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Hurricane Helene

by Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

A feed for Hurricane Helene, September 2024

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Dr Daniele Shlomit Sofer they/them @shlomitsofer.com · 9 minutes ago
My favorite instance of this was when a hurricane diverted all the NYC flights from AMS, such that Margaret Bent was tasked with reading Sally Fuller's paper. Not two paragraphs in, she takes the mic to the piano and proceeds to deconstruct the author's analysis in real time.... 👀 My first(?) AMS
Clarencessities 10-16-2016: there is something endlessly hilarious to me about the phrase "hotly debated" and academic context. like i just picture a bunch of nerd at a podium and one's like "of course there was a Paleolithic bear called in Northern Eurasia and another one just looks him in the eye and says "i'l kill you in real life, kevin" Crockpotcauldron 10-17-2017: Milton scholars screamed and argued about how the serpent was supposed to move for it crawled on its belly. Dr Matthews, enraged that Dr. Goldstein could believe the serpent bounced around on the coiled end of its tail, flipped over the conference table. "Satan is not a fucking pogo stick!" He howled. Ossacordis 12-16-2017: I heard a story once about two microbiologists who took it out into the parking lot to have a literal fight over taxonomy.
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Sky Island Alliance @skyislandalliance.org · 12 minutes ago
ICYMI: Our allies at La Tierra del Jaguar in Sonora need help rebuilding after Hurricane Polo. A massive flood damaged their demonstration site and destroyed a nursery full of 30,000 baby agaves. SIA will be on the ground lending support. Join us in helping speed recovery: ow.ly/CRZF50ZXOLG
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UNCG University Libraries @uncglibraries.bsky.social · 12 minutes ago
Join us on Wednesday (Oct. 21) at noon for a very special Lunch & Learn session on the origins of Gothic noevls with Kathelene Smith, Head of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives. Open to all! ow.ly/pBP250ZXMpW
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Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social · 13 minutes ago
“we see demons riding the shoulders / of angels in some antiworld” From the 2012 Louisiana Music Issue, Yusef Komunyakaa shares three poems about New Orleans' musical spirit, which endures amid a landscape of death, racism, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 🔗: shorturl.at/z
A man plays a trumpet for a crowd under a tent.
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Citizen Portal News North Carolina @citizenptnewsnc.bsky.social · 14 minutes ago
Biltmore Village is set to undergo a major transformation with a $2.49M recovery project that revitalizes sidewalks, curbs, and trees while ensuring ADA compliance! Click to read more! #AshevilleCityBuncombeCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #AshevilleCity #InfrastructureRecovery #UrbanGreenery
City staff and HRC greenlight $2.49M Biltmore Village recovery plan for sidewalks, trees and ADA ramps

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City staff and HRC greenlight $2.49M Biltmore Village recovery plan for sidewalks, trees and ADA ramps

The HRC approved a multi‑street infrastructure recovery project for Biltmore Village — funded by a roughly $2.49M Department of Commerce Helene recovery grant and supplemented by partial TDA funding — to reset brick sidewalks, restore granite curbs, upgrade ADA ramps and replace unhealthy trees; construction is planned to start in early 2027.
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