What a privilege to be tired from work you once begged the universe for. what a privilege to feel overwhelmed by growth you used to dream about. what a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. What a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.
Every place we have been for 2 days now has looked like this... Just truck after truck of people helping.
It has been phenomenal to see Volunteers living up to the name.
People who keep saying that Appalachia should’ve been prepared for this really know nothing about the area or weather. This wasn’t a “once in a lifetime” thing. This was a “this has never happened since Noah” kind of thing. It’s one thing to live below sea level and have this happen, it’s a whole other to literally live in the mountains and have your home wash away or have water covering your house. People had less than a days warning of how bad it might be and nothing said it would be this bad. On the coast people know a week ahead what will likely happen because it happens all the time. It’s not the same.
Idk if this is my emotions/bias or reality …
Is devastation in Upstate, SC/Western North Carolina/Eastern TN being under-covered nationally?
Is communication so absent that there’s no real way to help? Or is it negligence? Blind spot?
It is SO catastrophic.
🚨 Asheville and Western North Carolina are UNDERWATER.
Biden’s at the beach and Kamala’s at fundraisers with West Coast Elites
RADIO SILENCE from the White House
This is INFURIATING.
nothing demonstrates just how little regard the state has for its citizens like hurricane season. every year the policy is basically “evacuate if you have the money or die!” no preventative measures, no improved infrastructure, just everyone fending for themselves
@lightonearth111 @raven_txwarrior @CollinRugg Facebook has groups where you may have luck securing any information of the location your friend is. I wish you well.
@lightonearth111 @raven_txwarrior @CollinRugg I still stand with my above statement. The death toll is going to be ridiculous. This is a catastrophic event. I pray your friend is safe along with the other thousands of families/friends searching for any sort of reply from loved ones. shoulda coulda woulda? that’s behind us
The images and stories just beginning to emerge from eastern TN and western NC in the aftermath of widespread catastrophic flooding wrought by #Helene are genuinely horrifying, and the full scale of the disaster is likely as yet untold. #TNwx#NCwx [Thread: 1/n]
Very frustrating that Yancey County (just northeast of Asheville) has been missing from news coverage of the disaster hitting WNC. Cut off by damage to the two bridges leading into Burnsville, no power, no cell coverage, people unaccounted for - they NEED HELP.