1. The Asheville Blade had some links to resources both for those affected by Hurricane Helene, and those looking to assist. In general local groups are going to need cash. Government resources are there, but often tend to take time. To get a sense of the creativity to getting resources into the mountain, there's a group that sent supplies via mule. (West coasters tend to scoff at East coast mountains. But they are tall enough.) There's also a romance and other writer fundraiser coming up, more on that once it's in place.
2. One of the things that happens anytime there's a disaster like this is that you discover things like, the Carolina mountains are our best source of quartz.
3. In other news, the world's largest pupusa was just recently made in DC.
