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“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”
‼️ ⏰ Hey folks, our public outreach folks will be at Piedmont Park, by the meadow, for the AIDS Walk beginning at 11am today!
We’ll be with our partner charity Lost-n-Found Youth - swing by for more info, to walk or donate! 🏃♂️ https://t.co/VSHk7tdAHQ
How do I express that I’m concerned about the people of western NC and I’m also concerned about the potential future global economic disaster because Spruce Pine is the sole producer of ultra pure Quartz for crucibles that all global semiconductor production relies on?
FEMA is literally on the ground RIGHT NOW in WNC according to friends of mine who ACTUALLY LIVE THERE so please stop with all your “gov’t had abandoned the south!” and “they’d rather send bombs to Gaza than help to Appalachia” bullshit!!!!
WAFFLE HOUSE IS OPEN!!!
They have hooked us up and are going to help us to feed AN ENTIRE SHELTER this evening in Asheville, NC!
Just like the other places we have went, the workers at Waffle House said we have to stick together! They just reopened, and were serving with a smile!!
Thank you all for helping us be able to help others!!!
@WaffleHouse@nicksortor@MarcoPatriotsHQ
Some thoughts and observations to the state and federal response to historic flooding in Western NC from Hurricane Helene
Its not sinking in to outsiders, or it’s just so hard to comprehend that the countless roads in Western N.C. , simply no longer exist.
The state and federal response has been ongoing, with over 1,000 personnel, including National Guard assets, deployed according to FEMA. Disaster Declaration for NC have been expedited, approved, but…
Those crews cannot traverse over collapsed bridges, 100+ foot ravinesthat weren’t there before.
Main interstates I-40 and I-26 have collapsed.
Primary state routes are scoured.
The secondary roads into neighborhoods are effectively eviscerated, for miles. Survivors *can’t* get out, help *can’t* get in.
It’s hard enough to get into Asheville. 30 minutes drives take 8-12 hours with the roads not existing, the remaining gas stations swamped. To get into the towns in villages in the mountains is a days journey if possible at all. National Guard trucks with food and water have to stop and collapses. The tools and supplies for SAR aren’t getting in via road.
Similar to Hurricane Katrina, where boats and helicopters were the only viable means of aid delivery in the first days, air support is currently the most effective way to connect Western NC to the outside world. There’s a limited amount of helicopters operating. Although the water has receded, the roads are still impassable.
This is still very much an active search and rescue mission not a recovery. There is a high number of missing (in the thousands per state media) because people can’t get in touch with loved ones. We saw this after Hurricane Ian as well, that number will drop significantly when phone service/internet returns. For death toll and recovery, the final number will not be known for at least a month in the region.
The lack of media presence on the ground isn’t due to neglect—reporters can't get into many areas, for the same reason help can’t. Even if they could, there is phone and internet do not exist.
This is not going to be a quick recovery for anyone. Some rural parts of Western NC may not be rebuilt.