This week: Tenant organizing as #Buncombe evictions courts resume; conditions during & after #HurricaneHelene in the county jail; + experiences of recovery work in #Asheville & WNC
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Medical professional Chris and disaster relief activist Margaret Killjoy on post #HurricaneHelene solidarity in #southernappalachia / #Asheville
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/10/06/mutual-aid-and-disaster-relief-in-southern-appalachia/
Anarchist community center @firestorm in #Asheville is hosting community builds for DIY toilets as many people are without basic working plumbing following #HurricaneHelene.
#HurricaneHelene #Hurricane #Helene - Death toll at 137 ( as of Oct 1st, 11 am )
Virginia 2
Tennessee 6
Florida 15
Georgia 25
SouthCarolina 33
NorthCarolina 56
Missing / unaccounted for: 702+
North Carolina 600+
Tennessee 102
📷 TEMA
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There's an exchange in this that makes me incredibly angry. And it's this:
'Nearby, someone discovered that an 18-wheeler wrecked during the storm was full of bottled water, and dozens of people came to grab cases and hand out cases to others, until police officers arrived and shouted for them to leave.
“You are stealing!” one shouted as the crowd dispersed.'
What did that pig think he was protecting? Was Nestlé going to use the bottled water from the busted tanker to sell in the supermarkets? When? How long would that take? Fucking cops, man. Just the most unreasonable, ridiculous authoritarians imaginable.
#ACAB #cops #pigs #HurricaneHelene #Helen #ClimateChange #policing #FreeArticle
We're four days into the most significant natural disaster in the recorded history of our region. Our community is experiencing an ongoing crisis created by infrastructural collapse and the profound failure of capitalism to value and sustain life. No state or federal aid has yet reached Asheville, but all around us we're seeing regular people acting autonomously to address immediate needs and meet one another with care. We hope to write soon about the beautiful and resourceful things we've witnessed.
Our co-op is physically intact and our members are accounted for. Although we've fared better than many, we're experiencing this crisis physically and emotionally. We're exhausted, largely without power, water, or internet. Cell service is poor, and when we are able to connect, the volume of information is overwhelming. Right now our priority is supporting and facilitating mutual aid efforts and we ask for your patience as we cannot keep up with emails, texts, and DMs.
Firestorm will continue to act as an in-person resource and information hub over the coming days, with staffing from noon to 4pm. A daily meeting at 2pm serves as a space for neighbors to get verified updates and coordinate mutual aid efforts. Other hubs have arisen organically in other parts of town and we're doing our best to share and connect resources.
If you would like to donate to grassroots recovery efforts, please send funds to our friends at #MutualAidDisasterRelief (https://bit.ly/donatemadr or Venmo @/MutualAidDisasterRelief), who are already on the ground, or local organizers (Venmo @/AppMedSolid or Cash App $Streets1de with "Flood Support" in the memo), who have been caring for our community 365 days/year.
We are not able to process web orders or ship inventory. If you'd like to support our co-op, we enthusiastically welcome book orders through our website, but please understand that we cannot provide an estimate on shipping.
#HurricaneHelene #MutualAid #Asheville #WesternNorthCarolina #FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)
Hurricane Helene is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, and has devastated areas of Georgia and the Carolinas too. Garden & Gun has created this list of local and regional organizations that are providing help, with details on how to donate.
#HurricaneHelene #Florida #Georgia #NorthCarolina #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange
Edited 283d ago
Very active Hurricane Watch Net on 7.268Mhz (ham radio) -- not hearing many reports, but they are asking any EOCs for requests/status/etc.
Tallahassee EOC is on 3.940Mhz per the net, if anyone needs to contact the state EOC.
All Tallahassee Waffle Houses have been closed.
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