I have seen a handful of folks who aren't from the area asking why all these areas didn't evacuate. Let's consider the following:
For all of modern history, Asheville NC was the destination of emergency evacuation. This includes many who evacuated this year. Let's also consider that the Appalachian culture is largely agrarian and relies on farms to produce their goods. Let's also consider that over 65% of Americans, especially in one of it's poorest regions, cannot afford any emergency expense more than $500. Hurricanes occur annually, and always hit these areas as a gentle rain shower. No one can afford to take several days off work without any notice, go rent a hotel for a week or two, and so on. This is the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard of. When I lived back home in Georgia, hurricanes were such a mundane phenomona that when we got told to evacuate, I went hiking in the forest for fun. The evidence is in my Bushcrafting channel, in 2020 I did a multiday hike with my brother and camped in the forest during the hurricane that struck the same time of year. It was nothing more than a little bit of rain. No one could have possibly anticipated this, and no one could have possibly prepared for it. It still frustrates me how little the government nor anyone outside of the region seems to give a fuck, but it's even more frustrating seeing the narrative continously shifted to blame the victims.
For all of modern history, Asheville NC was the destination of emergency evacuation. This includes many who evacuated this year. Let's also consider that the Appalachian culture is largely agrarian and relies on farms to produce their goods. Let's also consider that over 65% of Americans, especially in one of it's poorest regions, cannot afford any emergency expense more than $500. Hurricanes occur annually, and always hit these areas as a gentle rain shower. No one can afford to take several days off work without any notice, go rent a hotel for a week or two, and so on. This is the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard of. When I lived back home in Georgia, hurricanes were such a mundane phenomona that when we got told to evacuate, I went hiking in the forest for fun. The evidence is in my Bushcrafting channel, in 2020 I did a multiday hike with my brother and camped in the forest during the hurricane that struck the same time of year. It was nothing more than a little bit of rain. No one could have possibly anticipated this, and no one could have possibly prepared for it. It still frustrates me how little the government nor anyone outside of the region seems to give a fuck, but it's even more frustrating seeing the narrative continously shifted to blame the victims.
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Current US President Joe Biden on Hurricane Helene:
Reporter: "Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?"
Biden: "We've given everything that we have."
Reporter "Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"
Biden: "No."
Reporter: "Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?"
Biden: "We've given everything that we have."
Reporter "Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"
Biden: "No."
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https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/08/raccoons-swarm-washington-home-video/75570742007
Just a reminder to never feed wild critters. Food education only leads in someone else having to kill them later down the road. Food educated racoons are more likely to infest your (or someone else's) house, harass passerbys including children, and bring more racoons in your area, disrupting the carrying capacity equilibrium across a much larger area of land than you'd think. And it is not ethical to trap and relocate, because the animals will not be in their home range, and thus spend the rest of their now short lives trying to find their way home. They will die from either predation, starvation, thirst, or the elements. No matter how simple, whether it's feeding squirrels or racoons, just don't. The only time this is acceptable is passive feeding such as bird feeders, or if you're a hunter, leaving carrion such as organs in the field so the nutrients recycle back into the ecosystem they came from
Just a reminder to never feed wild critters. Food education only leads in someone else having to kill them later down the road. Food educated racoons are more likely to infest your (or someone else's) house, harass passerbys including children, and bring more racoons in your area, disrupting the carrying capacity equilibrium across a much larger area of land than you'd think. And it is not ethical to trap and relocate, because the animals will not be in their home range, and thus spend the rest of their now short lives trying to find their way home. They will die from either predation, starvation, thirst, or the elements. No matter how simple, whether it's feeding squirrels or racoons, just don't. The only time this is acceptable is passive feeding such as bird feeders, or if you're a hunter, leaving carrion such as organs in the field so the nutrients recycle back into the ecosystem they came from
USA TODAY
Video shows nearly 100 raccoons swarm woman's yard, prompting 911 call in Washington
The raccoons often approach the home and scratch on windows and walls, but last week she called 911 when she said they trapped her on the property.
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"So he says to me, 'Donald, you can't trap my soul. You're out of grand soul gems.' Grand! Can you believe this guy, folks?
So anyway, he's trapped in a petty soul gem now.
In my inventory. Right next to a scrib."
So anyway, he's trapped in a petty soul gem now.
In my inventory. Right next to a scrib."