National media hasn't grasped the severity of the flooding in Appalachia. Entire downtowns and highways are gone, homes washed away, many without power, cell service, or escape routes. We are one of the poorest regions in the U.S. and many won’t recover. Our region needs help.

This is a rescued baby otter named Joey and he loves ice. I am crying

Dropping MA / donation locations under this thread as I find them. Feel free to add on!

Our station received this email from Banner Elk in Avery county. "I am hoping to open a line of communication with the "outside world". Residents of Elk River in Banner Elk are completely stranded. Attached is a picture of what used to be the bridge which is the only way in or

Brad Panovich A lot of people are posting on the Lake Lure FB page trying to find loved ones facebook.com/groups/lakelur…

Additional resources

Asheville, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Kentucky

Brad Panovich x.com/ontherecordsc/…

Change of plans. Just stocked the car. Headed up to the Boone area with cases of water and some prepackaged food. Any requests please reply and tell me where you are. Please don’t thank me, just tell me where to direct the stuff to where it’s needed most

Eastern Tennessee

Boone, North Carolina - access to food, power, and internet at Appalachian State College. You do NOT need to be a student to utilize their services.

Just had to report my daughter missing. Omg….. TBI has a hotline for the floods. This is becoming way too real for me. Trying to keep from panic mode. I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I could use a few prayers.

Prayers for the people of Tennessee and North Carolina

Here is some important information that some may need tonight:

This would break my heart 🥲🥲

UPDATE -- As service is still down, another starlink is now available for public use at the Civic Center Shelter on Fernihurst Drive in Asheville, NC. Anyone can come and use it. Nick Sortor Marco Patriots Disaster Response #helene

If you are sharing info to help folks in WNC, please put it in the text of your Tweets. Service is still severely degraded, and we cannot load images/videos. Be descriptive about aid locations, using local streets and landmarks if possible.

Very cool

Catching people being good!