Gift article, long. You'd better read this: wapo.st/3BzJWR0

This is thread 6 of updates and resources for Hurricane #Helene, primarily covering western NC. Image source in next post. Please share these threads with people outside this platform as needed; they're public and don't require a Bluesky login. Previous thread: bsky.app/profile/lind...

The morning #HurricaneHelene hit Asheville members of our co-op sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and crack of trees falling. When we emerged to take stock a cardboard sign on our door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other.” 1/?

We are on day 9 of post-storm recovery, and most of Asheville has power again (the parts that are upright, at least). Water's still being sorted out. The River Arts District looks like the fucking Somme, maybe one building out of three's intact. Land's going to be cheap, though.