Risks of extreme precipitation were known before Helene. Climate change made it worse, The Asheville Citizen Times (The Asheville Citizen Times)
As I wake up to the first morning with running #water coming out of my faucets in quite some time... I am mildly amazed at the Herculean effort required to accomplish this feat.
Considering the devastation and the videos of our water system that I've seen I was completely prepared for months.
Standing ovation for all of you water system workers out there waist deep in mud hooking up monster pipes.
You killed it
WR8RW SC ARES lends support.
Another station, KM4FLG in Black Mountain, 146.520 will be for initial contains in the area for Black Mountain, Swannanoa, East Asheville. Will be on air 9a to 9pm at bottom of the hour to relay information at the hour. Simplex net. If too busy, go to 146.550. #NCSTRONG #NCwx #Helene #Swannanoa #Asheville #BlackMountain
City of Asheville:
Buncombe County drive-through bottled water distribution:
William W. Estes Elementary School - 275 Overlook Road, Asheville
Sand Hill Elementary - 154 Sand Hill School Road, Asheville (Please enter via Acton Circle)
North Windy Ridge Intermediate School - 20 Doan Road, Weaverville
Fairview Elementary School - 1355 Charlotte Highway, Fairview
We are developing a mobile distribution plan TBA.
City of Asheville offering walk-up service to fill your own container at Pack Square Park until dark or when the supply runs out.
Arstechnica:
"As of Monday morning, if one wanted to grasp the historic nature of flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in western parts of North Carolina and the surrounding areas, the logical place to begin is at the National Climatic Data Center.
This federal office maintains the world's largest climate data archive and provides historical perspective to put present-day weather conditions and natural disasters into context in a warming world due to climate change.
Unfortunately, the National Climatic Data Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina. "
arstechnica.com/science/2024/0…
#ClimateEmergency #disasters #climate #NCSTRONG #Asheville
We’re only beginning to understand the historic nature of Helene’s flooding
How does a region that is nearly 500 miles from the Gulf become devastated by flooding?Ars Technica
We're four days into the most significant natural disaster in the recorded history of our region. Our community is experiencing an ongoing crisis created by infrastructural collapse and the profound failure of capitalism to value and sustain life. No state or federal aid has yet reached Asheville, but all around us we're seeing regular people acting autonomously to address immediate needs and meet one another with care. We hope to write soon about the beautiful and resourceful things we've witnessed.
Our co-op is physically intact and our members are accounted for. Although we've fared better than many, we're experiencing this crisis physically and emotionally. We're exhausted, largely without power, water, or internet. Cell service is poor, and when we are able to connect, the volume of information is overwhelming. Right now our priority is supporting and facilitating mutual aid efforts and we ask for your patience as we cannot keep up with emails, texts, and DMs.
Firestorm will continue to act as an in-person resource and information hub over the coming days, with staffing from noon to 4pm. A daily meeting at 2pm serves as a space for neighbors to get verified updates and coordinate mutual aid efforts. Other hubs have arisen organically in other parts of town and we're doing our best to share and connect resources.
If you would like to donate to grassroots recovery efforts, please send funds to our friends at #MutualAidDisasterRelief (bit.ly/donatemadr or Venmo @/MutualAidDisasterRelief), who are already on the ground, or local organizers (Venmo @/AppMedSolid or Cash App $Streets1de with "Flood Support" in the memo), who have been caring for our community 365 days/year.
We are not able to process web orders or ship inventory. If you'd like to support our co-op, we enthusiastically welcome book orders through our website, but please understand that we cannot provide an estimate on shipping.
#HurricaneHelene #MutualAid #Asheville #WesternNorthCarolina #FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
Recent events have shown that the effects of climate change are not distant fears, but current realities. From historic flooding to hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, pandemics, and more, we need each other more than we ever have before.bit.ly
Anarchist community center @firestorm in #Asheville, #NorthCarolina is reporting that it is "OK" following the initial impact of #HurricaneHelene and is open each day at 2pm to act as a space for people to gather:
"Our co-op is OK, but the situation on the ground in Western North Carolina is catastrophic.
We'll share more when we're able. Almost everyone we know if without power or water and cellphone networks are down. Mutual aid is happening organically throughout the community.
We're hosting gatherings at 2pm each day for folks to share resources and news."
Via Stewie Crum
7:42 PM · Sep 28, 2024
"This is an overhead shot coming out of the mountains from #Asheville NC to Erwin TN.
We don’t have bridges anymore. #Nolichucky washed them all out. Like, all the bridges 💩
It’s insane"
