#NC mountains

[kimberly40]

[thesingingbullfrog]

[gardenbicycle]

Cold (2022) by Charlie Fitzgerald

[noordinarysunset]

Sunrise at Linville Cove

Blue Ridge Parkway Linville, North Carolina

[kiestrokes]

WNC: Hurricane Helene Resources

Posting this thread because WNC still very much needs help. Most businesses are still closed either from damages or mostly due to the water situation. Water is not drinkable. Those with compromised immune systems or open wounds still cannot shower in it. The water just cleared up enough for us the do laundry in it this week. Thats for those who actually have running water, many are still without. Below are vetted donation resources, that I know from friends or have personally worked with myself. If you do/don't donate, this biggest thing you can do is spread this post for others who might be able to, to see. Thank you! ✦ my vote of where resources should be donated, but all of these places have stepped up to do amazing work. alongside so many of the restaurants who cooked through their stock of food (for free) to feed the community when we were without power for a week/weeks.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: BeLoved Asheville ✦ Hearts with Hands ✦ Manna Food Bank ✦ Meals on Wheels Eblen Charities Pisgah Legal Services ✦ Silverados (Usually a venue owed by Cory Short who has turned it a donation center of supplies for the towns of Swannanoa and Black Mountain. You can contact Cory on Facebook to arrange donations.) ✦ Blue Ridge Pride ✦ Elida Home Black Mountain Home for Children ✦

There are too many restaurants, cafes and breweries to list. All that have personal GoFundMe's up, seeking support to rebuild and pay their employees during the down time. Asheville beer ships far and wide, look at your store of our beers! Dynamite Roasting from Black Mountain, NC is available at Target as well.

ARTIST SUPPORT: River Arts District Asheville Tattoo Artists

ANIMAL SUPPORT: Mountain Pet Rescue ✦ Brother Wolf Animal Rescue ✦ Asheville Humane Society ✦ WNC Nature Center ✦

[nappyrootedrunner1]

Some sights and sounds from yesterday’s hike at Stone Mountain, NC.

First time out there, so I opted for the namesake loop trail that took me by the fall and up to the summit. A nice day to get in a few and take in a view!

Until next time…

[theboookwitch]

Wanted to post more mutual aid/disaster relief information that I've found from friends and organizations on the ground in NC.

The situation is more dire than any news organization is reporting. If you have the means, please give. If not, please share and feel free to add anything else you've found!

[intheholler]

This is in response to your West Virginia anon.

I'm also looking to move to the region and ironically western NC is the area I dream about. I live (unhappily) in a large northern city now but came of age down south - further south, actually, but the Blue Ridge is my happy place. I never wanted to leave the south at all but found myself in a place where I ran out of opportunities and had to leave to survive. Now I feel like my mental health demands I go back that direction.

I'm pretty poor so I don't think I'm much of a threat as a gentrifier but I AM worried about being able to make a go of it. Is it still a place where a disabled, newly sober person with a high school education (I can drive a car, for whatever that's worth, though!) can move in and be ok in terms of finding an affordable place to live and a way to make a living? Is there anywhere in particular you would suggest I go?

ayyy best carolina <333

valid concerns, honestly.

to be frank i do worry about the affordability of it all for you, and anyone else really. WNC is seriously getting fucked by snowbirds and by corps coming in and shearing off ridges to build housing plants and vacation homes.

plus, the last few years, with this weird trend of SpoOkY ApPaLaChIa, there's air bnbs everywhere taking up potential homes. young rich kids keep flocking here, taking up more precious space and giving very little back. (probably bc the only place they reliably could name in appalachia until recently was asheville, but i digress.)

and because everyone's been flocking in for the last decade/two decades, prices are sky high, even in small towns.

that's before you consider the scarcity of job availability, which may also pose an obstacle for you. jobs have always been scarce here, independent of the housing issues. growing up it was all just minimum wage retail, hospitality, gas stations, stuff like that unless you live somewhere bigger, or worked at a hospital/care home.

and there's only so much of that per tiny town with lots of residents. you (plural, general, not you specifically obviously) cant find a job in town A where you live, but you found one in town B an hour and a half away. your low paycheck is gone in the gas it takes to get there n back.

meanwhile, person in town B can't find a job in their hometown cause you done took it out of necessity. so they go to town C and find one. person in town C gotta go to town D now. so on and so on.

it's just... there's just not a lot.

pair that with the recent influx of gentrifiers, and people born here are struggling as is.

god this reply hurt my heart to write. please just let appalachia rest (not you, anon. them.)

as an aside, that is so cool about your sobriety by the way. congratulations, seriously. i know im just some asshole on the internet but im proud as fuck of you and i hope you can find a healthy, happy place to live in our beautiful hills. i'm partial to areas like clyde, sylva and cullowhee personally <3

[spideracres]

First time making sourdough focaccia.

[tijipi]

[kimberly40]

Summer in Appalachia is magical. The land simply comes to life. Summer makes me think of barefeet, slamming screendoors, katydids, lightning bugs, warm tomatoes, canning jars, swimming holes, sweet iced tea, sunning, watermelons, blackberries, flip flops, cotton night gowns, warm dirt, baseball, sun kissed faces, corn on the cob, fried squash, fresh cucumbers, guitar picking on the porch, clotheslines, campfires, and honey bees.

Sweet Summertime Memories.

•The Rom English Farm in the Ashford-North Cove community in McDowell County, North Carolina.

[thesingingbullfrog]

[s-d23]

So sad for the western part of our state. My husband has literally worked 16 hours days since Friday after working 40 the first part if the week, trying to trees off lines. They're are lineman where he is now all the way from Canada. He's not in the western part of the state still nearby but it's horrible. Here in the foothills schools are still out. There is still people without power. Praying for western NC 🙏

appalachia is devastated. towns i loved, towns i visited all the time, are gone. not damaged, GONE. they are leveled to the ground. there is nothing left but rubble and ruin. people are dead. appalachia is poor to begin with and relies on tourism for a lot of its income, and multiple of those tourist locations are just...gone.

my town is okay, but it's flooded and wrecked. trees are blocking all but one way out of our neighborhood. power lines are hanging limp in the roads. we've been without power for over 24 hours and will continue to be without power for likely another 24+. disabled people and poor people are GOING to die from this. gods save appalachia.

[noordinarysunset]

Land Harbours Lake Linville, North Carolina

[s-d23]

NC EBT

23 counties in NC that were affected by hurricane Helene will receive 70 percent of their EBT allotment for September this month. This is for households that received FNS in the month of September. This benefit is automatically applied to your card and should already be there as of 10/6.

All NC FNS recipients can purchase "hot" foods for the month of October with their EBT, only in NC. This is not for fast food or food in restaurants. Spreading the word for those who may not be aware.