Normalize caring about climate change impacts even if you think they don't affect you personally, b/c they do. My heat goes out to Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. I visited Asheville, NC & now have family in the area. It's heartbreaking to see the devastation. #StopBuringFossilFuels
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Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.
Just 1 window into #Helene devastation, by no means worst (watching videos of people on rooftops w/in inches flood, entire houses floating away) but touches home as an academic: Warren Wilson College in Swananoa, NC w/ students, faculty staff trapped on campus no running water, dwindling provisions.
High-risk zone? Asheville is at an elevation of over 2,000’ and is at least 240 miles (& Perry, Florida, where Helene came ashore, is almost 400 miles from Asheville) from the ocean. It’s pretty clear that impacts are hard to predict & aren’t just a “coastal” issue.
