No Channel Channel.

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

I was devastated by the WNC floods last year. Seeing the LA fires, I intellectually feel a similar sadness. But emotionally, I feel more detached since I’m less connected with the land

Perhaps we must viscerally feel the anguish of climate volatility before we can solve it. Ie. it may be a crisis of the heart, not the mind

In September 2020 my kid was three months old and the air in Portland decided to turn poison (AQI>500) for a week. We couldn't drive anywhere because there was no reasonable way to filter the air in the car, and it was smokey in all directions for 100 or so miles. More and more people are going to be having these experiences.

I remember the 2020 wildfires and the “orange day” in San Francisco 

That experience of not breathing well for a week was tough, especially layered on top of Covid