"The storm hit the state just after mail-in ballots were scheduled to be sent out on Friday, Sep. 20, to military and overseas voters and to all others who requested them on Tuesday, Sep. 24." Cool cool cool www.citizen-times.com/story/news/p...
Helene brought devastating flooding, power outages, infrastructure crumbling and a lack of phone and internet access to Western North Carolina over the weekend all while Election Day is just over a mo...
You can donate to grassroots recovery efforts via #MutualAidDisasterReliefbit.ly/donatemadr or Venmo @MutualAidDisasterRelief) who are already on the ground or local organizers (Venmo @AppMedSolid / CashApp $Streets1de with FLOOD SUPPORT in the memo) who care for our community all year round. 5/?
Recent events have shown that the effects of climate change are not distant fears, but current realities. From historic flooding to hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, pandemics, and more, we need each ot...
When people say the South gets what it deserves for voting Republican, remind them that: 1) 45% of Southerners voted for Biden. Trump only won 53% there 2) Half of America’s Black population lives in the South 3) The region has widespread gerrymandering & restrictive voting laws
I don't feel like the national media is conveying right now what a catastrophe is unfolding in western North Carolina.
This is the beautiful little town I've called home for the past few years. The flooding is historic.
Helene has absolutely devastated WNC. I was in NYC for Sandy, and this has been scarier. We tried getting the kids out this morning as suggested by our power coop, but got turned around on the highway because “the bridge collapsed.” Finally saw a pic tonight:
Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved your life when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...
"I read most of Joseph Conrad, having figured out / that I could find some things repulsive and still / require them for my project. My project / was my life." Savoring this new Diane Seuss (the above from "My Education")
Me: "What should I wear for my reading today?" My 4yo: "Your pajama shirt. No, your wedding dress."