I don't feel like the national media is conveying right now what a catastrophe is unfolding in western North Carolina.
For those that may need motivation to care about what’s going on with the flooding, NC can’t go blue without Boone and Asheville. These are blue strongholds.
I-40 collapsed. This will affect the transportation of goods all over the country. I just don’t understand.
The Appalachian Mtns is the oldest range in the world. Temperate rainforest climate. Vistas and waterfalls to die for. Had the economics played out differently, it would be one of the biggest travel destinations in the world.
People "hear" Appalachia and shrug off "those people" as ignorant and unimportant. (And I kinda get it; I spent my childhood trying to escape NC!) But that's so wrong. Boone and Asheville are two of the most creative, vibrant communities in the country.
It's so crazy to see entire NC towns wiped out from a flood, 10K students from my university alone without power or water for over a day, devastating property loss, roads collapsing and more landslides imminent, death tolls unknown...and it's not even a major headline.
For those that may need motivation to care about what’s going on with the flooding, NC can’t go blue without Boone and Asheville. These are blue strongholds.
Yes, Lake Lure. Obviously hate X, but this drone footage is wild: x.com/1010xlag/sta...
A small selection of images my students are taking in Boone, NC, mostly from their rooms. Nearby lake dam just got compromised, too. Landslides just starting. It’s Bad bad. (I’m safely in Boston this weekend.)
