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Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈Our local independent news source, the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AVLWatchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AVLWatchdog</a> had an excellent piece today, equating the natural disaster of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> with the man-made disaster the GOP is inflicting on this region and the nation. It's worth a read.<a href="https://avlwatchdog.org/opinion-helene-devastated-our-region-even-more-death-and-despair-might-be-on-the-way/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avlwatchdog.org/opinion-helene-devastated-our-region-even-more-death-and-despair-might-be-on-the-way/</a>

Gregg AlleyThe streetlight at the end of the street is working again! It was damaged by Helene. 😄 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>

John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦I have to admit it, I'm a bit nervous about this storm in the gulf. I know it's going the other way but... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hurricane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hurricane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recovery</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈Our favorite <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coffee</a> spot on the French Broad River here in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> has quietly reopened after being submerged in the river during <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>. The field is more open and some of the trees are gone. They still have a few places to sit, had quite a few customers and at least 2 swimming dogs. Ahhh...

Deutschland<a href="https://www.europesays.com/de/257640/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/de/257640/</a> Berlin & Brandenburg: Kroatische Dramatikerin bekommt Helene Weigel Theaterpreis #"Theaterpreis" <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brandenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brandenburg</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Deutschland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dramatikerin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dramatikerin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kroatische" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kroatische</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Weigel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weigel</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈Buncombe County <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> Update: The local state of emergency ended June 30, but recovery continues. (<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> area)Programs now open: Renew NC: Home repair/rebuild--renewnc.org / 888-791-0207Energy Saver NC: Up to $16K in rebates--energysavernc.org or call 866-998-8555Private Roads: Apply by Aug. 3, visit ncdps.gov/helene/prbHomeowner Grant: Apply July 15-Sept. 30--buncombecounty.org/homeownergrantPrivate Property Debris Removal (PPDR) is underway on 234 properties and is expected to finish by August.Full updates: buncombenc.gov/helene or call 828-250-6100

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈For all of you Ashevillians, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/HighFiveCoffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HighFiveCoffee</a> on the river has apparently re-opened! How they snuck this by us I don't know...Nine months after <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> our favorite spot is open once again. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coffee</a> <a href="https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/07/09/woodfin-north-carolina-coffee-shop-reopens-on-french-broad-river-after-tropical-storm-helene-floods/84506259007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/07/09/woodfin-north-carolina-coffee-shop-reopens-on-french-broad-river-after-tropical-storm-helene-floods/84506259007/</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://flipboard.com/@Independent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Independent</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@independent/trump-s-one-big-beautiful-bill-rqoegh66z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@trump-s-one-big-beautiful-bill-Independent</a> And here in the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> area, our lovely <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/MannaFoodbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MannaFoodbank</a> was completely destroyed, as their operation was right next to the Swannanoa River when <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> hit last September.They've relocated, but have been struggling to replace their refrigeration areas, and all of their other systems.Our US Rep, Chuck Edwards, was working with the Biden admin and FEMA to get us the help we need to rebuild, but hey, here we now are.And this tool voted for the ugly, horrible budget they just passed.Manna has been overwhelmed with need after Helene. Now? Ye gods.

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://sfba.social/@nightdream" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nightdream</a> We'd given a good donation early this year to our local food bank just for normal times, plus because their building and all of their systems were completely destroyed by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> last September. They do such excellent work.With the enormous destruction and need here in the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> area, we thought giving as much as we could would help them and our community.And now we have this happen. There is no way donations will dig our neighborhoods out of their need without federal funding.We're going to see unprecedented hunger.

