Putting the damage and scale in perspective.

https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/1840088474587652470?s=46&t=TVy9rDl3UkuxmVj4e18bOA

Feeling heartbroken looking at the pictures and videos of the hurricane aftermath coming out of Asheville and greater WNC

The media isn’t covering the damage there because there’s no way to get in or out, nor any cell reception right now

I’m not sure how to help from afar but if I figure out how, I’ll let y’all know

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I’m really sorry to hear that and hope that they are okay. Fwiw, everything I’m reading suggests that lack of comms is “normal” and shouldn’t be by itself a cause for concern

It is jarring… I was there recently and the area has a piece of my heart. I am feeling a sense of loss

I have family out there, presently have no idea if they're okay or not, it's pretty jarring seeing what trickle of reports and footage is coming out of there right now

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Best thing I've found so far was this spreadsheet (go to the Donations tab) and you can donate to the org of your choice: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1uMN-ERc4fzGC_IoAdbbMCbVw6xl04-CsXdJeEybcUCA/htmlview?pli=1#

There is also a GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fly-supplies-to-western-nc-after-hurricane-helene

My personal favorite so far is the pack mule Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/mountainmulepackers

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have you found a fundraiser yet? cc @brixbounty

let me know, would be interested in helping galvanize the FC community to help support xx

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What I understand so far is that it’s not the hurricane per se that caused this

There was a strong rainstorm right before that saturated the land, and when the hurricane reached inland, it couldn’t absorb any more water 

Still a shock, but shows how the increased climate volatility will create unpredictable effects

I’m ENC and hurricanes have been a way of life, never WNC. Heard from someone in Erwin TN things are ok now but 10 ppl still missing and roads/hospital gone

ASCE kept saying our infrastructure was one big storm away from failing. Absolutely breaks my heart that we're seeing this yet again for somewhere that is truly magical to visit.

We are in central NC so been following pretty closely. They're saying the amount of rain they got is something that happens once every thousand years or so. It's heart breaking to watch this all unfold just a few hours away.

Tragic 😔 
In incidences like this where the cell service is down, I wonder how many people have an iPhone with satellite capabilities? My understanding is that Apple covers the fees for another year or so and it should automatically make it an option if it can’t connect to a local carrier