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://mindly.social/@joewynne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@joewynne</a> Interesting article - we just drove past Zen Tubing, generally a bustling location on the French Broad, and there was hardly anyone there. Not a weekend, for sure, but kids are out of school.I would personally not get in this water, but hope all the river activities can bounce back.Thanks for posting this! Boosting to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> and <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈A couple of excellent articles from the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/BiltmoreBeacon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BiltmoreBeacon</a> on the most recent wash-out of I40 at the NC/TN line.<a href="https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/submerged-drivers-saved-from-i-40-flash-flood/article_fa9770c8-5a17-4f51-8652-7f5ae30cd7c0.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/submerged-drivers-saved-from-i-40-flash-flood/article_fa9770c8-5a17-4f51-8652-7f5ae30cd7c0.html</a><a href="https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/i-40-to-be-closed-at-least-two-weeks-following-flood-and-rockslide/article_f11435d1-f830-4de7-af6f-0569931e43cf.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/i-40-to-be-closed-at-least-two-weeks-following-flood-and-rockslide/article_f11435d1-f830-4de7-af6f-0569931e43cf.html</a><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Post</a>- <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/I40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#I40</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈The <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AVLWatchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AVLWatchdog</a> has a new article on the business closings and failures in downtown after <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> It doesn't take any time to see the differences everywhere. Fewer visitors, closed restaurants, much of our outdoors still harder to access.Don't think this will be a 1-year recovery. I did chuckle at the "not the time to panic" comment, though. When IS the time to panic? <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> <a href="https://avlwatchdog.org/about-40-downtown-asheville-businesses-have-closed-since-helene-business-leaders-say-they-arent-panicking/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avlwatchdog.org/about-40-downtown-asheville-businesses-have-closed-since-helene-business-leaders-say-they-arent-panicking/</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://vive.im/@mediterraneandiet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mediterraneandiet</a> Good for them!This is in the HEART of the flooded area near Biltmore Village, with many of the other buildings still completely destroyed.We actually found Cava for the first time while evacuating to Charlotte during the early days of the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> power and water outages... now it's become a favorite.We've been driving to the one on Airport, but this is yet another option.Congratulations, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Cava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cava</a>!

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://mastodon.world/@weathermatrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@weathermatrix</a> Oh my good gods... I just can't believe this.They've only just gotten those 2 lanes open, and are going to destroy some huge portion of Pisgah National Forest to quarry for the repair work remaining.And now this?<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NC</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/TN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TN</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> and on and on

Dusk To Don :raccoon:<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@franklinlopez</a> Thanks for the share + conversation. I just sent this article to my friend (who knows more about this stuff than I do, has worked in the field of rural LOS ISPs)"Start your own Internet Resiliency Club" <a href="https://bowshock.nl/irc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bowshock.nl/irc/</a>(and here's the associated <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/hackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackerNews</a> discussion)<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44287395" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44287395</a>and this was his response:❝That's similar to what I tried to start after <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>, but it didn't go anywhere, it requires both funding and buy-in from land owners, both of which are tough to get.Lora is pretty cool, but also requires a technical lift that's beyond most people. Great for open desert spaces, not so great for our mountains/rain forest.Ultimately Starlink is the best option we have around here, which obviously isn't great if it becomes a tool of fascist censorship.I do support these types of projects, but realistically they are just hard to get off the ground.Ham radio is more realistic for a lot of people, as you can just buy an off the shelf radio (that behaves like a walkie talkie) without understanding how it works.❞

EnergyDuke Energy prepares for another busy hurricane seasonDuke Energy prepares for another busy hurricane season SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. ONLY ON WYFF NEWS FOUR FROM DOWNING POWER… <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/duke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#duke</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helene</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mosier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosier</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ryan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ryan</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tropicalstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tropicalstorm</a> <a href="https://www.europesays.com/2172107/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2172107/</a>

Knowledge Zone<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PhotoOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhotoOfTheDay</a>: Stereo <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>Small, icy moon of Saturn. Appropriately named, Helene is a Trojan moon, so called because it orbits at a Lagrange point. The sharp stereo anaglyph was constructed from two Cassini images captured during a close flyby in 2011. It shows part of the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Helene mottled with craters and gully-like features.<a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250329.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250329.html</a>

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈My county continues to try to support locals here after <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a>, regardless of what the Administration fails to do."Buncombe County shared recovery updates on Tropical Storm Helene recovery today - watch the community briefing at www.facebook.com/buncombegov. Hurricane Season started June 1 - prepare now by building your plan for your family. Sample plans are available at ready.gov. Last night, the Board of Commissioners approved the FY26 budget, which prioritizes recovery and education. Recovery resources remain available at the Helene Resource Center, 94 Coxe Ave, AVL or 828-250-6100, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F."<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asheville</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NC</a>

Bytes EuropeSouth Carolina considers reviving failed $9B nuclear project – WSOC TV <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1059737/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1059737/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/black_mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#black_mountain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/channel_9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#channel_9</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/channel_nine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#channel_nine</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dr</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/duke_university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#duke_university</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Durham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Durham</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eyewitness_news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eyewitness_news</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fraunfelter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraunfelter</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helene</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hurricane_helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hurricane_helene</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/michelle_alfini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#michelle_alfini</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vesper_fraunfelter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vesper_fraunfelter</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#washington</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/western_north_carolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#western_north_carolina</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/world_health_organization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#world_health_organization</a>

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